Saul Griffith
Inventor and electrification advocate; founded Otherlab and Rewiring America.
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- Saul Griffith is an Australian-American inventor and engineer who argues for electrifying homes and the economy.
- He founded or co-founded Otherlab, Makani Power, Instructables and the nonprofit Rewiring America, and later Rewiring Australia.
- His books include Electrify (2021) and The Big Switch (2022).
- After about 20 years in the US he moved back to Australia in 2021 and lives in Wollongong.
Key facts
- Founded
- Otherlab; Rewiring America; Rewiring Australia; earlier Squid Labs, Makani Power, Instructables and others1
- Books
- Electrify (2021); The Big Switch (2022); The Wires That Bind (2023); Plug In! (2025)1
- Education
- University of New South Wales; ME, University of Sydney (2000); PhD, MIT Media Lab (2004), on self-replicating machines1
- Now
- Turned from Otherlab to policy work and writing (as of 2026)2
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