Brave New Space

Cyprus born performance artist Stelarc focuses on extending the capabilities of the human body.

Luminaries have a different energetic charge to them than typical change agents and leaders.

How can a society “not forget” what it has only experienced indirectly through media and inherited cultural trauma?

Destin is an aerospace and mechanical engineer from Alabama and the creator of Smarter Every Day, a YouTube channel with over 2 million subscribers and 125 million views.

While leaving comfort zone may indeed help us to learn, venture into new exploration and achieve more collectively, does it ultimately make us happier and better individuals?

Our generation is the first to hope living twice as long as the historical average. Building on a personal story, Mr. Fengler will show what the big demographic shifts in the world mean for you.

An adult film director, who is trying to make new waves in the industry by transforming the way we think about porn into something that will inspire erotic imagination and foster intimacy with a partner.

After 30 years of living with Type 1 Diabetes, with all its ups and downs, he is working on changing the philosophy of the according therapies – by addressing the psychology of it, using technology and games.

"Everyday Rebellion" – a cross-media project and documentary trying to contribute to the peaceful protest movement in Iran and around the world.

What if we could better understand all of life by playing with virtual replicas inside computers the same way we play with Lego blocks?

If you were given information about your health and habits in the same way it was given to a world class researcher or scientist, how would you improve your life?

Discussing her work and that of others in the field of critical biological art. Engaging with biotechnology as social, political, and ethical inquiry.

Studies have shown that computers and machines can be controlled by brain signals only. Applied to aircraft control, could flying one day become as easy as riding a bike?

Being fascinated by the complexity and beauty of everything, Rafael Hostettler started building robots that imitate the building principles of the human musculoskeletal system and travels the world with Roboy.

For those suffering severe lung diseases, only transplantable lungs, which are always in short supply, can help. So, why not bioengineer them?

The resources of our solar system alone are more than ample to begin a direct colonisation of the entire reachable universe. Here’s how we could do it.

Author of the book "Thorium: energy cheaper than coal", whose article in American Scientist sparked China to develop this new energy technology.

When it comes to the strange marriage of romance and capitalism, it’s time to ask why neoliberal capitalism wants us to be "happy ever after".

Ludovic Ferrière is a geologist, chief curator of the rock collections and co-curator of the prestigious meteorite collection at the Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria), and an expert on meteorite impact craters.

Sonja was a career graphic designer before becoming a new mom in 2008 changed her life. What began as a simple search for the best diapers for her baby ended with Sonja co-founding a social enterprise.