Art in a Digital Age is a one-day conference featuring artists, scholars, and institutional leaders discussing the nature of art in a digital age. How are habits, institutions, and arts practices changing? How does the digital realm inform our experience of older art forms? What role can the academy play ...
Why does your heart beat faster when you exercise? What do those "power" drinks do for you when you're sweating? Investigate what goes on in your body during everyday exercise while scaling some of the city's most scenic inclines and sauntering through hidden alleyway flats. We'll experiment with balance, learn ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 adults, $10 under 18
Efficiency and Environmental Impacts of Electricity Restructuring on Coal-fired Power PlantsWe investigate the impacts of electricity market restructuring on fuel efficiency, cost of coal purchases, and utilization among coal-fired power plants using a panel data set from 1991 to 2005. Our study contributes to the literature in two aspects: (1) the use of more data from recent years allows us ...
With the increasing global demand for more efficient lighting solutions, light emitting diodes (LED's) have gained widespread adoption in both consumer and industrial lighting markets. While LED's have proven efficiency and longevity, such performance enhancements are highly correlated to their operating temperatures. While LED's do not produce infrared (IR) radiation, ...
Efficiency and Environmental Impacts of Electricity Restructuring on Coal-fired Power PlantsWe investigate the impacts of electricity market restructuring on fuel efficiency, cost of coal purchases, and utilization among coal-fired power plants using a panel data set from 1991 to 2005. Our study contributes to the literature in two aspects: (1) the use of more data from recent years allows us ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Planes, trains, and emissions: A study of aviation and high-speed rail demand and their climate impactsThe continuous growth of global air transportation has significant implications for strategies to reduce CO2 emissions of the transportation sector. There is evidence to suggest that high-speed rail (HSR) might offer a competitive, lower-carbon alternative to aviation, particularly for short-haul intercity travel. From an aviation systems planning perspective, the introduction ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Research in Energy Innovataion: the Need to Fill Gaps and Manage UncertaintyPanel: Laura Diaz Anadon, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy & Associate Director, Science Technology and Public Policy (STPP), Director, Energy Technologies Innovation Policy (ETIP), Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of GovernmentBldg 90, Room 4133
When the realms of art and science intersect, what will emerge? View original, stunning and astonishing images of scientific investigation, and meet the scientists who created them. Spanning two spacious gallery rooms, the wonders of research and discovery are presented through photography, video, painting, sculpture, conversation and demonstration.Practice the art ...
Soon astronomers expect to find alien "Earths" by the dozens in orbit around distant suns. Before the decade is out, telltale signs that these planets harbor life may be found. If they are, the ramifications for all areas of human thought – from religion and philosophy to art and biology ...
Where: OaklandCost: $23 General/$20 Members advance, $29 at door
Pigs and Turkeys: Friend or Foe?Reg Barrett, Goertz Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Management at UC Berkeley, will talk about feral pig and wild turkey populations in the Bay Area. The author of over 170 studies and publications concerning wildlife management, Reg will discuss the history, status and management strategies for wild pigs and wild turkeys ...
Scientists are superheroes too! While they can't leap tall buildings in a single bound or shoot weird web goo out of their wrists, they do take steps towards solving the big problems our world is faced with today. Meet five local scientists who are changing the way we understand the ...
Dr. Tomas Zobrist will recap his experience working at the Stewart Observatory Mirror Laboratory (SOML) helping to build the world's largest astronomical telescopes, including LBT, GMT, and LSST. He will provide a brief explanation of the fabrication process, starting from 5 kg chunks of glass to producing light-weighted, monolithic telescope ...
