Friday, October 28, 20169:00 - 11:00 am or 12:00 - 2:00 pmSaturday, October 29, 20161:00 - 3:00 pmAero Design Challenge is an exploration into design and engineering.  Each 2-hour program explores concepts in aeronautics that challenges participants to construct a working prototype.Each student in the Aero Design Challenge participates in a series ...
The emergence of wireless sensors and smartphones have created opportunities to understand and better manage �"in real-time�" the behavior of critical infrastructures, including their response to disruptive events. Ongoing resiliency research at CITRIS and the Banatao Institute involves improving the capacity of built infrastructure, such as our water systems, buildings, ...
As we seek to describe our world, we are always inventing new ways to push the boundaries of what we can experience: smaller, farther, fainter, quieter, louder. During two evening events, explore exhibits of multimedia artwork, microscopy, music and sculpture created by artists and scientists seeing the world in new ...
Featuring a performance by Paz Lenchantin from the Pixies!In celebration of the internet archive's 20th anniversary, the Berkeley Center for New Media and BAMPFA are presenting a computer program on the BAM/PFA lawn that explores a trove of visual culture preserved by the archive. The program randomly selects six GIF images created for and hosted by geocities, a ...
The Crucible's Fireside LoungeJoin us for a FREE evening of art, industry, community, and entertainment. All ages are welcome! The Crucible’s Fireside Lounge illuminates the world of original artists, collectives, and innovators who create movements “Made in Oakland. The Crucible’s Fireside Lounge lets you see demonstrations of our industrial and fine arts for ...
The Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses (BAH!) is a celebration of well-argued and thoroughly researched but completely incorrect evolutionary theory. Six brave speakers will present their bad theories in front of a live audience and a panel of judges with real science credentials, who together will determine which speaker takes home ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10/$20
Einstein's Greatest MistakeWidely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity and helped lead us into the atomic age. Yet in the final decades of his life, he was ignored by most working scientists, and his ideas were opposed by ...
Join naturalists from the California Center for Natural History on a creepy-crawly night hike at Joaquin Miller Park in the Oakland hills. We’ll find spiders, moths, and night-dwelling creatures that glow under UV light.  Bring your headlamp, drinking water, warm layers, and sturdy hiking shoes. Please no pets on this walk!
