STEM Speakers Series: Gaming/RoboticsAttendees will have the opportunity to hear about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) classroom integration from experts in the field as well as use the STEM Center equipment for hands-on exploration.Each night the agenda is: 3-4pm Open House, 4-5pm Speakers Series, 5-6pm Open HouseSpeakers: Angela Sveda, Rolston Middle School; ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
BIGBOSS: A STAGE IV DARK ENERGY REDSHIFT SURVEYBigBOSS is a Stage IV dark energy experiment based on proven techniques to study the large-scale mass distribution of the universe and to provide experimental data for validation of competing cosmology models. BigBOSS will search for stalled baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) waves, remnants of the early universe, which serve as ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Built for Speed NightLifeSatisfy your need for speed at the NightLife premiere of the Academy's latest exhibit, Built for Speed, which explores what it takes for animals and boats to be fast in fluid. Take part in a Q&A with the designers behind the boats of ORACLE TEAM USA, the America's Cup defending ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
'Who Owns the Future?'A Renaissance Man for the 21st century, Jaron Lanier (You Are Not A Gadget) is a computer scientist, composer, visual artist, musician, and author who writes on numerous topics, including high-technology business, the social impact of technology, the philosophy of consciousness and information, Internet politics, and the future of humanism. ...
Learn the many ways to make color-from neon signs to oil slicks to rainbows and more. You'll learn all about light, how it's made, and how it interacts. Ron will demonstrate many of the concepts, and you'll take away materials to build your own spectroscope. You'll see color in a ...
Did you know that Alaska supports more than 80 percent of all the seabirds nesting in the United States? And that close to a third of the world's shorebird species come to Alaska to breed? Nils Warnock will talk about the many ways that Alaska is important to different bird ...
Professor Brian A. Barsky from UC Berkeley will present an overview of his research combining computer graphics with optics, optometry, and photography. This research has investigated mathematical models to describe the shape of the cornea and algorithms for cornea measurement, scientific and medical visualization for the display of cornea shape, ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Rethinking Invasive Species in San Francisco BayCould a new non-native mud shrimp be good for the sub-tidal ecosystem? Michael McGowan, fisheries oceanographer and aquatic ecologist, will discuss how an invasive species may actually be beneficial.
