"Learning from Failure"Join us at SRI for a conversation withDonald Shockey, PhD Associate DirectorDirector of SRI's Center for Fracture PhysicsMay 10, 20116:00 to 7:30 p.m.Doors open at 5:15Structural failures happen daily. Most have minor consequences and are unreported to the public, but some have high impact and are high-profile. The ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost:
Small Processors solve Big ProblemsThere's no question that computing is percolating ever more deeply into the lives of billions on people. Smart-phones, distributed applications in the cloud, and embedded intelligence in running in parallel. Unhappily, Moore's Law scaling of existing processor types isn't enough to keep up with the energy-efficiency demands of all these ...
Where: San JoseCost: $2 Donation for food and drinks
Dobsonian Telescope MakingBuild a telescope the Dobson way. You will learn about John Dobson and his reflector telescopes, as well as how these telescopes work. You'll learn the step-by-step method for grinding and polishing the mirror, building the mount, and assembling a complete telescope. Seeing the rings of Saturn, the moons of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $170 + materials & supplies
