The question of whether nuclear power should be adopted as a technology to produce clean energy along with wind and solar has been hotly debated for years.  In fact, during last years’ COP21 meeting in Paris the debate over whether nuclear power should be part of the climate change solution was almost ...
Where: SaratogaCost: Free event, RSVP requested but not required
Dent:SpaceScientists, makers, entrepreneurs, thinkers. Talented people of all backgrounds are pushing us farther, and Dent:Space brings them together. It's time to make our ambitions a reality. Look up, let's go.Speakers include:Mary Roach, Author; "Packing for Mars"Seth Shostak, SETI; Searching for ETSimone Giertz, Queen of Shitty RobotsCamille Eddy, Mechanical Engineering Student; ...
Happy Hollow is not just a place for kids!Introducing our early morning Senior Safari Walkabout. Get some exercise while enjoying the beautiful sights and sounds of Happy Hollow Park & Zoo. Seniors are invited to challenge their minds, get a little (or a lot) of exercise, and gain unique knowledge into the ...
TIME-EFFICIENT INFORMATION COLLECTION IN RFID NETWORKSRadio-frequency Identification (RFID) networks nowadays have been widely used in various cyber-physical systems in the fields such as manufacturing, transportation, energy, and healthcare, for identification, tracking, and information collection due to the simplicity and low cost of RFID tags. For these cyber-physical systems, time-efficient information collection is usually desirable or ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
'Character Day' film screeningjoin hundreds of thousands of people around the globe for the third annual Character Day - a free day and global initiative where universities, school districts, companies, families, congregations, and organizations of all sizes screen films on the science of character development from different perspectives, dive into free printed discussion ...
You know what time is because of your daily experience, but what seems constant and unchanging is not. In 1905, Albert Einstein threw a monkey wrench in our perception of time and space. Join us as we examine a few of these quirks on a conceptual non-mathematical level. Yes, you can age ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
When Machine Learning Takes over Audio Signal ProcessingDuring the last few years, machine learning has started to permeate the world of audio processing and has produced results that drastically improve over the state of the art. In this talk I'll touch on some recent approaches taking advantage of a machine learning perspective for attacking audio problems. I ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Serendipity -- An Ecologist's Quest to Understand NatureJoin Dr. James Estes, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, for a lecture based on his recently published book, Serendipity: An Ecologist’s Quest to Understand Nature.Serendipity is an exploration of the ideas and beliefs underlying ecology’s most fundamental objective�"to understand the distribution and abundance of species�"based on ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $5 General, Free for members
Friday, 09/23/16
BioHack The Planet ConferenceAs the BioHacker and gene hacker communities grow, there is a need to disseminate information and facilitate interaction between individuals of different knowledge bases and areas of expertise. BioHTP is run by BioHackers, designed for BioHackers, with talks solicited from BioHackers. There will be talks Friday night and all day ...
Where: OaklandCost: $50
Saturday, 09/24/16
Saturday Seminar: Building Environmental Literacy across Content AreasAn overview of California Department of Education's recent moves toward a goal of Environmental Literacy for All, including the guiding principles and the strategic framework, and a look at how environmental literacy requires an interdisciplinary lens.This is Your Brain on Paper: The Art and Science of Keeping a Nature Journal. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Canoe CleanupCelebrate CoastWeeks with us by joining us for a leisurely family paddle in our fleet of canoes guided by our expert naturalist instructors. No experience necessary, and we provide all of the necessary equipment. We will explore the local flora and fauna of Bair Island, a rare example of an ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20
Hayward Fault Walking TourOver the last million years, the natural beauty of Fremont has been shaped by the Hayward Fault. Instructors will be leading these 'ground breaking' tours and exposing the science and beauty of the Hayward Fault. This fault is one of several active faults in the world actually creeping at 5 ...
Where: FremontCost: $15
Free Admission at Hiller Aviation Museum: Smithsonian Museum DaySmithsonian Museum Day Live! is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine. The Hiller Aviation Museum participates by opening our doors to anyone presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket on Saturday, September 24, 2016… for free!
Celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week at the Museum on Saturday, September 24th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with Science Saturday: Sea Otters and Friends!Find out if you’d rather have otter fur or blubber, see what it's like to eat like a sea otter, examine real otter fur, make a ...
The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Midway through, a banding volunteer brings up a newly banded hawk, talks about the banding program, shows everyone the hawk, and lets it go in front ...
Where: MarinCost: Free
Navigating SF BayBoating is a great way to relax and have some fun. It can be very exciting but it requires knowledge and skill to do it safely. Each bay has its own disposition and personality. Unpredictable winds, powerful tides, conflicting currents, and gyres are just a few things that add to ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
“Our place in our Galaxyâ€. What is our Milky Way Galaxy and where is our place in it?This month's Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society program is “Our place in our Galaxyâ€.  What is our Milky Way Galaxy and where is our place in it? See the center of our galaxy. Tour our galaxy through the telescopesExcitement for the whole family! Participate in hands-on astronomy activities followed by supervised ...
BioHack The Planet ConferenceAs the BioHacker and gene hacker communities grow, there is a need to disseminate information and facilitate interaction between individuals of different knowledge bases and areas of expertise. BioHTP is run by BioHackers, designed for BioHackers, with talks solicited from BioHackers. There will be talks Friday night and all day ...
Join us for a three-mile stroll (mostly flat, with a relatively steep section) through an old-growth redwood forest. Wander through an awakening forest, hear tall tales, soar in the sounds and smells, and wonder and the historical and ecological story of Muir Woods.Designed to engage adults; may be over the ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: free preregistration is required
The size, strength and skills of the ocean's top predators are simply one of a kind. This month we celebrate National Wildlife Day with those animals that rule the ocean in Top Predators: Orcas and Sharks! Come learn more at Marine Science Sunday - fun educational programs for kids and adults! ...
The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Midway through, a banding volunteer brings up a newly banded hawk, talks about the banding program, shows everyone the hawk, and lets it go in front ...
Where: MarinCost: Free
Solar Energy Training: Free Workshop on How to Install Rooftop PV SystemsJoin with others who are interested in helping save the environment one rooftop at a time! This workshop is offered by SunWork, a Bay Area nonprofit that installs rooftop PV systems on small-energy-footprint homes. You'll learn the basics of rooftop solar energy and gain insights on how to install rooftop ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
BioHack The Planet ConferenceAs the BioHacker and gene hacker communities grow, there is a need to disseminate information and facilitate interaction between individuals of different knowledge bases and areas of expertise. BioHTP is run by BioHackers, designed for BioHackers, with talks solicited from BioHackers. There will be talks Friday night and all day ...
Where: OaklandCost: $50
Monday, 09/26/16
Generating vector beams with a programmable spatial light modulatorSSU Alum Katie Badham of Lockheed Martin will discuss her graduate school research experience using a polarization diffraction grating (PDG) programmed onto a spatial light modulator in an optical system using lasers to simultaneously generate six different polarization states of light.
Deep Learning Methods Within Video - An End Game ApplicationDeep Learning, visual image and object recognition are core elements to video visual analysis. Understanding context and image classification within video develops a strong use case for deep learning. Think about this, HD quality 3 min video clip has 5400 frames at 30 frames per second creating massive correlative elements. ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nerd Night East Bay 46:Liar, Liar, Hair & Drones on FireWe're note gonna lie: September's Nerd Nite East Bay lineup allows a pretty awesome opportunity for you to grab a drink and learn about some pretty fascinating topics. Audience-favorite Patrick House will review the neuroscience basis...and legal consequences...of lies; Sarah Gold McBride will discuss the science...and historical pseudoscience...of hair; and ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8 Advance, $10 at door if available
Methane on Mars: potential origin and seepageIt is widely accepted that the occurrence of methane (CH4) in the Martian atmosphere may imply the presence of active geological sources, i.e. gas emission structures in the Martian soil and subsoil. In other words, gas seepage, a process well known on Earth, should exist on Mars. The concept of gas seepage,although obvious for ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Adventures in science communication: Shifting from the lab to a museumScience communication is a hot topic in the hallways of academia, but determining why, how, and where to practice it can be daunting.Dr. Jonathan Foley, the Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences, will speak about his vision of science communication and the role that institutions like museums play ...
