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The HumanWare Project

Join host Méline Liu on The HumanWare Project, where transformative technology meets human potential.Through conversations with pioneering minds, longevity experts, and scientific innovators, we explore how emerging technologies can enhance our fundamental humanity. From cutting-edge neuroscience to wellness breakthroughs, discover pathways to human flourishing in our rapidly evolving world.A futurist with boundless curiosity, Méline guides you to the frontiers of human capability and our species"

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49:51

What Happens When AI Finally Gets a Body

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2026/03/06

In this episode of The HumanWare Project, we explore the future of robotics and embodied AI with David Schulhof, founder of Toborlife. As advances in artificial intelligence accelerate, a new frontier is emerging: intelligent machines that can operate in the real world, interact with humans, and perform useful tasks in everyday environments. Rather than focusing only on robotic hardware, this conversation looks at the software layer that may power the next generation of humanoid robots. Thro...

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4:56

Meet the Robots Learning to Live With Us

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2026/02/27

What happens when robots begin to move, listen, and respond in the same spaces we live in? In this behind-the-scenes look a ToborLife AI robots, we explore a new generation of machines designed not just for research labs, but for real environments. From a quadruped robot capable of navigating a home and patrolling with cameras and lidar, to a humanoid system that can hear where your voice is coming from and respond to spoken commands, the technology feels closer than most people expect. Alo...

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9:02

What Chinese New Year Teaches Us About Renewal

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2026/02/20

What does it truly mean to begin again? In this reflective episode, Méline connects the wisdom of past HumanWare conversations - from Qi Gong practice with Antonio Bellomo,Traditional Chinese Medicine with Dr. Zhang, nervous system regulation with Dr Sarah Boss, and philosophical reflection with David Cornwell. Rather than viewing the Chinese New Year as a single celebration, this episode explores it as a practice: a moment to clear what no longer serves us, restore balance, and move ...

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6:35

What Happens Inside a Scalar Wave Room?

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2026/02/13

What happens when you place yourself in an environment designed to interact directly with your brain and nervous system? In this episode of The HumanWare Project, we visit Sheila Jackman’s Scalar Wave room - a space surrounded by 24 synchronised screens running a continuous visual program. As Sheila explains, the system is designed to try and allow the brain might be able to absorb these signals simultaneously, even with the eyes closed. Visitors arrive with different intentions: some seekin...

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4:57

What Happens When Sound Becomes Medicine?

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2026/02/13

Can sound truly influence the way we think, feel, and experience ourselves? In this episode of The HumanWare Project, Méline travels to Sedona to step inside the Harmonic Egg - a chamber designed to immerse the body in carefully calibrated sound and light frequencies. In a world defined by constant stimulation, what happens when you allow yourself to do nothing.

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31:59

He Was Rejected 9 Times - Then Built World-Changing...

The HumanWare Project ·

2026/01/30

Dr. Robert Langer discusses how he approaches scientific research, entrepreneurship, and the process of turning ideas into real-world technologies. Drawing from decades of experience in medicine, engineering, and company building, he explains why asking the right questions matters more than having immediate answers, and how progress in health technology often happens slowly and unevenly. Dr. Langer is known as the "Edison of Medicine" he has authored more than 1,500 scientific papers and is ...

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11:04

What CES Reveals About the Future of Health, AI, and...

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2026/01/30

CES is often framed as a race toward faster, smarter, more powerful technology. But beneath the noise, a quieter shift is happening - one that asks a more important question: who are these technologies actually for? In this second chapter from CES, The HumanWare Project explores health and AI innovations designed not just to optimise performance, but to support real human lives. From brain-based noise cancellation and women’s health wearables to mobility robotics and assistive AI. Rather th...

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7:30

CES 2026 Made One Thing Clear: The Body Is the Next...

The HumanWare Project ·

2026/01/16

In this on-the-ground episode from CES 2026, The HumanWare Project explores what today’s emerging technologies quietly reveal about where innovation is heading. From robotics and diagnostic imaging to health monitoring and ageing-related tools, a pattern begins to surface: technology is moving closer to the human body, not farther away. We look at the newest technologies looking to integrate into real human needs.What problems are being solved, and which ones are being avoided? Here at some...

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27:14

What If Your Home Could Detect Illness Before You Do?

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2026/01/02

What if the walls around you could quietly help protect your health? In this episode of The HumanWare Project, we explore a radical shift in how health can be understood, monitored, and supported - without wearables, cameras, or invasive tools. Dina Katabi, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, reveals how everyday signals already moving through our homes can be used to detect subtle changes in breathing, sleep, mobility, and overall health. This conversatio...

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12:16

Sergey Young on Healthspan, Biotech, and the Future...

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2025/12/26

Longevity is often framed as a race toward immortality - more supplements, more data, more promises. But what if that framing is the problem? In this episode of The HumanWare Project, longevity investor and advocate Sergey Young offers a grounded, clear-eyed perspective on what longevity actually means - and what it doesn’t. Drawing from his work in biotech, health innovation, and long-term investing, Sergey explores the difference between lifespan and healthspan, why most people misundersta...

