Ultra-lightweight Probes to Catalyze Interstellar ExplorationBased on present space science and engineering, interstellar travel remains highly unlikely. Applying synergistic emerging technologies to enhance capabilities for accelerated space development in the solar system may catalyze possible steps to the stars. A stepwise sequence of plausible projects will be proposed. The remarkable present progress in diverse applied ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
The Future of the Internet: What's Next?It has been only 25 years since the World Wide Web appeared as the leading application for the Internet, allowing us to share every aspect of our lives with each other, with our governments, and with the big businesses that have sprung up as part of the new digital world. ...
Roger Sramek is an inventor, innovator and entrepreneur who came by his career as a farm boy who had to learn how to operate equipment and tools, to fix, mend, predict, nurture, listen, focus and get things done. He has numerous pending and issued patents in fields as diverse as ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Student
Christiana Figueres: Going to ParisCan world leaders cut a climate deal when they meet in Paris in December? Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama have energized the negotiations with their pact to grow the two biggest economies while cutting carbon pollution. Other countries are advancing their plans to do the same. California ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
The Wright Brothers David McCulloughTickets are available at Kepler's and online at Fox Theatre Box Office Join us for a very special evening with two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian, David McCullough. He is the author of numerous acclaimed books, including 1776, Brave Companions, The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, and The Greater ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $45; $20; $10
Cosmology with Strong Gravitational LensesSan Franicsco Amateur Astronomers host Dr. Phil Marshall, research scientist at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and member of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIRPAC) for a presentation on Cosmology with Strong Gravitational Lenses. Strong gravitational lenses have become an important astronomical tool: they allow researchers to make accurate ...
