The HumanWare Project

Malminder Gill has been a hypnotherapist for over 16 years. She has worked in rehab centres around the world, written a book of therapeutic sleep stories, and built an entire practice from word of mouth alone. When it comes to overthinking and sleep, she speaks from personal experience: at 18, she suffered a year of insomnia following a car accident and found a solution in hypnotherapy.

In this conversation, Méline sits down with Malminder to explore what hypnotherapy actually is, how the subconscious mind controls far more of your behaviour than you think, and why your brain is a...

Bill Kapp is a former orthopaedic surgeon who built nine hospitals, founded Fountain Life alongside Peter Diamandis and Tony Robbins, voted the number one longevity centre in the world by the Buck Institute. 

He started Fountain Life because of one devastating realisation: the American healthcare system is designed to treat disease, not prevent it. And by the time most people find out they are sick, it is already too late.

In this conversation, Bill reveals why 88% of Fountain Life members who consider themselves healthy already show signs of cardiac disease, why the United States spends $5.3 t...

Madrid has the highest life expectancy in Europe, with people living to an average of 86 years old. But living longer is not the same as living better. So what does it actually take to add not just years to your life, but health to those years?

In this episode, Méline visits Clinica Neleva, one of Madrid's leading longevity clinics, to put her own health to the test and find out. She sits down with founder and longevity doctorJavier Ramírez Sabau, who explains why the future of medicine is not about treating disease but preventing it be...

Peter Diamandis is one of the world's leading voices on longevity, exponential technology, and the future of human health. He is the founder of XPRIZE, co-founder of Singularity University, and the founder of Fountain Life, an advanced health and longevity centre that collects 200GB of data about your body in a single day to find what conventional medicine misses entirely.

In this conversation, Peter shares why medicine is about to undergo the most dramatic transformation in human history, why longevity escape velocity is coming by 2033, and why most people know more about what is happening inside their...

The HumanWare Project magazine edition three has launched. 

Méline Liu shares what the project stands for and why she built it: to tell the story of science at the highest production quality in the world, and to help people become a better version of themselves every day.

0:00 Welcome to the HumanWare Magazine Launch
0:33 Méline on Why She Built HumanWare and What It Stands For

◼ Read the HumanWare Magazine:
https://thehumanwareproject.com/humanware-magazine/

What does it actually look like inside one of the world's most consequential scientific laboratories? Nobel Prize winner Professor Robert Lefkowitz opens the doors to his lab at Duke University and shows us exactly where the science happens.

In this short tour, Professor Lefkowitz walks through the equipment, the experiments, and the team of scientists and students driving his research forward every day. He also walks past the wall of Nobel Prize winners who gave the Lefkowitz Lecture before going on to win their own, including Jennifer Doudna, who invented CRISPR, and Jim Allison, who created immunotherapy...

Professor Robert Lefkowitz is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose discovery of G protein-coupled receptors underpins more than 700 of the drugs in use today, including beta blockers, antihistamines, antidepressants and GLP-1 medications like Ozempic. At 83 years young, he still runs his lab at Duke University, exercises an hour every day, and eats entirely plant-based food after quadruple bypass surgery at 51.

In this deeply personal conversation, Professor Lefkowitz takes Méline through the science that changed modern medicine, the role of intuition in research, and the father who gave him the most important piece of advice he ever r...

Stacey Gallello is the founder of Gallello Atelier, a couture house built on a radical idea: that the craft of the 1950s couture atelier belongs not just in evening wear and special occasions, but in everyday life. Gallello Atelier is on a mission to bring couture craftsmanship back to the modern wardrobe and keep the art of the couturier, the tailor, and the seamstress alive in the process.

In this episode, Méline speaks with Stacey inside Harrods to talk creativity, identity, and the daily habits that keep her performing at the highest level as both a f...

What if your sense of smell was one of the most powerful and underused tools for human performance? At Hynt, a digital scent company, that is exactly what they are proving.

In this episode, Méline visits the Hynt lab to meet co-founder Emmanuella Maggioni and experience the technology firsthand. Emmanuella and her colleague Fahad Zia are building a system that harnesses the science of scent to help you sleep better, perform better, and feel more in control of your own biology. The device reads your wearable data in real time and releases personalised scent compounds that a...

