{"title": "Soulbound Expeditions", "logoImg": "bafkreifv4ewxjzvc7ti4azid3fbknjkejzkdddmpwksbksajh4pufvhfyu", "website": "https://soulbound.garden", "bannerImg": "bafkreibtnuy3ckq4q57f36kguknkyix3x4nv75beltbw6aou7lhv25kupq", "createdAt": 1721170537953, "credentials": {}, "description": "# TL;DR\n\nAt its core, a Soulbound Expedition is an experience where a small group of people embarks on an intentional journey of self-discovery, with a clear start and finish, and with an opt-in digital record from both their collective and individual perspectives, measuring and visualizing both the sum of the journey and its peak moments.\n\n# First Dive\n\nThe overall goal of our upcoming pilot projects is for Kosmostasis Labs (that’s our r&d lab!) to research novel ways of understanding flow states and coexistence among all life forms, and we are pushing forward by hosting experiences that are both meaningful and tech-driven as a means to continuously iterate on our technology.\n\nEach Soulbound Expedition leverages a diverse array of tools from IoT, web3, and AI, along with practices such as journaling, meditation, and circling, to capture unique biomarkers, which help us understand personal growth and progress toward achieving peak performance.\n\nMost of our development so far has happened IRL (process over code) and the open-source stack we are starting to develop is rooted in practices you might’ve heard about, like [neural annealing](https://qri.org/blog/neural-annealing), ludology, Campbell’s hero’s journey, and spiral dynamics, among others. We envision rabbit holes like creating digital organizations based on real-life experiences, and a game engine may surface as we continue our experiments.\n\n# Soulbound Expeditions x Zu, a word by [@Kosmostasis](https://t.me/kosmostasis)\n\nThe concept of this technology has been floating around my mind for a couple of years.  It consolidated after I managed to destroy a Fitbit during a six am cold plunge in Kotor Bay while running a small test on myself during a long celebration at Zu in Montenegro. At Zu in Istanbul, I convinced my friend Celin to test some ideas using her company’s clinical research device, the SmarKo. We won a couple of accolades at ZuHack and our research has since expanded, with her focused on the health aspects and my personal research focusing on experiential settings, interoperability with other wearables/attestations, and neural annealing.\n\n![LIOS Labs' Desert Transformation Lab](https://www.goethe.de/resources/files/jpg1297/5_oasis2021-formatkey-jpg-w983.jpg)\n\nEarlier this month, I spent 11 days camping in the Błędowska Desert in Poland at [LIOS Labs’ Desert Transformation Lab](https://experience.lios.io/) (hosted by a Zu Montenegro attendee) where I ran another experiment capturing my vital signs while also capturing the humidity and temperature of the desert environment. While the tech isn’t fully ready yet, we are now confident to start running more ambitious experiments alongside Zu-themed events where participants can meaningfully spend time in nature while pondering and shaping the future of coexistence.\n\n# Roadmap Draft\n\nLate July\n\n- New SmarKo devices ready\n- Small test in Venezuela (pending availability)\n\nAugust – September (smol batch pilots with prototype devices)\n\n- Test during ZuVillage (TBC)\n- Test during Zuiterland\n- Test during ZuBled (TBC)\n- Brand & Community Development\n- Work/code on mintable (bio) moments platform\n\nOctober – November\n\n- Community-signal-driven pilots in Asia (with more devices/participants)\n\nDecember – January\n\n- Soft launch at Ayllu alongside a Soulbound Expedition to Mount Roraima\n\n---\n\n**Find us [@soulboundexpeditions](https://t.me/soulboundexpeditions)**", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}}