On May 9, more than 900 attendees from throughout the world joined members of the Media Lab and special guests for h2.0, a symposium focused on ushering in a new era in human adaptability—an era where technology will merge with our bodies and our minds to forever change our concept of human capability.

The day-long program featured work that is blurring the distinction between "able bodied" and "disabled," demonstrating technologies at the neural-digital interface. Speakers introduced sweeping new research initiatives that will soon benefit us all, from techniques to treat conditions such as Alzheimer's disease or depression, to sociable robots to monitor the health of children or the elderly, to the development of smart prostheses that can mimic-—and even exceed the capabilities of—biological limbs.