The HumanWare Project

Méline Liu

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' next evolutionary leap.

  1. 6d ago ·  Video

    Trying Tropical Fruits in Hainan, China (Ranked Out of 10)

    What if some of the best health and longevity secrets are not found in laboratories or supplements, but growing on trees right in front of us? In this episode, Méline travels to Hainan, China’s tropical island, with her friend Dhinil to taste fruits rarely seen in London. They rate each one as they go. First, Méline meets Chen Ge, a farmer whose organic fruit and vegetables have built a loyal following. He shares what he believes separates naturally grown produce from what we buy in the shops. Chen Ge explains: ◼ Why a shiny surface on fruit can be a sign of wax or preservatives ◼ How bananas can be chemically ripened overnight ◼ How to tell organically grown vegetables from those grown with chemical fertiliser ◼ His simple advice for a healthy life: eat green, keep a good mindset and move occasionally On the tasting table: ◼ Rambutan and longan, close cousins of the lychee ◼ The canistel, also known as the egg fruit ◼ Star fruit, which tastes like a fruit and a vegetable at once ◼ A purple-fleshed surprise that won over both tasters 0:00 Intro 0:44 Meeting Chen Ge on His Farm 1:05 Why Shiny Fruit Can Be a Warning Sign 1:18 How to Tell Organic Vegetables From Chemically Grown Ones 1:47 Chen Ge’s Advice for a Healthy Life 2:32 Welcome to Hainan 3:24 Rambutan and Longan 4:38 A Fruit Like Dragon Fruit 5:07 The Purple Surprise 5:38 The Egg Fruit: Tasting Canistel 6:48 Star Fruit 7:37 Final Thoughts

  2. Oct 16 ·  Video

    Healthy Tomato Soup Recipe From a Top California Health Retreat

    At Golden Door, one of America’s best-known health retreats, guests are served a light tomato broth in the middle of the day, after a morning of hard work and before lunch at one o’clock. It looks simple, but there is a lot of thinking behind it. In this episode, Méline visits Golden Door in California and speaks to Executive Chef Greg Frey Jr about how the soup is made and why it works. The broth is built from filtered water and crushed tomatoes, then steeped for about an hour with the trimmings and peelings of the season’s vegetables. Each guest then finishes it their own way with chilli flake, ground oats, flaxseed and the kitchen’s golden powder. Back in London, Méline has a go at recreating Greg’s soup at home. Greg explains: ◼ Why vegetable trimmings and peelings are the secret to the broth ◼ How soluble and insoluble fibre help you feel satiated until lunch ◼ Why he says tomatoes are a better source of potassium than bananas or coconut water ◼ What the chilli, oats, flaxseed and golden powder each add ◼ Why the soup is kept as a light broth 0:00 Intro 0:20 Discovering the Soup at Golden Door 0:40 What Goes Into a Potassium Broth 0:55 Chilli, Oats, Flaxseed and Golden Powder 1:22 How the Broth Is Made 1:43 Why Tomato Soup in the Middle of the Day 2:02 The Real Secret: Soluble and Insoluble Fibre 2:24 Why a Broth and Not a Sauce 2:59 Recreating the Soup at Home in London 3:23 The Finished Soup ◼ Visit Golden Door: https://www.goldendoor.com ◼ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegoldendoor/?hl=en

