Electronics technology has enabled an era of computation-communication-infotainment. Going forward, by redesigning such high performance electronics can be used for soft-interfacing with biology. Specifically with the emergence of Internet of Everything, where people-process-device-data will be seamlessly connected, we are eager to know how nature works, how we can mimic them, ...
Biodiversity and Climate Change in AntarcticaRosenberg Institute Seminar SeriesAntarctica is considered a “natural laboratory†because it is relatively undisturbed by anthropogenic forces, and because it has been designated by international treaty as a unique, continent-scale scientific commons. This gives scientists the opportunity to investigate how the biosphere has functioned for millions of years. Antarctica is ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Vision 2050: Planning a Resilient Future for BerkeleyLaunched by Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, Vision 2050 is a citizen-led effort to develop a framework for a 30-year sustainable infrastructure plan which focuses on addressing aging existent infrastructure, the impacts of climate change, and a rapidly-growing population. The holistic initiative is concerned with not only improving the physical condition ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Hands on Lab - Test Drive an Autonomous Data Warehouse Powered by AI/ML Please join us for an Oracle workshop on Autonomous Database Warehouse (ADW). An autonomous database is a cloud database that uses machine learning to eliminate the human labor associated with database tuning, security, backups, updates, and other routine management tasks traditionally performed by database administrators (DBAs).Autonomous Data Warehouse is built ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
taste of science: Fossil Poop and Spider SexEverybody Poops: What Trace Amounts of Human Waste Tell Us About The PastBecause everybody poops, we each leave a small record of our presence through fecal stanol molecules that can persist in sediments for thousands of years. By identifying changes in the concentration of these molecules over time, we can ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Livermore Reads Together: 'Spare Parts' author Joshua DavisMeet Joshua Davis, author of the New York Times bestseller Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream at this free event. Copies of Spare Parts will be available for sale and signing. Joshua Davis is the co-founder of Epic Magazine and has been ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #105: Hidden Programmers, Breaking Materials, and the Science of Sex!Illuminating Women’s Hidden Contributions to Science“Hidden Figures†told the story of three black female mathematicians at NASA in the 1960s. Inspired by the movie, a group of scientists and undergraduates pored through their own field’s journals to see if there were more overlooked female scientists. On paper, the 1970s was ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10
What are Mushrooms Doing in My Forest?David Rust will explore the complexity of fungal-plant relationships and how nutrients are obtained and shared mutually. His report will focus on new research into soil ecology, mycorrhizae, and the many factors influencing fungal health.
