Solution-processed electronic materials have the potential to create a new manufacturing paradigm and applications domains beyond those now dominated by silicon technology. These materials can be deposited and patterned with tools commonly used in the graphics design and printing businesses. Over the past 10 years, solution-processed semiconducting materials have been ...
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence has sought radio beacons devoid of information content. It seems likely, however, that a civilization transmitting a radio signal intended for our detection will also be motivated to embed information within the signal, especially in view of the large speed-of-light latencies. Successful exchange of information ...
Japan After the Great Tohoku Quake: Energy, Economy and PoliticsThis panel of experts will look at how Japan has responded to a still unfolding tragedy of unprecedented historical proportions and examine what this challenge may mean for the future of Japan's energy policy, economy, politics and relations with the rest of the world.Panel:Michio Harada - Deputy Consul General at ...
Fabricating Organic, Active Matrix Display Backplanes for Paper-like Displays and Flexible SensorsSpeaker: Ana Arias, Assistant Professor in EECS, UC BerkeleyLive broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast; Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. The complete schedule for the spring semester is online at http://www.citris-uc.org/events/RE-spring2011. All talks may be viewed on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/citrisuc.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Parallel Computing: Its opportunities and challengesAs the computing industry moves to multi/many-core architecture, parallel computing becomes a critical aspect of high performance computing. This talk discusses the opportunities and challenges that parallel computing brings.Speaker: Victor Lee, Intel CorporationHP Auditorium
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Galactic Center: Uncovering the Pulse of our GalaxyMore than a quarter century ago, it was suggested that galaxies such as our own Milky Way may harbor massive, though possibly dormant, central black holes. Definitive proof, for or against, the existence of a massive central black hole lies in the assessment of the distribution of matter in the ...
With urban homesteading all the rage and backyard and vacant lot food production on the rise it appears we're taking big steps toward encouraging self-sufficiency in the Bay Area. For sure people's requirements for connection to their food has changed. But how much do the popular local underground food movements ...
