Connected ExplorationEric Stackpole will talk about the new possibilities for exploration using the OpenROV underwater platform.The face of exploration is changing. Affordable tools, open standards, and connected enthusiasm are opening up new possibilities for the frontiers of discovery. OpenROV has created a low-cost, submersible Remotely Operated Vehicle that allows everyday people ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Baylands Goals and Climate Change: What Can We Do?Planning for Sea Level Rise on the Bay ShorelineHow can the Bay Area lead the nation in adapting to sea level rise? Join a panel of scientists, urban planners, and policy experts to discuss a new study on shoreline restoration and urban planning; it presents a strategy for creating more resilient ...
Astronomer Martin Rees has observed that there might be scientific facts that will never be discovered by beings with brains that have evolved in the way that human brains have so far developed, and scientific theories we are incapable of postulating. Related ethical limits might arise from our organic embodied ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
The Computing Earthquake: Neural Networks, Cognitive Layering and Energy-Driven Compute in Electronic SystemsA set of profound changes are clearly underway in computing. New computational models like convolutional neural networks for pattern recognition are replacing programming with training. Responsive systems are evolving new hardware and software layers that shift the most commonly executed functions to low-power subsystems – even while driving richer functionality ...
Harvard professor Lisa Randall (Warped Passages, Knocking on Heaven's Door) is among our most influential theoretical physicists. Her new book, Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, explores the consequences of the comet responsible for the dinosaurs' extinction, speculates about other possible missing elements and illustrates the importance of preserving the elements ...
Join Dr. Alison Gopnik for an evening exploring how understanding babies' and young children's ability to acquire abstract knowledge has transformed how we view human nature itself.Human beings have a longer childhood than any other animal, and during this childhood we are helpless and dependent. This long period of helplessness ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 Presale | $15 At Doors
White Dwarf, Neutron Star, Black HolePlease join Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society for the November 17th.. general meeting. This month's speaker is Dr. Mikhail Belyaev from UC Berkeley. He will describe observations and computer simulations delving into how white dwarves, pulsars and black holes form. Even observing the shadow of a black hole will be illustrated.
The universe is full of giant structures like galaxies and clusters of galaxies. What holds them together? Over the past century, many diverse observations indicate that the glue holding these objects together is the gravitational pull of an invisible, elusive substance called dark matter. The evidence suggests that dark matter ...
In this talk, Lee will explore how stars form and evolve and how their environments play a significant role in their development. The first stars began to form in the Universe a half billion years after the Big Bang. It is now believed that these first stars were thousands to ...
