Step Inside the Future: Your Guide to the Tech Playground
Author: Nicole Petersen, RD
The Tech Playground is my favorite part of Beyond Biohacking. The talks are where you get to learn. The tech playground is where you get to play. It’s a biohacker’s wonderland, quite literally. Multiple floors, over 150 brands, and every single one of them wants you to try what they built. I’m a functional registered dietitian, a health coach, and a total biohacker nerd. I’ve been to Beyond Biohacking seven times and I can honestly say that this is the best three days of the year.
The founders and teams running the Tech Playground booths are some of the coolest, funniest, most passionate humans you will ever meet. A lot of them created the technology themselves, often because nothing like it existed before they made it. You end up in real conversations that go deep quickly, learning things you could not have picked up anywhere else.
Everything in this playground exists to help you feel better, perform better, and live longer. This is the newest, most cutting edge stuff out there and you are not going to see it anywhere else. By the time you have worked your way through even a fraction of it, trying new supplements and testing tech, you are going to feel on top of the world.
Ben Franklin said it best: “tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.” The Tech Playground is where everything you learn in the sessions comes to life. You are inside a hyperbaric chamber, breathing in hydrogen, getting a vitamin IV, or coming out of a brainwave session feeling like a new person.
Here are five tech playground booths you cannot leave without trying.
I walked past this booth for years. Just a headset, I thought. Not for me.
Then one year I actually sat down and tried it. You put on a headset with an LED visor, close your eyes, and a guided visualization begins. Light pulses at specific frequencies while audio pulls your brain into a deeply relaxed, focused state. Your brain naturally follows the frequencies it is exposed to, so you are not trying to meditate or force anything. You just sit there and it works. I felt really calm coming out of it. Turnsout that is scientifically proven. Studies show a 38.5% decrease in stress after a single session.
One session feels amazing. But what it does over time is where it gets really interesting. With regular use it promotes neuroplasticity, your brain’s ability to reorganize itself and form new neural connections. Over time you get better sleep, better focus and a better stress response.
I ended up subscribing to BrainTap and have used it every single day since. If you have never been able to meditate on your own, try this.
WOAH. That is all I can say.
The aura around this booth is totally calm and quiet, which sets the tone perfectly. When your appointment time arrives, the team walks you through everything, hands you a small nasal cannula to breathe molecular hydrogen, and you lie back in a zero-gravity bed. The design is striking, like a lightning bolt through a block. A really soothing voice comes on and guides you through some easy breathwork. Then a panel lowers to hover above you and the red lights above and below you turn on (they’re VERY bright). It is completely open on the sides so if you are claustrophobic you will be totally fine. You are then immersed in a sound bath while gentle, soothing vibrations move through your entire body, and you feel the warmth of that red light everywhere, the whole time. It is like being in a womb. Red and near-infrared light, PEMF, vibroacoustics, molecular hydrogen, are all happening at once, all compounding on each other. This thing takes stacking biohacks to the next level.
I left my body. When it was over I felt like I had slept a full eight hours, and that was just the demo. NFL and MLB teams already use this. Put this on your list of things to try. And make sure someone takes a picture of you in there. You look really cool.
Pro tip before anything else: sign up for a spot as early as possible. This one books extremely fast and you do not want to miss it.
Stay with me on this one.
One year I did an ozone IV therapy session at their booth. They draw your blood out, mix it with ozone gas, and return it to your body through an IV. You watch the whole thing happen in real time.
I know it sounds weird. But people have been practicing ozone therapy for over 100 years. It stimulates the same cellular repair pathways as exercise and caloric restriction. It was one of the most wild and memorable things I have done at a conference. They also have ozone generators you can purchase for at-home use.
Glutathione is your body’s master antioxidant. It drives detoxification, neutralizes free radicals, and keeps your immune system strong. Research also links it directly to longevity. After 30 your production starts to fall, which is a problem because the world is not getting less toxic.
Most glutathione supplements don’t work. Auro Wellness delivers glutathione through your skin using patented sub-nano technology. You spray it on your skin, rub it in for 90 seconds, and your body absorbs it better than most oral or IV formulations. I have been using it for years. It’s a non-negotiable when I travel, when I’m around a lot of people, or when I just want more energy.
Dr. Nayan Patel spent 14 years developing this. He’ll be there to answer your questions.
When you walk up to this booth you see these futuristic looking chambers and you immediately want to get inside one.
Oxy Health brings hyperbaric chambers to the conference floor so you can try one on the spot. The chamber pressurizes the air around you so your body absorbs far more oxygen than it ever could under normal conditions. When it kicks in your ears pop a little, the same feeling as descending in a plane, and then everything just settles into this calm, quiet state where you feel like you’re feeding your brain exactly what it needs. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy drives oxygen deep into your tissues, supports faster recovery, reduces inflammation, and sharpens mental clarity. I have done it multiple times and it is fun every single time. I always walk out feeling sharp and completely restored. This is a great way to recharge your energy levels during your busy day at the conference. They give you a comfy pillow and everything so you can just relax.
These are just five of the booths. There are over 150 brands on the floor. See everything at beyondconference.com/partners.
Try as much as you can. Meet the founders. The conversations are as good as the experiences. And everything you want to take home comes with exclusive discounts for attendees.
Grab your ticket at beyondconference.com.
