LIFE BOWL at Business of Design Week in Hong Kong (20 November)
A Transcultural Dialogue on Longevity
LIFE BOWL is conceived as an open public arena where cutting-edge molecular life sciences and Traditional Chinese Medicine meet in direct dialogue.
Together with media art pioneer Jeffrey Shaw and the Visualization Research Centre at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), we are creating an environment where complex longevity research is translated into an interactive, embodied experience.
Through a custom-built 3D augmented reality setting, visitors will engage directly with AI-powered conversational avatars. Rather than relying on generic web queries, these avatars draw upon a dedicated, vetted knowledge base built from in-depth research and conversations with the world’s leading longevity and aging researchers, including:
Michael N. Hall (Biozentrum, University of Basel)
Bian Zhaoxiang (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Venki Ramakrishnan (Biomedical Campus, Cambridge)
Steve Horvath (Altos Labs / UCLA)
Matt Kaeberlein (University of Washington / Optispan)
Linda Partridge (Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing / UCL)
Anne Schäfer (Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing / Mount Sinai)
Fiona Marshall (President of Biomedical Research, Novartis)
Tony Wyss-Coray (Stanford University)
In addition to these molecular perspectives, the system integrates the fundamental philosophies, diagnostic paradigms and preventive practices of TCM, which were developed in dialogue with leading academic staff at HKBU.
