10 Ways to Heal Health Care: How Consumers Can Revolutionize Their Care ExperienceHow can it be that customers often rate their experience at the DMV as better, more timely and less painful than their experience at the hospital? Despite enormous sums spent on health care and extensive training of professionals, patients are largely dissatisfied with the service they receive. A growing body ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Member, $7 Student
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942–2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
DEEP SPACE CLIMATE OBSERVATORY (DSCOVR) EARTH IMAGING USING EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera)In 1998 the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center was selected as part of the Scripps-led team to design, build, and test a high resolution camera for imaging the Earth from L1 in multiple wavelengths. Over ~17 years the mission evolved from the original NASA Triana mission to the NOAA/NASA DSCOVR ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Making Shakey, the world's first intelligent, mobile robotShakey, the world's first mobile, intelligent robot, was developed at Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) between 1966 and 1972. Peter E.Hart worked on this project from the day it started until the day it ended (by which time he was the project leader).He will describe how the project got ...
Feed your brain and body this week as NightLife explores the fascinating world of human health and wellness.In African Hall, hear a mind-expanding talk by Dr. Jim Olson of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center on cutting-edge medical innovations allowing doctors to locate and treat cancer more effectively.Explore some of the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Learn tips, tools, and techniques to become a better birder! In his new book Better Birding, Brian L. Sullivan reveals techniques used by expert birders to identify species in the field quickly and easily. He goes beyond traditional identification elements like plumage to create a context around each bird that ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
IS ANYBODY OUT THERE? When When Will Earthlings Find ET?What is the possibility of other life in the universe and can we detect radio and optical signals from other civilizations? Current and future SETI projects, including SETI@home and the new $100-million Breakthrough Prize Foundation Listen project may provide an answer. SETI@home chief scientist Dan Werthimer will describe the rationale ...
