Drop-based microfluidics: Biology a picoliter at a timeThis talk will describe the use of microfluidic technology to control and manipulate drops whose volume is about one picoliter. These can serve as reaction vessels for biological assays. These drops can be manipulated with very high precision using an inert carrier oil to control the fluidics, ensuring the samples ...
PARC and design and innovation consultancy Smart Design's IxD Lab have developed a design vision for a wearable medical patch that illustrates how PARC's printed electronics technologies could change product design and development. Together we explored a variety of applications of printed electronics across a number of industries (transportation, wearables, structural monitoring, and more) where this type of technology could ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
East Bay Mountain Lions and MoreIn more than 40 years as a wildlife biologist and naturalist, Dr. James Hale has tramped the wildlands of the East Bay, studied our local wildlife, and become expert in how Native Americans used the land and its resources. In addition to consulting work, he leads interpretive walks, gives talks, ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark MatterThe ordinary atoms that make up the known universe, from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars, constitute only 5% of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The remaining 95% is made up of a recipe of 25% dark matter and 70% dark energy, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $8 Members, $10 Seniors