  3. Oct 16 ·  Video

    Humanoid Robots Are Years Away. These Robots Are Ready Now

    Everyone is waiting for humanoid robots to walk into their homes and take over the chores. According to George Ekas, that moment is still a few years away. Meanwhile, the robots that will change how we work are already here, and they walk on four legs. George Ekas is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Toborlife AI, a Mountain View robotics company and North American distributor for Unitree Robotics. He leads the team building Toborlife’s teleoperation and training pipeline. It is designed so businesses can teach robots new tasks without needing to be robotics software engineers. In this conversation, filmed on our return visit to Toborlife AI four months after our first, George introduces the brand new Unitree A2 quadruped. He explains why most people misjudge how far along robots really are, and he sets out the three phases he believes will take us from research labs to robots in every home and factory. He explains: ◼ Why autonomous humanoid robots in the home are still a few years away ◼ What the Unitree A2 can already do, from security patrols to carrying loads across construction sites ◼ Why we build robots in the shape of dogs and in the shape of humans ◼ The two machine learning paradigms teaching robots to walk and to use their hands ◼ The three phases of the robot revolution and why we are now entering the second ◼ Why customers want robots to do jobs better, not just to make labour cheaper ◼ How an ageing population and his own grandparents inspire his work 0:00 Intro 0:45 Back at Toborlife AI Four Months Later 1:02 Meet the Unitree A2 Quadruped 1:29 Security, Inspection and Construction: What the A2 Is Built For 1:57 Sensors, Lidar, Battery Life and All-Weather Performance 2:47 The Robot That Does Backflips 2:56 George Introduces the A2 3:22 From the Go2 to the A2: Research Platform to Real-World Solution 3:54 The Biggest Misconception About What Robots Can Do Today 5:57 Why We Build Robots Shaped Like Dogs and Humans 6:59 How Robots Learn: Algorithms, Reinforcement Learning and Imitation Learning 8:30 The Three Phases of the Robot Revolution 10:05 Drones, Warehouse Robots and Self-Driving Cars Are All Robots 11:00 NEO, Boston Dynamics and Unitree: How the Big Players Compare 12:07 How Businesses Can Train Their Own Robots Through Teleoperation 13:37 Where Robotics Will Be in a Year or Two 14:34 Why People Really Want Robots: Better Work, Not Cheaper Labour 15:28 AI Needs a Body: Why Robots Give AI Real-World Power 16:27 The Childhood Promise That Made George Fall in Love With Robotics 17:20 What You Can Buy From Toborlife AI Today You can follow Toborlife AI here: ◼ Website: https://toborlife.ai

  4. Oct 2 ·  Video

    60 Seconds With a Longevity Doctor: The One Biomarker You Should Test and Habits That Matter Most

    Dr. Ángel Durántez Prados, is the Partner and Medical Director at Clinica Neleva in Madrid, one of Europe's leading longevity and preventive health clinics. In this 60 seconds, he shares the single most important treatment for your health, the one biomarker he would test first, and the two daily habits he never skips. He explains: ◼ Why the most powerful treatment for your health has nothing to do with medicine ◼ The lipid panel biomarker that gives you the clearest window into your cardiovascular health ◼ Why sleep and exercise are the two non-negotiables for longevity You can follow Clinica Neleva here: ◼ Website: https://clinicaneleva.com/ ◼ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clinicaneleva/?hl=en-gb

  5. Sep 25 ·  Video

    Paris Fashion Week and the Question Nobody in Fashion Asks: Does What You Wear Define Who You Are

    Méline heads to Paris Fashion Week to ask a question the fashion industry rarely stops to consider: does what you wear define who you are, or does who you are define what you wear? Joined by Alyne Hansen Damm, a fashion and luxury consultant with 27 years of experience working with some of the world's most prestigious brands, Méline attends four couture shows including George Hobeika, Rahul Mishra, Standing Ground and ArdAzAei Show, before sitting down with Alyne to explore the deeper connection between style, identity, confidence and wellbeing. Alyne also shares what 27 years at the highest level of luxury taught her about kindness, authenticity and why your reputation will always travel faster than your CV. She explains: ◼ Why dressing for the corporate world as a woman is still one of the hardest things to navigate ◼ How wellness and longevity are quietly reshaping the luxury fashion industry ◼ Why fashion is not about what you buy but the emotion it triggers in you ◼ What Elsa Schiaparelli's collaborations with Dalí and Picasso teach us about authentic creative relationships ◼ Why kindness is the most important quality you can bring to any industry ◼ How to build a wardrobe that empowers you rather than defines you ◼ Why reputation travels faster than your CV and what that means for your career 0:00 Intro 0:27 What Paris Fashion Week Reveals About How We See Ourselves 0:50 Meet Alyne Hansen Damm: 27 Years at the Top of Luxury Fashion 1:12 Why Women Still Feel Pressure to Mask Who They Are in the Workplace 1:38 Why You Should Only Buy Something That Triggers a Real Emotion 2:04 HumanWare's Corporate Chic Wardrobe: From Inner to Outer Beauty 2:24 Why Kindness Is the Most Important Value in Luxury 2:51 Inside the Four Shows: George Hobeika, Rahul Mishra, Standing Ground and Art Design 3:53 27 Years On: What Has Never Changed in Luxury Fashion 4:33 The Problem With How Luxury Brands Treat Their Clients 5:48 How Craftsmanship Changed and Why Hiding the Artisan Was Always Wrong 7:22 What Fashion and Medicine Have in Common: The Craft Behind the Scene 8:38 Why Fashion and Luxury Is Really About the People Who Create It 9:00 How Wellness Is Quietly Reshaping the World of Luxury 10:35 Why Authentic Human Relationships Cannot Be Replaced by AI 11:24 Elsa Schiaparelli and What Her Collaborations With Dalí and Picasso Teach Us 14:20 How to Dress for the Corporate World Without Losing Yourself 15:34 How Alyne Manages Her Energy After 27 Years in a Fast Paced Industry 17:00 How to Choose the Right Brands and People to Work With 18:24 One Piece of Advice for Anyone Who Wants to Work in Fashion 19:02 Why Reputation Travels Faster Than Your CV You can follow Alyne here: ◼ LinkedIn: https://www.ahd-consulting.co.uk/about

