Headlands Helping Hands: FREE Family Stewardship DayPartner up with NatureBridge to help grow and protect the Marin Headlands for all generations with family stewardship days throughout the seasons. Together we can make a difference with projects ranging from non-native plant removal, beach cleanups, and native plant nursery stewardship. All stewardship programs are FREE, family friendly, and ...
Willow Garage's PR2 robot returns to The Tech Museum for an interactive program. Here's your chance to meet this powerful research robot who can see, talk, pick up objects, and even dance around! Create your own programs for the robot and then see your code come to life. Program the ...
San Francisco's creative nature inspired innovation long before the silicon chip: Some of the world's most influential inventions were dreamed up by San Franciscan tinkerers. Explore seven surprising stories of innovation-from tech to tunes to treats-that exemplify San Francisco as a hotbed of creative thinking for nearly two centuries. We'll ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 adults, $20 under 18
Dinner to Dye For at Interface Art Gallery Interactive workshop and Dinner. After a delicious meal, we will use the food byproducts from our meal (onion skins, avacado pits, carrot tops, etc.) to dye fabrics. Tickets here.
Where: OaklandCost: $60
Monday, 11/05/12
Smart City: What Is the Added Value?Smart City approaches rely on the integration of modeling/simulation techniques and ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) into city planning and practices, such as city growth projections, city operations (municipal water/electric supply, waste management, etc.), city processes (such as payroll), city services (to citizens, to businesses, to suppliers, etc.), etc. Smart ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $195
The Universe in an Atom: exploring deep mysteries of nature with precision measurements in atoms Modern cosmology poses deep, unanswered questions about the nature of the universe: - What is the dark energy that causes the accelerating expansion of the universe? - What is the dark matter whose gravitational influence holds together galaxies and galactic clusters? - What causes the matter-antimatter asymmetry ...
Scientists have been aware of human induced seismicity for decades. But attention to the issue has increased in recent years, as concerns have been raised for wastewater disposal, hydraulic fracturing, and CO2 sequestration. The importance of credible induced seismicity hazard assessment has never been higher.In this talk, Mark McClure will ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Hunting for the Higgs Boson and More at the LHCFor the past three years, experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have begun exploring physics at the high energy frontier. A rich harvest of initial physics results has been obtained that allows us to test the Standard Model (SM) of elementary particles and to make searches Beyond the SM ...
The Bay Area is at the center of the creative and technology innovation driving the Internet age. This period of rapid evolution has created new and dynamic networks reflecting the great diversity of our region. But it is also a time of contradiction and disruption, challenging the traditional boundaries of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free members
Benjamin Dean Lecture: The History of Planetariums as the Morrison Turns 60!Join us as we celebrate the 60th birthday of the Academy's Morrison Planetarium with a special presentation and look back through our dome's history and the history of planetariums across the country. Dr. Marché will lead us on a journey back in time from the early days of the Morrison ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Seniors, $6 Members
Earth StoriesSpeaker: Doug McConnell, NBC Bay Area reporter and PBS OpenRoad producer
Where: OaklandCost: $7 Donation
Tuesday, 11/06/12
Smart City: What Is the Added Value?Smart City approaches rely on the integration of modeling/simulation techniques and ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) into city planning and practices, such as city growth projections, city operations (municipal water/electric supply, waste management, etc.), city processes (such as payroll), city services (to citizens, to businesses, to suppliers, etc.), etc. Smart ...
We encounter and interact with robotic agents every day when withdrawing cash from ATMs, driving cars with anti-lock brakes, and tuning our thermostats. In the moment of those interactions, we behave in ways that do not necessarily align with our belief that these are just plain machines. Through a combination ...
'Garden in the Sea'A group of enthusiastic people started to work for the protection of the Islands in the Sea of Cortez in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Artist Cristina Iglesias was asked to make a piece of art for the Island. This documentary dives deep into the beauty of the place, the heart ...
Dr. Carlos Maltzahn is Associate Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is also Director of the UCSC Systems Research Laboratory, co-founder and Associate Director of the UCSC/Los Alamos Institute for Scalable Scientific Data Management. Dr. Maltzahn's research is in the area of Computer ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Evolution of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Life: A Theological Assessment- RESCHEDULEDThe set of assumptions that generates progressive research programs associated with the search for extra-terrestrial life--especially intelligent life--constitute a myth-like picture of reality.Specifically, the set of assumptions frequently include (1) placing the origin of life within the theory of evolution [Darwinian evolution describes speciation, not the origin of life]; (2) ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Real-time Auralization for Virtual Environments - An Overview of RWTH's Virtual Reality SystemThis talk gives an overview on the acoustics aspects of this virtual reality system. This includes the simulation of room acoustics, sound reproduction to the user and the required signal processing. The real-time auralization engine enables a physically accurate simulation of sound propagation, including important wave effects such as sound ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Going beyond the FPGA with Spacetime The idea of dynamically reconfiguring programmable devices fascinated Turing in the 1930's. In the early 90's, DeHon pioneered dynamic reconfiguration within FPGAs, but neither his nor numerous subsequent efforts, both academic and industrial, resulted in a useful and usable product. Over the last several years, we have significantly advanced the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Game Changers: Mark Cerny with EA's Rich HillemanMark Cerny is one of gaming's most influential designers, a true "game changer." He's received the International Game Developers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as been inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame. Mark Cerny joined Atari at the age of 17, and has ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Climate Action 2050: What's Really Needed to Achieve Local and State GoalsAs a community and as a state, we have ambitious targets for reducing the emissions that cause global warming. But what will it actually take to achieve those targets? What strategies and actions will make the biggest differences? What role must our community play? Join climate change leaders Timothy ...
