Putting Water Online - CANCELLEDThe seminar will feature Prof. Alexandre Bayen presenting the results of the Floating Sensor Network project, including the results of the day's experiment in Walnut Grove.On May 9, 2012, the Floating Sensor Network team will conduct a major experiment in Walnut Grove, CA. We will launch the complete 100-unit floating ...
A different perspective on the Lytro light field cameraLytro, Inc.has begun shipping the first consumer camera that captures 4-D light field pictures, rather than 2-D images. In this talk the camera and its picture-processing system are explored in the context of computer graphics and vision science, emphasizing parallax as a unifying principle for insight into their operation.Gallery of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Passive Solar ArchitectureThe past few decades has seen a resurrection in buildings that work with their environment. Passive solar design is the most effective, healthiest and lowest-cost method to provide thermal comfort in any climate. This class will give an introduction to the physics of passive solar design, its historical use in a ...
Where: San RafaelCost: $10 Members advance, $15 at door for all
Wolf Recovery in the Western U.S.: A Primer for California The Sierra Club is excited to host a presentation by Carter Niemeyer, a respected Wildlife Society certified biologist:Wolf Recovery in the Western U.S.: A Primer for California Mr. Niemeyer is author of the 2010 book "Wolfer" and he is the former head of wolf recovery for US Fish & Wildlife ...
Where: Redwood CityCost:
Cell Phone Upside the Head: Health Effects of Electromagnetic RadiationWhat are the health effects of electromagnetic (EM) radiation? After exploring the fundamental (and fun) physics of electric and magnetic fields, we will see just what EM waves are. Then we'll consider how this radiation can, and might, and cannot disrupt the mechanisms of the body. Finally, we'll examine the ...
It is often said that mathematics is a universal language that we could use to make contact with another intelligence. But is that really the case? Or is this just a disguised version of anthropocentrism?Speaker: Dr Keith Devlin has written 31 mathematics books and over 80 published research articles. He ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
From the UNIVAC to Web 2.0: Politics, Computers and the Making of a 21st Century PresidencyDateline: November 4, 1952: UNIVAC Predicts an Eisenhower Win! Sixty years ago this November, public opinion polls gave the 1952 Presidential election to Adlai Stevenson. UNIVAC, star of CBS' election coverage (along with a new anchor, Walter Cronkite), predicted an Eisenhower landslide. UNIVAC was right. The computer's TV debut captivated ...