  6. Sep 18 ·  Video

    How to Live Past 100 in Good Health According to a Longevity Doctor in Europe's Longest Living City

    What does it actually take to live well past 100? Javier Ramírez Sabau, founder of Clínica Neleva in Madrid, one of Europe's leading longevity clinics, says the answer is simpler and more powerful than most people expect. In this short, Javier shares the three things that matter most for longevity, why healthspan matters far more than lifespan, and the one thing he says is more important than any diet, supplement, or biomarker test. He explains: ◼ Why the goal is not living longer but living better for longer ◼ Why a positive mindset is the single most important factor in health ◼ How optimising your biomarkers delays the effects of ageing ◼ Why living in better health quality will naturally take you well above 100 You can follow Clinica Neleva here: ◼ Website: https://clinicaneleva.com/ ◼ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clinicaneleva/ **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.**

  7. Sep 11 ·  Video

    How to Stop Overthinking at Night: A Hypnotherapist Explains What Actually Works

    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 already entering trance states multiple times a day without you realising it.  Malminder also reveals the one technique you can practise at home tonight to finally quiet a racing mind, and explains why the AI therapy chatbot she tried left her with more questions than answers. She explains: ◼ Why your subconscious mind controls far more of your behaviour than you think ◼ How scrolling Instagram puts your brain into the exact same state as clinical hypnotherapy ◼ Why it is the emotion attached to a memory, not the memory itself, that keeps you stuck ◼ The ethical grey area around using hypnotherapy to recover forgotten memories ◼ Why AI therapy always validated her and why that is a serious problem ◼ The room visualisation technique you can practise tonight to quiet a racing mind ◼ Why bad memories make your life smaller and what hypnotherapy actually does about it You can follow Malminder here: ◼ Website: https://www.malmindergill.com ◼ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malminder.gill/ **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.**

  8. Sep 4 ·  Video

    88% of People Who Think They Are Healthy Already Have Heart Disease. Here Is What to Do About It

    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 trillion on healthcare and still ranks 64th in longevity, and what his mother's death from stage four ovarian cancer taught him about the cost of waiting for symptoms.  He also explains why early detection could lower healthcare costs by 70%, why GLP-1 drugs are the first true longevity medication, and the two things he says will do more for your long-term health than almost anything else. He explains: ◼ How Fountain Life collects 240GB of data about your body and turns it into an action plan in under five minutes using AI ◼ Why 60% of US bankruptcies are caused by medical debt and how preventive care fixes that ◼ The 12 hallmarks of ageing and which ones you can actually change right now ◼ Why GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may be the first true class of longevity medication ◼ Why women should be on hormone replacement for life, not just ten years ◼ The two daily habits that protect your long-term health more than anything else: muscle mass and sleep You can follow Bill and Fountain Life here: ◼ Website: https://www.fountainlife.com ◼ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fountainlife **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.**

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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' next evolutionary leap.

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  • Creator
    Méline Liu
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    89
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    Clean
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