A Roundtable Discussion with Gary WolfA discussion with Gary Wolf, contributing editor to Wired Magazine. Go here to read his NY Times Magazine cover story, "A Data-Driven Life": http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/magazine/02self-measurement-t.html.Room 470
Flying HighTake an imaginary trip into space. Start the excursion by speeding through a whole day in our planetarium "time machine" and then identifying the Big Dipper. Take off with the launch of a spaceship and learn how things move in space, how astronauts eat food in a weightless environment, and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $4
Moons of the Solar SystemTake a tour of the fascinating worlds that orbit Earth and other planets. Discover the reasons for moon phases and eclipses. Explore Jupiter's moons as Galileo saw them 400 years ago, and see modern images from the Galileo space probe. Learn about NASA's current Cassini mission now studying Saturn and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $4
Constellations TonightThe lore of the stars and other treasures of the sky come to Earth in our planetarium. Using a simple star map, learn to identify the most prominent constellations of the season in the planetarium sky. Keep your map to help you find the constellations in the real nighttime sky. ...
Visual Perceptual Learning: Changing the State of the ObserverPerceptual learning improves perceptual task performance in distinctive ways. External noise tests and noisy ideal observer models can characterize the effects of perceptual learning (or attention) on an observer's performance. Across a range of tasks, two independent mechanisms can be seen: tuning of the task relevant perceptual template (external noise ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
EVOLUTION OF CIRCUIT FABRICS FOR NEW APPLICATIONS AND MODELING ISSUESScaling of integrated circuit technology continues to produce improved digital performance-complexity, low power, high performance. For many emerging areas, it is important to consider circuit fabrics and technology options that leverage these new applications.This presentation will include several examples from ongoing research in sensor-based systems. In considering technology options-for both ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
A Cosmic NightLifeNightLife is very excited this week to feature our brand-new Planetarium show: Life: A Cosmic Story, at all three of our NightLife planetarium screenings. Narrated by two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster, it seeks to answer the question of how life began on Earth. The journey begins by "shrinking" down ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Bariatric Surgery: One Treatment for ObesityObesity is a complex disease, with numerous causes, and no single answer to weight loss. This talk will focus on bariatric surgery for obesity at Stanford, and will include discussion of criteria for surgery, the surgical options, outcomes and the overall process of this life-changing surgery.Call ahead to register.
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
The Birds of the Presidio ForestJoin Presidio Trust Forestry manager Peter Ehrlich for a slide talk on the breeding birds in the Presidio and the habitat relationships and niches that these birds have found within the park's forests.This is a special program of the Log Cabin Series, a year-long series of talks, multimedia presentations, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
To Set It Straight: The Story of Bacula "Bacula Babe" Jensine Olsen and her "Bacula Accomplice" Kathleen Lilienthal will join us from the California Academy of Sciences . As well as telling us how they earned their nicknames, they will tell us mammals have bacula, and perhaps why.
