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Things designed and built for space exploration have come a long way from Sputnik and dehydrated orange drink. From spacesuits to rovers, come get some insight into what goes into creating the objects needed for cosmic travel. You’ll also want to sample the goods at Pairings: Dehydration, inspired by NASA’s ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
COSMOLOGICAL KOANSCosmological Koans invites you to take an intellectual journey through more than 50 koans: pleasingly paradoxical vignettes following the ancient Zen tradition. Anthony Aguirre traverses the world from West to East, and through ideas spanning the age, breadth and depth of the universe. Using beguiling koans and a flair for explaining ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20/$10/$8
Development process of wearable devices through the eyes of a Mechanical EngineerA consulting development engineer will review the development process of wearable devices.The topic discussed will include:1. Development steps from the marketing requirements document to the production prototypes2. Typical challenges that often slow or stop the development process 3. Some sample of designed products4. Where the industry of wearable is going ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: $10 Donation General, Free for ASME members
Drawdown: Do We Have What It Takes to Solve Climate Change?Today’s solutions for addressing climate change on a global scale are doable but daunting. A vigorous debate needs to be had about how to allocate resources, prioritize policies and design economic trade-offs as we move forward.Project Drawdown has rigorously evaluated a universe of options for reversing climate change, zeroing in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Astro Night: Explosions in the SkyWhile the night sky may appear calm and eternal, the quiet masks a violent dynamism, where stars collide, collapse to black holes, or explode entirely as supernovae. It is only recently that astronomers have begun to deeply explore this transient side of the universe. Such stellar cataclysms stir up spacetime, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
City Star Party @ The PresidioCome join us for our monthly San Francisco City Star Party. SFAA members provide telescopes for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to check the SFAA website for the latest updates…bad weather or overcast skies will cancel!