The HumanWare Project

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, affect long-term health outcomes.

Emily also challenges the assumption that physical decline is inevitable with age. She shares that, by understanding and optimising key recovery markers, people can maintain or even enhance performance over time. The future of health, she argues, lies in empowering individuals with real-time physiological awareness, bridging science, behaviour, and technology to slow biological ageing.

**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.**

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.

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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 improve your energy, sleep, or focus, these expert-backed insights will help you step into 2026 with purpose and strength.

Welcome to The HumanWare Project - where science meets humanity.

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 it emerges from a web of biological and environmental influences that begin long before a child enters the classroom.

This episode invites viewers to rethink common assumptions, understand the developmental needs of neurodiverse brains, and consider how modern food environments and lifestyle patterns may be quietly shaping attention in an age of overstimulation.

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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 teams - including how to recognise hidden neural patterns and retrain them for more confident leadership.

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 exercises and feedback loops, the mind begins to learn from itself, building resilience and control in the process.

This is a journey into the science of self-regulation and the promise of neurotechnology - where neuroscience meets human potential.

Discover what happens when focus becomes something you can actually see, train, and transform from within.

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, distraction, or stress.

Together, we explore what happens inside the brain when we enter a flow state, how dopamine drives addiction and motivation, and why true productivity begins by allowing ourselves to slow down.

This is a grounded look at the intersection between neuroscience, mindfulness, and behaviour change, and a reminder that mental clarity isn’t something we wait for. It’s something we can train.

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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.

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 learn how stem cells work and the research that Cellcolabs is doing to fight chronic diseases, why scientific integrity matters, and what safeguards every patient should look for before considering treatment. 

Katarina le Blanc's Bio: https://ki.se/en/people/katarina-leblanc#about-me

Katarina le Blanc's Papers:
MSC mechanisms: Le Blanc, Katarina and Krampera, Mauro, Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Putative
Microenvironmental Modulators Become Cell Therapy. Cell stem cell. May 2021.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2021.09.006

Immunomodulation in GvHD: Boberg E, L von Bahr, K Le Blanc, et al. Treatment of chronic GvHD with mesenchymal stromal cells induces durable responses: A phase II study. STEM CELLS Transl Med. 2020;1–13.
https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fsctm.20-0099

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What if medicine wasn’t just about treating illness, but preventing it before it even begins? In this HumanWare Project episode, we step inside Zoī, a groundbreaking health centre in Paris that blends predictive medicine, architecture, and human-centred design to reimagine the future of care.

Hidden behind an unmarked door near Place Vendôme, Zoī is a 20,000-square-foot sanctuary created to calm the senses and restore balance. With softly lit corridors, volcanic stone pools, and oval examination suites where technology disappears from sight, the space feels more like a retreat than a clinic.

But behind this serene architecture lies advanced science - predictive algorithms, behavioural tools, and personalised health pathways designed to help people live longer, healthier lives.

Join us as we explore how architecture, science, and experience come together to redefine health and longevity in the 21st century.

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