Free Wednesday at Cal AcademyFree admission is available to visitors on the third Wednesday of every month, through the generosity of The Bernard Osher Foundation. Admission is on a first come, first served basis, and early arrival is recommended due to the likelihood of high demand. Also, please note that final entry to the ...
Organohalogen flame retardants, structurally similar to banned substances such as DDT and PCBs, are used at high levels in furniture, baby products, and other consumer and building products. These chemicals are semi-volatile and migrate from products into dust which ends up in people, animals, and the environment. Extensive research shows ...
Looking Around Corners: New Opportunities in Femto-PhotographyCan we look around corners beyond the line of sight? Our goal is to exploit the finite speed of light to improve image capture and scene understanding. New theoretical analysis coupled with emerging ultra-high-speed imaging techniques can lead to a new source of computational visual perception. We are developing the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Passive House in California - Success in SustainabilityThe Passive House Standard is a rigorous, voluntary energy efficiency standard for buildings of all types that originated in Europe in the late 1980s. The first Passive House building in the US was constructed in Urbana, Illinois in 2003 and the first Passive House retrofit in California was completed in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 Members Advance, $15 General and at door
Think Art-Act ScienceThink Art-Act Science is an exhibition of projects by artists who took part in the Swiss artists-in-labs program, completing an immersive nine-month residency in a scientific research institute or a university science department. During these residencies, the artists gained deep insights into the methodologies of scientific research in areas ranging ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
SpaceX and the Dragon SpacecraftWith the retirement of the Space Shuttle this past summer the United States entered a new era, one in which U.S. astronauts will be flying only aboard the Russian Soyuz vehicle in order to access Low Earth Orbit and the International Space Station. California headquartered Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #16: Special Effects, Beer, and UrbanismBeer! The city! Tiny spaceships that get blown up! September brings back-to-school back-to-stage and back-to-the-bar, as we hear from experts on practical special effects, the history of beer, and the urban land- and mindscape. Be there and be square!"Practical Special Effects: Livin' Large in Miniature" by Fon DavisFon is a ...
