Trends in Automotive SecurityIn 1913 the introduction of the assembly line enabled the mass production of personal vehicles that revolutionized the world. Personal vehicles have, traditionally, been self-contained such that allcommunications were internal to the car. Because of this, automotive security has previously focused on 2 tasks: preventing theft and improving vehicle safety. ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Teacher Workshop: Chemistry of Water and Ecological ImplicationsLearning about chemistry of water; pollutants in water; pH and collecting data on how Tules can help can offset chemically polluted water; collecting chemical data from Tule Ponds and concluded; learn how to maintain tanks to collect data without leaving the classroom; Tule Pond stimulation in a tank
Why should physical processing give rise to a rich inner life at all? It seems objectively unreasonable that it should, and yet it does.  David Chalmers, “Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousnessâ€Join Academy and Tony award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Brazil) and American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
7:00-7:25: Jenn Smith(Mills College/ Assistant Professor of Biology) on "Leadership in Mammalian Societies: Emergence, Distribution, Power, and Payoff"With elections around the corner, which traits make a good leader?...Read more7:25-7:50: Greg Niemeyer(Associate Professor of the UC Berkeley Center for New Media and Founder of the Stanford University Digital ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Discovery of Gravitational WavesIn a stunning discovery with vast implications for astronomy and physics, the first detection of gravitational waves was made in 2015 by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Hanford, Washington and Livingston, Louisiana. Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time caused by some of the most violent processes in the ...
Dr. Patrick O'Reilly, Professor of Psychology, U.C. San Francisco.Get the high-brow low-down on Halloween before the trick-or-treating begins. With videos of actual witches flying, Guy Fawkes Day celebrations, and much more, UCSF psychologist Patrick O’Reilly will explore Halloween’s Celtic origins and its modern international manifestations.HOW:  Presented free by the Bay Area ...
BAMS Co-Founder Debbie Viess presents, "California Myco-Wizard in the Land of OZ", fun and engaging talk about the marvelous natural history of the Eastern Coast of Australia, from steamy Tropical Queensland to the chilly shores of Phillips Island. Fungi both familiar and utterly strange as well as a sampling of ...
