A New look at what Life is and how it beganLife has two unique processes. The first is precision assembly, in which the shape of a molecule is selected, and it is "glued" to another precisely selected molecule. The second is when the assembler-glue-selector device exactly copies itself. The first item produced must be a structure so as to be ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Innovation in the Health Care EnterpriseThe evaluation and management of new information technologies is an increasing challenge for health care organizations that want to establish innovation as a core strategic capability. The Innovation and Advanced Technology Group at Kaiser Permanente looks at technologies from clinical, business, and strategic viewpoints to help inform internal decisions on ...
LoopageSoftware development is hampered by a specific set of design mistakes that were made in the first programming languages and repeated in everything that has been done since. And, somewhat miraculously, JavaScript is going to make it right, radically transforming the way we write applications. Again. In the Loop of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Well-Being, Consumption, and Climate Change CommitmentGovernments are currently considering policies that will limit greenhouse gas concentrations, including negotiation of an international treaty to replace the expiring Kyoto Protocol. Designing effective climate change mitigation and adaptation measures requires rigorous, comprehensive, detailed analyses of the response of climate dynamics to elevated greenhouse gas concentrations, and of the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Watering the Farm: Stanford's Water Systems Old and New, Near and FarEver since the Farm was a farm, managing water on Stanford's lands has been a challenge and adventure. Today, Stanford University operates a complex water source, distribution, and management system that typifies the challenges of managing water resources in a densely-populated, semi-arid environment. Stanford operates old dams and new fish ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
ScienceMakers feat. William A. Lester, Jr. & Robert Bragg, Jr.The HistoryMakers, a repository of nearly 2,000 African American oral histories. We are currently in year 2 of our NSF grant entitled 'ScienceMakers: An Innovative African American Media and Educational Initiative.'ScienceMakers seeks to encourage youth to enter S.T.E.M. disciplines by showing them prominent African American scientists who they may not ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
October LASER Event6:45pm-7:00pm: Socializing/networking. Anyone in the audience is welcome to describe in 30 seconds what they are working on.7:00-7:30pm: Renetta Sitoy (artist) on "The Internet as Media"Employing a range of strategies for acquiring, organizing, and re-contextualizing information found on the World Wide Web; exploring themes such as online communities (in which ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
How to Cook Like a ScientistDo you have a hard time choosing between cooking shows and Mythbusters? If so, come meet Jeff Potter, author of Cooking for Geeks - a book described by one reviewer as "...the best science-meets-the-kitchen book to come out. Ever." Written for anyone who likes to think about how things work, ...
