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Two Nice Jewish Boys

#298 - What Would You Do with $2.5 Million from Ex-Google CEO? (Prof. Ido Kaminer)

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7804 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This Episode is sponsored by Unpacked’s new podcast, ‘Homeland: Ten Stories, One Israel‘ https://jewishunpacked.com/podcast-series/homeland-ten-stories-one-israel/ *** What would you do if you had 2.5 million dollars to invest in scientific research? Would you search for a cure for Altzheimer’s? Cancer? MS? Would you try to send the first man to Mars? Or would you attempt to create the perfect tiktok video? These are the questions that faced Professor Ido Kaminer from the Technion. Well, maybe not the last one. Professor Kaminer applied for the prestigious Polymath award, given each year by Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google. The rules are simple: submit a research proposal in a field that you’ve never explored. In other words, the applicants are requested to leave their comfort zones, think outside of the box and come up with an innovative idea that’s worth the money - 2.5 million dollars. Professor Kaminer was recently notified that he was awarded the prize. Now, he faces probably THE greatest challenges of his career - trying to explain to us simpletons what in the world his research is about. Prof. Ido Kaminer is a physics professor, he studies quantum mechanics and he’s the first Israeli to have gotten the Adolph Lomb medal, awarded since 1940 to a person who has made a noteworthy contribution to optics at an early age. It’s an honor to have him on the show today. (Photo: BAYS Israel Chem Laureate)

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This episode is sponsored by Unpacked's new podcast, Homeland, 10 stories, one Israel.

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All right, picture this, guys. Israel 2022. A crowded bus breaks down on the side of a desert highway.

0:14.1

Who's sitting next to you, and what secret will they review? The newest podcast from Unpacked,

0:19.8

Homeland 10 stories, one Israel, will keep you on the

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edge of your seat as each passenger's story unfolds. Meet the Russian immigrant who escaped

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the Soviet Union and the Jerusalem native whose family traces back over 400 years. Each week,

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you'll meet a new character whose story will take you for a ride.

0:40.4

So get on the bus, grab a window seat, and settle in for homeland. Ten stories, one Israel,

0:46.2

wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, before we get into the episode, we just want to talk a bit about how you can support the show.

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1:39.6

What would you do if you had $2 a half million dollars to invest in scientific research?

1:46.0

Would you search for a cure for Alzheimer's, cancer, MS?

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Would you try to send the first man to Mars?

1:54.0

Or would you attempt to create the perfect TikTok video?

1:58.0

These are the questions that faced Professor Iddo Kaminel from the Technion.

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