Flavor images in our brains guide our metabolic health. These images are shaped by our perception of scent. As we better understand the action of scent on metabolism, digital scent will not only help us eat better, but plunge us into an emotive conversation with life on the planet that crosses barriers of language, culture, and even species. David is an inventor, writer, and founder of ArtScience, the culture lab of Le Laboratoire and Cafe. He has pioneered new ways of delivering health and nutrition through the air, from his early work on inhaled insulin to his latest technology to digitize scent, oNotes. A professor of the practice of idea translation in SEAS at Harvard, David works with leading artists and designers to explore new human futures. He is a founder of the World Frontiers Forum and the new Frontier Art Prize, which will be awarded on October 18 to Doug Aitken at the Picasso Museum in Paris. He is a member of the National Academies of Engineering in France and the USA, a member of the National Academy of Inventors, and has been made a Chevalier of arts and letters by the French Ministry of Culture. His books include works of fiction and nonfiction in French and English including his forthcoming book Creating Things That Matter (Holt 2018). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
4 дек 2017
