#35. Neumascape: Well-being Technology with Nelson Abreu and Manori Sumanasinghe

#35. March 18, 2020. Nelson Abreu and Manori Sumanasinghe  are Los Angeles-based entrepreneurs and co-founders of Neumascape. Neumascape is a collaborative studio pursuing passions in architecture + design, technology, and well-being. Nelson and Manori are thinkers, makers, and problem-solvers setting out on a journey to produce cool projects while seeking to improve the world around them. Manori is a Los Angeles-based designer and entrepreneur, working towards her California licensure in Architecture.  She is passionate about the role of Architecture + Design and its impact on a community’s well-being. Manori's passion in community building is established on a strong foundation of democracy, ethics, empathy, and an acknowledgement of the intrinsic connections we have with each other and our surroundings. Her goal with her practice is to help identify and realize the potential of people, space, or places, through design and technology. Her approach to projects often seeks to honor the legacy of place, space, object, or people. Nelson, who is married to Manori, is a registered electrical engineer, specializing in smart grids, completing a Masters in Design, Business and Technology in Los Angeles. He is an entrepreneur, inventor, author and educator. A descendent of Goa, India, he was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal. For years, Nelson has been exploring the intersection of being, society and technology: how extraordinary states facilitate new technical and social solutions (innovation) and how technology can facilitate such states. He has been developing novel technologies and techniques to induce states of creativity and well-being. Nelson continues to develop novel ways to reduce stress, anxiety, and pain and to improve creativity, performance, self-knowledge and intuition.