Episode 6: The Dawn Of A New Species

Man is leading the greatest and most daring experiment that's ever been done on Earth: reshaping himself. He has already capabilities exceeding those he was endowed with by nature. Virtual Reality offers the possibility to experience environments that do not exist. Technology is already working at developing human senses and body parts. What is that makes us still human in this hybrid environment? Will these new skills give man more freedom? The future of the human species is a lively debate.

Mutation, gene flow, genetic drift and natural selection are the forces of extraordinary power that have shaped life on Earth and driven the evolutionary process for 4,5 billion years. An unstoppable…

Yael is a normal girl with a normal life. But she is not really like all her peers: she is a genetically modified girl. A defect in her DNA would have forced her to avoid the risk of getting sick. We…

An artificial heart is already beating in a human breast: this is the last frontier of robotics dedicated to the human body. But what percentage of the human body are we now able to reproduce and to…

The brain of Digital Natives develops differently from the brain of human beings born a few decades earlier. The new human brain changing through interaction with the digital world, is no longer…

How are the relationships between people influenced by virtual reality and remote access? We will consider the challenges posed by the regulation, control and organization of an increasingly un…

Man is leading the greatest and most daring experiment that's ever been done on Earth: reshaping himself. He has already capabilities exceeding those he was endowed with by nature. Virtual Reality…