Redwoods have inhabited Earth for well over 100 million years and have experienced a great deal of climatic change during their long history. Coast redwood in particular was once much more widespread but as global climate changed, its ecological range contracted to a narrow band along the California coast defined ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Programming in HTMLSilicon Valley CoderDojo is a FREE programming clubs for kids, ages 8-17! New attendees and all programming experience levels are welcome anytime!Due to space limitations, tickts are required for each event. Sign up at EventbriteNOTE: Even if the event is listed as "sold out", please add your name to the wait ...
Many more children are diagnosed with autism today compared to 3-4 decades ago. Some of this difference reflects changing use of diagnostic terminology for more severe cases with low IQ and some is the tendency to make a diagnosis in individuals with milder behavioral symptoms. But there may be a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
The Mystery of Bird SongHow do birds learn to sing such beautiful songs? Why do they produce so many different types of vocalizations? California naturalist and author David Lukas will help answer some of these questions and share his insights into the magical world of bird song-from the ways we study bird song, to ...
Learning patterns in Big data from small data using core-setsWhen we need to solve an optimization problem we usually use the best available algorithm/software or try to improve it. In recent years we have started exploring a different approach: instead of improving the algorithm, reduce the input data and run the existing algorithm on the reduced data to obtain ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Fish Feeding FrenzyHelp Ranger Bill feed the hungry inhabitants of our fresh and saltwater tanks. Watch the different feeding styles of rock cod, sea stars, and steelhead trout.
Go behind the scenes at Long Marine Lab. Learn about the work of scientists and their studies of dolphins, seals, sea lions, and whales. Tour is best suited for adults and children over 10 years of age. Space limited. Reservations required: (831) 459-3800.
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Science Smart Kids-Simple MachinesKids will explore wheels, pulleys, and inclined planes and make and test a car out of reused materials! This program is presented by Science Smart Kids.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
THE INTERSTELLAR BOUNDARY EXPLORER (IBEX) MISSIONIt has been four years since the launch of NASA's Small Explorer mission–the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX). The IBEX mission is the first to map the entire region of the boundary of our Solar System. Plasma emitted from the Sun flows outward well beyond the orbits of the planets, eventually ...
This session begins with an overview of the role of marine transport in greenhouse gas emissions and of other challenges in reducing air pollution in this sector by host and m.c. Prof. Richard Dasher (Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center). Then, guest speaker Mr. S. G. Peng (photo), CEO of CEPT ...
In honor of its 60th anniversary, Morrison Planetarium will screen a mini-marathon of its three recent productions: Fragile Planet, Life: A Cosmic Story, and Earthquake: Evidence of a Restless Planet, preceded by a Tour of the Night Sky at 6:30. Planetarium Director Ryan Wyatt and his staff will share the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
The River Otter Ecology ProjectRiver otters are ambassadors for habitat preservation and restoration. They are charismatic carnivores that rely on healthy watersheds to thrive. The River Otter Ecology Project strives to build understanding of the ecology of the North American river otter throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.Speakers: Megan Isadore and Paola Bouley.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Friday, 11/09/12
Carbon MathWe have five times as much oil and coal and gas on the books of energy companies as climate scientists think is safe to burn. That was the takeaway from Bill McKibben's recent Rolling Stone article titled "Global Warming's Terrifying New Math." McKibben says it is his single most important ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free Members, $7 Students
Wireless sensor networks have huge potential to improve efficiency and quality of manufacturing operations, enable smart grid applications, and enable demand response/smart buildings, among other exciting applications. Ubiquitous sensor networks would allow two-way communication, real-time remote monitoring, and rapid response to changing conditions. Consider the difference between landline telephones and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Green FridayThe Sierra Club's Northern Alameda County Group will be hosting its monthly zero-waste Green Friday Potluck.Energy lies at the very heart of the world we've built, but its role - and the consequences of our ever-growing thirst for it - is often invisible, misunderstood, or overlooked. We are now entering ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $2 donation suggested
November LASER Event - RescheduledEditor's Note: This event was incorrectly listed as occuring on 11/9. The correct date is Monday, 11/12. See this link for information.
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Houge Park Start PartyMeet with members of San Jose Astronomical Society for a Star Party, weather permitting.
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