The Design Kitchen is X’s prototyping and fabrication lab. It’s run by a multidisciplinary team of engineers, designers, prototypers, fabricators, and “general weirdos” — the go-to team for projects at X that want to turn radical dreams into reality. In this video, we caught up with two Xers: Design Kitchen lead and former special effects person Joseph Sargent, whose credits include Mythbusters, Iron Man, and Avengers, and X project lead Kathryn Zealand. They’ll tell you how to bring a prototyping mindset to your hardest problems — even when you’re stuck at home. You’ll also get some glimpses of one of X’s newest moonshots, “SmartyPants,” to help the elderly and others with mobility challenges.