Friedberg demonstrated magnetic levitation using the Meissner effect at a childhood science fair.
“Because of the Meissner effect. And I had it at the science fair, and I and I did very well with the science fair that year because I showed this really cool.”
Friedberg describes his childhood prediction about superconductors transforming the world, noting thirty years later not much has changed.
“And I said and I have my board, and I said, here's all the things you're gonna be able to do with superconductors in the future, and it's gonna totally change the world.”