ArtScience Museum in Singapore has launched 'In the Ether: The Rise of Sanctuary Technologies', the third edition of its flagship festival examining the relationship between science, technology and society. Running from 3 October to 6 December 2026, the free festival turns the museum into a platform of interactive artworks, participatory installations, talks, workshops and learning experiences, all asking how technology might be reimagined to support human flourishing and collective care. The program brings together an international network of artists, researchers, engineers and practitioners. Contributors include the non-profit organization Vensa and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, whose thinking on open-source and decentralized technologies feeds into this year's program. A closing chapter titled Experiment puts microchips under the spotlight: the Open Chip Lab installation, developed with contributors Matthew Hartensveld, Matt Venn and Andrew D. Zonenberg from the United States and Spain, demystifies semiconductor technology through open-source chip design platforms, silicon wafers and microscopic explorations of everyday electronics. Singapore-based research features prominently. Student projects applying technology to health and accessibility challenges, supported by the Singapore University of Technology and Design's DIVE platform for design and AI innovation, give the festival a local anchor alongside its international names. The festival's framing is deliberately counterintuitive at a moment when digital systems dominate daily life. Rather than celebrating technological acceleration, 'In the Ether' invites audiences to imagine technology as something shaped collectively and designed around human needs and values. With free admission and a two-month run, the museum is betting that a broad public will engage with that proposition firsthand.