How taking a second look can change your everything

What It Covers

Artists and innovators demonstrate how taking a second look at technology, history, and waste reveals overlooked solutions—from robot dogs sparking curiosity to glass recycling restoring Louisiana coastlines to forgotten space pioneers finally honored.

Key Questions Answered

• •Robot perception psychology: Artist Agnieszka Pilat walks Boston Dynamics robot dog Basha publicly to study human reactions—people show curiosity in person but post threatening comments online, revealing technology fears amplify in digital spaces versus real-world encounters.
• •Glass-to-sand coastal restoration: Glass Half Full processes 4 million pounds of glass annually in Louisiana, crushing bottles into sand using biodegradable sandbags and native grasses for marsh restoration, solving both recycling gaps and land erosion losing 35 square miles yearly.
• •Encyclopedia of Invisibility project: Artist Tavares Strachan compiled 3,000 pages with 17,000 entries documenting erased histories—including Robert Henry Lawrence, first Black astronaut who died before spaceflight—then launched a gold satellite honoring Lawrence into orbit via SpaceX in 2018.
• •Walking for mental health transformation: Musician Mike Posner walked 2,851 miles across America over six months, surviving rattlesnake bite requiring three ICU nights, discovering true happiness emerges from growth and perseverance rather than fame or external validation.