Intel Museum - Free Circuitry Class Engages KidsSchematics, Switches and CircuitsFrom doorbells to karaoke machines, kids ages 9 and up will be introduced to reading schematics and building circuits. After a quick introduction to the basics, they will work in teams to build a variety of electronic devices that ring, beep and play songs! Space is limited ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free.
An evening on BioArt with Oron Catts of Symbiotica An evening on BioArt with Oron Catts of Symbiotica who will be passing by San Francisco. It should be an interesting event.Oron Catts, Director of SymbioticA at the University of Western Australia, a center of excellence in Biological Arts, will be passing by San Francisco, and we invited him to give ...
Renowned researcher-teacher (and co-discoverer of dark energy) Alex Filippenko will present key video excerpts from Carl Sagan's legendary COSMOS television series, offer up-to-date commentary, and invite audience questions.Do you remember when Carl Sagan urged us to explore beyond the "shores of the cosmic ocean" and to search for other planetary ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE
In the Shadow of the Higgs - SLAC Public LectureThis summer is looking exciting for particle physicists who have collectively spent the last forty years hunting for the Higgs boson. Last year, ATLAS and CMS, the two largest experiments analyzing collisions produced by the Large Hadron Collider, observed tantalizing hints of this elusive particle. July 4th, the two collaborations ...
The war against computer freedom will just keep escalating, Doctorow contends. The copyright wars, net neutrality, and SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) were early samples of what is to come. Victories in those battles were temporary. Conflict in the decades ahead will feature ever higher stakes, more convoluted issues, and ...