Greg Frey Jr is the Executive Chef at Golden Door, one of California's most celebrated wellness retreats, where food is grown on site and every meal is designed to fuel transformation. In this quick-fire 60 seconds, Greg shares the rule that matters most for a long and healthy life, and it has nothing to do with superfoods.

He explains:

◼ Why stress is the single biggest threat to your longevity
◼ The simple plate formula that guarantees the right nutrients every meal
◼ The one zucchini sauce recipe you need to know from his new cookbook

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Méline Liu has sat across from some of the world's leading voices in longevity, neuroscience, and human performance. But what does she actually do herself?

In this candid behind-the-scenes moment, Méline shares the daily habits she never skips, the brain food she swears by, the biohack that surprised her most, and why she launched a print magazine in a world that said print was dead. She also explains what makes The HumanWare Project different, why critical thinking is the most important longevity tool nobody talks about, and what the red rocks of Sedona did to he...

Tilak Mandadi spent years at Disney building some of the most ambitious guest experiences in the world, from Shanghai Disneyland to Star Wars Land. Now he is applying that same consumer-first thinking to one of the most complex and broken systems on the planet: American healthcare.
Tilak is the Chief Digital and Technology Officer at CVS Health, one of the largest healthcare companies in the world, touching the lives of 185 million Americans every year. He is the architect of Health 100, CVS's AI-powered platform launching in 2026 that aims to give every American a personal AI health agent, proactive care...

Golden Door has been transforming the lives of its guests for 75 years. Tucked away in the hills of Southern California, it is a place built around a single belief: that true wellbeing comes from movement as well as stillness, and that carving out space for yourself is not a luxury, it is a necessity.

In this episode, Méline visits one of the world's most respected wellness retreats to understand what makes it work. She sits down with General Manager and COO Kathy Van Ness to explore the philosophy behind a place built around the belief t...

Martha Soffer has been quietly transforming the health of some of the world's most recognisable people from a small room beneath her house in Santa Monica. Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, and Kourtney Kardashian have all found their way to her door. Most of them came because nothing else was working.

Now Martha is the founder of Surya Spa and one of the world's leading Ayurvedic practitioners. She has spent decades studying the ancient system that Western medicine is only beginning to understand: how your body type could determine what you should eat, why the change...

Emad Mostaque puts his personal probability of human extinction from AI at 50%. A coin toss. And yet he believes this is the most exciting time in human history to be alive.
Emad is the founder of Stability AI, the creator of Stable Diffusion with over 300 million downloads, and now the architect of a sovereign AI stack being built to give every person on earth ownership of their own intelligence. He left a billion-dollar company because he believed someone had to build AI that works for people, not corporations, and that person had to be him.

He...

Fredric Marshall has spent 32 years studying how humans learn, resist, and ultimately change. As an AI investor who sees the business plans and deal sheets, he has a message most people are not ready to hear: the pace of change we are living through today is only the beginning, and the world is quietly splitting into two groups of people.

Fredric Marshall is a learning and change expert, founder of Quantum Learning, former biochemist, and author of Thrive: The Antidote to Future Shock. He has personally trained over 130,000 people across fourteen countries and helped launch 74 new brands...

Dr. Dawn Mussallem, is Global Chief Medical Officer of Fountain Life, stage 4 cancer survivor, and heart transplant recipient carrying a stranger's heart inside her chest. She spent 25 years at Mayo Clinic, lost her husband to the very disease she now fights to detect early, and emerged from her own mortality with a singular mission: to change the way humanity approaches health.

In this conversation, Dr. Dawn shares what 88% of otherwise healthy people do not know about their hearts, why type 2 diabetes is 100% preventable, and how a 17-million-person study quietly rewrote the rules of nutrition.

 She a...

In this episode, we meet Luke Mooney, CEO of Dephy — an MIT-trained engineer who started by building robotic prosthetics to to make walking easier and less exhausting. It helps people walk further, faster, and with less effort

We meet the Dephy Sidekick: a powered footwear system that acts like an extra calf muscle, giving. 

We sit down with Luke to understand how it works, who it's built for, and why the most meaningful impact isn't the technology itself - it's what people can do again when they wear it. 

Whether you're managing fatigue, pain...

What if one of the most powerful therapies for longevity, brain performance, and recovery has been hiding in plain sight - used by elite athletes, Hollywood figures, and high-performing entrepreneurs for years?

