To prepare for an urban influx of 2.5 billion people by 2050, it is critical that cities are sustainable: Â low-carbon, resilient, and livable. Dr. Deborah Sunter will discuss options for sustainable urban energy systems by reducing energy consumption and providing robust, decentralized, and renewable energy. Through technical advancements in power ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Deep Robotic LearningThe problem of building an autonomous robot has traditionally been viewed as one of integration: connecting together modular components, each one designed to handle some portion of the perception and decision making process. For example, a vision system might be connected to a planner that might in turn provide commands ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
What Physicists DoDr. Sue Carter of UC Santa Cruz will discuss her work, which includes explorations of climate change and entrepreneurship.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Innovation in Stationary Electricity Storage: The Liquid Metal Battery Massive electricity storage would offer huge benefits to today’s grid, reducing price volatility, improving stability against loss of power, increasing utilization of generation assets by enabling us to design towards average demand instead of peak demand, and deferring the costs of upgrading existing transmission lines. When it comes to tomorrow’s ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Science at the Library: Bones, Bones, Bones, A Million Bones There are 4 activities at each presentation after a show presentation. Parents work with their children to learn about science. Recommended for elementary age children. Families are encouraged to attend. Limited seating. Funding provided by Lam Research Foundation and free.Register at weblink
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!
