Digital Inquiry: Forms of Knowledge in the Age of New MediaThe symposium will bring together interdisciplinary scholars, artists, and media industry representatives to reflect on the nature of knowledge in the digital age. How do the tools of new media transform the questions we ask, how do they enable new questions, and how do they foreclose other questions?Panels will address ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free, space limited; register on website
Renewable Energy Microgrid Testbed at NASA Ames Research CenterThis talk will review the development of a renewable energy microgrid at the NASA Ames Research Center that includes generation (solar and wind) and storage in an electrical vehicle. It is based on student projects initiated in the LoCalRE Renewable Energy in Practice Summer School held on alternate years in ...
Cash for CoolersThis paper examines a large-scale appliance replacement program in Mexico that since 2009 has helped one million households replace their old refrigerators and air-conditioners with energy-efficient models. Using household-level electric billing records from the population of Mexican residential customers we measure the impact of appliance replacement on electricity consumption, and ...
Physics of Sound and Motion with YSIInvestigate the relationship of matter and energy with a Youth Science Institute instructor. Experiment with paper airplanes, stomp rockets, and a variety of noisemakers in a study of motion, forces, and sound waves. Grades 2nd-6th.
Over the past two centuries, archaeologists have found bones, footprints, and artifacts showing that people like ourselves have existed on earth for vast periods of time, going back many millions of years. But many scientists have forgotten or ignored these remarkable discoveries. Primarily because they contradict the now dominant views ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Come to Foothill Observatory and join us in the exploration of our Universe!Foothill Observatory Friday Evening ProgramCome to Foothill Observatory and join us in the exploration of our Universe!Foothill Observatory is open for public viewing every clear Friday evening from 9:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. Visitors can view the wonders of the universe through the observatory's new computer-controlled 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Views ...
Walks, talks, and more. This festival celebrates the diversity that is the Point Reyes area.See schedule for today's events and ticket availablity. Registration is required for all events.