In this episode of The HumanWare Project, Méline sits down with Andrei Nicolescu and Alexandru R. Harbuzaru from HPO.Tech - engineers and pioneers at the forefront of hyperbaric oxygen therapy - to break down exactly how HBOT works, who it's for, and why the world's top performers are investing in it.

From the science of oxygen dissolving into your plasma under p...

What if your car could refuel itself while you slept, while you worked, while you simply lived your life? That's not a distant promise - it's what Aptera Motors has already built.

In this episode, we step inside the Aptera, the world's first true solar electric vehicle, and speak with Chris McCammon, Head of Marketing, about the philosophy behind one of the most radical rethinks of personal transport in decades. The insight that sparked it all is deceptively simple: most vehicles can burn 60 to 70 percent of their energy just pushing air out of the way. Aptera decided...

What if a wireless signal in your home could tell you more about your health than your doctor 0 before you even feel unwell?

In this episode of 60 Seconds to Longevity, Méline Liu sits down with Dina Katabi, MIT professor and pioneer of invisible health technology, to explore a breakthrough that could redefine how we monitor, detect, and prevent disease.

Dina's research uses wireless signals to capture vitals, sleep patterns, breathing, and even EEG data - entirely without sensors or wearables. Her lab has already demonstrated the ability to detect Parkinson's disease from breathing patterns d...

What if the key to living longer, thinking sharper, and recovering from burnout wasn't a supplement or a biohack - but a mental state you were born to access?

In the first episode of Built to Last, Méline Liu sits down with Steven Kotler - bestselling author, neuroscience researcher, and founder of the Flow Research Collective - for a wide-ranging conversation filmed in a vintage car about the state that may be the most powerful performance tool in existence: flow.

Steven breaks down how flow rewires the brain after trauma, why it's neuroprotective against d...

What if the future of longevity is already being built… and you just haven’t seen it yet?

In this short but powerful conversation, legendary scientist Bob Langer - one of the most cited engineers in history - breaks down the breakthroughs quietly shaping the future of human health.

From the tiny particles that made mRNA vaccines possible… to the idea of growing personalised brains outside the body, this episode gives you a rare glimpse into what’s coming next in longevity.

If you care about living longer, thinking sharper, and understanding where medicine...

In this behind-the-scenes episode of The HumanWare Project, Méline takes you inside CES in Las Vegas, a showcase of cutting-edge technology. From AI-powered health diagnostics to the overwhelming pace of innovation, the days unfold in unexpected ways!

This episode captures a real perspective of CES and the obstacles that can arise when travelling and filming!

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. Through Toborlife Harness, David and his team are developing systems designed to connect modern AI models with robotic platforms, enabling robots to...

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.

Along the way, founder and CEO David Schulhof shows us how these...

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 forward with intention. Drawing on insights from past guests and lived experience, Méline reflects on ren...

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 seeking physical relief, others pursuing emotional clarity or spiritual insight.

Sheila shares her own journey, from initial sk...

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.

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 the most-cited engineer in history. As Co-Founder of Moderna, he helped discovered the COVID-19 vaccine and has over 45 honorary degrees from universities around the world.<...

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 than asking how quickly technology is advancing, we pause to reflect on something deeper: how these tools sh...

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 of the ones to watch for 2026.

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 conversation challenges the assumption that medical insight must come from hospitals or devices attached to the body.

Katabi e...

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 misunderstand aging, and how to think about longevity without falling for exaggerated claims or future fantasies.

Rather than prescribing routines or...

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 genetic destiny, and which everyday factors appear to play a meaningful role in long-term brain health as well as what su...

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 wearables, they often feel better within days. WHOOP’s platform helps users see how small behavioural changes—like improving sleep, managing stress, and balancing strain...

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 informational purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. Always consult with a qualified healthcare professional before making any health or lifestyle changes.**<...

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 about unrealistic resolutions, but about evidence-based change rooted in clarity and compassion. Whether you’re seeking to impro...

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, sleep, and stress and how these elements collectively shape behaviour and cognition far more than most people realise. Rather than reducing ADHD to a single cause or simplistic narrative, Dr. Gow explains why...

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 reveals about attention, stress, emotional regulation, and focus. 

Jason shares the practical principles he teaches to founders, CEOs, and high-pressure tea...