The first kick of the Brazil 2014 World Cup promises to be unlike any seen before. It’ll be taken by a paraplegic volunteer in a mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton, in the first public demonstration of technology that hopes to make wheelchairs a thing of the past.

The talent show format has fallen out of favour. American Idol viewers fell 66% in three years, and only three seasons of The X Factor were made in the US before it was dropped. Can interactive programme Rising Star bring the talent show back into people’s living rooms?

We've never been so interested in TV shows - but we aren't watching TV. Instead, we're turning to online video - whether it's Netflix or YouTube. But new technology isn't solely responsible – a wider shift in lifestyles is creating a natural path towards hyper-diversification.

For today's youth, neo-tribalism is the new clique. Leaving blind conformity behind, these fast-moving, flexible cultures are a cocktail of affiliations and references, always shifting and reforming. But if everyone can be whoever they like, how do you know who’s in or out?