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Anna Maerker is a senior Lecturer in History of Medicine at Kings College London. She talks to us about the advantages and disadvantages of Anatomical Models, how they were used and what they contributed to Science.

John Costik is a lead software developer at the Centre for Clinical Innovation at the University of Rochester, New York. When his son, Evan was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, he turned to technology to minimize the impact of the disease on his health and his life.

Andrés Vaccari has a PhD from the Department of Philosophy at Macquarie University. He shares his work on the History and applications of the Metaphor – The Body as a machine – and how the philosophy of mechanization has affected the world in innumerable and complex ways.

Randolph M. Nesse is an American Physician and evolutionary biologist. He talks to us about the way in which computers have changed our idea of mechanical bodies and why we cannot optimise the body as a machine. 

Dr Des Spence is a GP and former columnist for the British Medical Journal. He shares with us his concerns on the impact of Health and Fitness apps suggesting they can lead to over diagnosis for the ‘worried well.’