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9:47

Alzheimer’s Isn’t Inevitable - What Top Harvard...

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2025/12/19

s Alzheimer’s truly an unavoidable part of ageing - or is our understanding evolving? In this episode of The HumanWare Project, neuroscientist Dr. Rudy Tanzi explores what modern brain science is revealing about Alzheimer’s risk, resilience, and prevention. Drawing from decades of research, he explains how genetics, lifestyle, sleep, inflammation, and cognitive engagement interact in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Dr. Tanzi explains how Alzheimer’s develops, why it’s not solely a ...

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18:03

This Data Proves You Don’t Have to Get Weaker as You Age

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2025/12/12

Emily Capodilupo, Senior Vice President of Research Algorithms and Data at WHOOP, explains how wearable technology is redefining how we understand aging and human performance. She discusses how data-driven feedback loops - from sleep quality to recovery metrics - allow people to make subtle, personalised adjustments that dramatically improve their well-being. She emphasises that longevity isn’t just about living longer, but living better now: when people start acting on the insights from wea...

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7:00

The Neuroscientist Rewiring How We See the Brain

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2025/12/05

hat if we could actually see how the brain works, in motion, in colour, in real time? In this episode, MIT neuroscientist Edward Boyden reveals how his groundbreaking inventions, from light-based brain control (optogenetics) to expansion microscopy, are transforming how we understand the mind. Through thoughtful conversation, Ed explores how mapping and manipulating neural circuits could unlock the mysteries of emotion, decision-making, and consciousness itself. **This content is for infor...

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6:56

I Spoke to 100 Longevity Experts - Here’s What You...

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2025/11/28

What happens when you spend a year speaking with over a hundred of the world’s leading longevity experts? In this special New Year resolutions episode, Méline Liu distills a year of insight and exploration into three science-backed practices that can transform your health and mindset for 2026. The HumanWare team uncovers the universal truths that connect nutrition, movement, and emotional wellbeing - revealing how small daily actions can add years of quality life. This conversation is not a...

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60:35

Why ADHD Is Rising: The Overlooked Factors Shaping...

The HumanWare Project ·

2025/11/21

Why are rates of ADHD and attention-related challenges increasing across children, teens, and even adults? In this grounded and eye-opening conversation, neuroscientist and nutritional researcher Dr. Rachel Gow unpacks the lesser-known factors influencing how the modern brain develops, regulates attention, and responds to an increasingly complex world. Drawing on decades of research, she explores the interplay between nutrition, early brain development, environmental exposures, inflammation,...

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31:11

Your Brain Is Sabotaging Your Leadership (And How to...

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2025/11/14

What if the real barrier to effective leadership isn’t strategy, skill, or experience - but the way your brain responds under pressure? In this conversation, Jason Leavy breaks down the emerging field of neuroscience-informed leadership and explains how leaders can strengthen clarity, resilience, and decision-making in a rapidly changing world. We explore why modern leadership has become so cognitively demanding, how AI is reshaping the mental load placed on executives, and what the science ...

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10:34

How Neurofeedback Unlocks Calm, Clarity and Focus:...

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2025/11/07

What if focus could be trained - not through willpower, but through direct communication with your own brain? In this HumanWare Project episode, Méline Liu works with Sophie Hascher, founder of Brain Flow Elite, to explore how neurofeedback technology helps people enter deeper states of focus, calm, and mental clarity. Using EEG sensors, Sophie visualises the brain’s electrical activity in real time - revealing how stress, emotion, and awareness shift moment to moment. Through guided exercis...

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34:27

The Science of Calm: How Neurofeedback Rewires an...

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2025/10/31

What if your brain could learn to stay calm, the same way your body learns to grow stronger? In this episode of The HumanWare Project, Méline sits down with neurofeedback specialist Sophie Hascher reveals how we can train our brain to reach its flow state throuhg a variety of different methods.Through data-driven brain mapping, mindful awareness, and lifestyle adjustments like sugar reduction, Sophie explains how neuroplasticity allows us to reshape the patterns that keep us stuck in anxiety...

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3:23

From Loss to Purpose: The Origin of The HumanWare...

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2025/10/20

What happens when personal loss transforms into a mission for health and longevity? In this deeply personal episode, Méline Liu shares the story of her grandmother and the moment that ignited her purpose and became the seed for The HumanWare Project. Through grief, reflection, and discovery, Méline found a calling: to explore how science, health, and philosophy can guide us toward living with greater vitality and meaning.

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56:14

Stem Cells Could End Chronic Disease as We Know It:...

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2025/10/17

What if we’re standing at the next great turning point in modern medicine: a “before and after” moment like antibiotics? In this episode of The HumanWare Project, Dr. Mattias Bernow, CEO of Cellcolabs, shares how stem cell research is unlocking an entirely new frontier in health. From regenerative therapies and chronic disease prevention to the dream of healthy ageing, this conversation explores how mesenchymal stem cells could transform the way we think about healing and longevity. You’ll ...

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