Over the next ten years, businesses are expected to compete by investing in customer experience. But what is experience? Believe it or not, when you ask 10 people what it is, you’ll get 11 different answers. This is critical though because without understanding what experiences are at their very core, ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
DEALING WITH CONFLICT OVER 'APPROPRIATE CARE': HOW CAN CLINICIANS DO BETTER26th Annual Jonathan King LectureshipSpeaker: Dr. Robert Arnold, Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and in the University of Pittsburgh Center for Bioethics and Health LawRooms LK 240 and 250
Where: StanfordCost: Free
360° Integration in Products, Virtual Tour Navigation, and 360° Video on Drones!Join us for an evening of presentations on 360 video. We'll have speakers from Brightcove, HoloBuilder, and the Flying Robot International Film Festival on hand to discuss a wide range of 360 video topics. Topics include how to integrate 360 video with your product, best practices for virtual tour navigation, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Extending range and simultaneous connection of Bluetooth for IoT applicationsBluetooth applications have grown tremendously in the recent years, and, is an integral part of the IoT world. The focus of this talk will be on opportunities for Bluetooth within the IoT, where it often needs to overcome the limitation of distance and the number concurrent connected devices. Cassia Network ...
For nearly all of human existence on the sea, our understanding of whales has been limited to what we can observe at the surface. For fully aquatic animals such as these, however, time spent on the surface is really a tiny fraction of the life cycle of these largest predators ...
A Material World: a Renaissance at the Atomic Scale, by Rob MooreIt would have been hard to predict Google, Facebook and Twitter as results of the creation of the first transistor out of a chunk of silicon. Only when looking back do we see ages of stone and iron, technological ...
The incredible story of a band of renegades, an epic race with a $10 million prize and the birth of private spaceflight.Kepler's is thrilled to bring journalist Julian Guthrie and special guests to celebrate the publication of How to Make a Spaceship.This exhilarating story chronicles the $10 million Ansari XPRISE ...
Changes in the physical/biological interactions in marine ecosystems occur across various spatial and temporal scales and may be mitigated or strengthened based on varying rates of evolutionary and management adaptation. “Panarchy†provides an interdisciplinary approach in which structures, scales, and linkages of complex-adaptive social-ecological systems are mapped across multiple space ...
How can museums and other cultural institutions better address the increasing volatility and vulnerability in the Earth system? How can museums facilitate observation of human impacts on the atmosphere, the lithosphere, and everything in between? Can such observation become a truly public enterprise?Join moderator Jason Groves and curators Sara Dean ...
Jim Ostrowski is the VP of Engineering at Blue River Technology, which serves farmers with computer-vision based robotics that unlock greater yield potential.
CRISPR is a new gene-editing tool that may revolutionize the way we think about-and ultimately treat-genetic disorders. For scientists, it is cheap and easy to use, allowing them to do what they've only dreamed of in the past. What if researches could eliminate the gene that causes Huntington's Disease in embryos, ...
Solar for All: Energy for All the Planet and All the PeopleThe clean energy revolution has the power to transform our planet and our communities. Current massive solar cost reductions mean that solar energy will be able to deliver health and economic benefits to everyone, including low-income and impoverished areas. Solar has the power to lower utility bills for every American, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, Free for Students
If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the flim-flam man, join us, your friends.  Skeptics in the Pub is a group of like-minded people informally discussing the latest in science or pseudoscience over good eats & ale. 7PM  4th Wednesday each month (except November and December)
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
Saving Species with Science �' Lead and the California CondorThe recovery of an endangered species typically requires a multidisciplinary approach and the California condor is no exception. Here I provide an overview of the work our research group is doing to inform managers and policy makers about the major threat wild California condors face today �" lead poisoning. I ...
