What if every transparent surface around you—car windshields, building windows, even glass walls—could augment your reality without wearing any device? Jussi Mäkinen from Distance Technologies reveals how computational optics is turning ordinary surfaces into mixed reality portals.

We explore the technology reshaping human perception and ask: who decides what we see in this augmented future?___

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What if we could shrink the intelligence of ants and bees into robots smaller than a coin?

Elio Challita, a Schmidt Science Fellow at Harvard's Microrobotics Laboratory, is making this sci-fi dream reality. From studying termites that spit like 3D printers to cicadas that spray with chainsaw-level power, Elio explains how swarms of biodegradable micro robots could detect environmental disasters in minutes instead of weeks.

We dive into surface tension physics, biological materials as robot parts, and why insects might be the world's greatest engineers.

Could armies of tiny guardians be monitoring every forest, ocean, and city by 2075?

This conversation will change how you see the bugs in your backyard forever.

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What if we're living in the dumbest timeline possible? Scientist James Glattfelder thinks we have all the technology to create paradise, but our bad ideas about reality are building hell instead.

We dive deep into how information theory is revolutionizing physics, why consciousness might be the universe's operating system, and how ancient shamanic wisdom could guide our future.

From quantum computers to psychedelic insights, from symbolic thinking to collective intelligence - this is about breaking free from the mental prison that's keeping humanity stuck.

The re-enchantment of existence isn't just philosophy - it's our survival strategy for the next 50 years.

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