A New Feed for the Allen Telescope Array and the Science That it Will Enable The current feeds of the antennas in the Allen Telescope Array are somewhat unusual and provide wide bandwidth and good sensitivity. We have recently developed an upgrade to the feed which has even more bandwidth and, equally important, substantially better sensitivity. The new sensitivity is about as good as can ...
Mr. Marcus reviews briskly four projects that are conceptual designs for new kinds of mobile applicaitions (smartphone and tablet with associated Web portals) that combine the theories of information design and persuasion design to change people's behavior. The Green Machine persuades home consumers to save energy. The Health Machine persuades ...
Ultra-High Efficiency Grid-Connected Power Electronics for Distributed Photovoltaic SystemsSocial and economic forces, along with inherent limits in energy resources, are driving a need to reduce energy consumption and increase the use of renewable resources. Even modest reductions in the losses associated with the transmission and conversion of energy have a significant cumulative benefit, and play an essential role ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Electric Vehicles: Off the Pump, On the Plug; Charging Towards a Cleaner Energy FuturePanel discussion focused on challenges and opportunities associated with vehicle electrification and the role California is playing as a market and infrastructure leader in the EV sector.Panel: Max Baumhefner: Attorney/Sustainable Energy Fellow, Natural Resources Defense Council Adam Langton: Energy Regulatory Analyst at California Public Utilities Commission Amine Mahmassani: Vehicles Analyst/Engineer ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Evolution of Rotorcraft Technology: An Historical PerspectiveMr. Larry Rinek Senior Technology Consultant, Frost & Sullivan, will walk through key historical milestones of rotorcraft development, pointing out successful solutions. At the conclusion, he will show a breathtaking short DVD video clip of an electrifying actual helicopter mission, a task that only rotorcraft can perform.Pizza and soda will ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Vast and Undetectable Panel Discussion: Visual Languages of Art and ScienceWhere do the visual languages of science and art intersect? Where do they diverge? The SFAC Gallery, in partnership with Science@Cal, will host a panel discussion in conjunction with the SFAC Gallery exhibition, Vast and Undetectable, to consider the similarities and differences between the visual languages artists and scientists use ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Peregrine Falcons: Population Recovery and BeyondLearn about peregrine falcon recovery efforts from bird bander and conservation biologist Glenn R. Stewart, director of the University of California Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group. Glenn will describe the techniques used by the Predatory Bird Research Group to achieve the peregrine falcon population recovery, discuss current studies of ...
Nerd Nite SF #22: Contemplative neuroscience, squid, and piracy!Brains, tentacles, and cutlasses, oh my! Grab a beer, nod your head to the beats, and listen to these three awesome presentations. Be there and be square!-----"The mindful brain: If the Buddha was a neuroscientist" by Philippe Goldin, Ph. D.There is an evolving contemplative neuroscience of how we transform ourselves ...
