Carl is focused on using both technological and biological means to study and modify the nature of consciousness, his research concentrates on the relationship between technology and the human condition. Carl is developing ‘Hyperhumanism’ which reframes technology as a catalyst for developing our own innate human abilities. Another key area of Smith’s research is Context Engineering, which emphasises the importance of designing appropriate contexts for psychedelic research. Carl has also been very fortunate to be a participant of the N,N-DMT research at Imperial College London for the last eight years and has been through all three phases, including: i) EEG ii) EEG+FMRI and iii) DMTx. Carl was also the first person in the world to sustain the full 5 doses of DMTx during the pilot phase of the study. Raising over £10 million in research funding, he has given over 300 invited public lectures, conference presentations and keynotes in 40 countries and published more than 50 academic papers. His research interests also include Holotechnica, Embodied Cognition, Spatial Literacy, Umwelt Hacking and Sensory Augmentation.