The hybrid rocket concept has been around for more than seventy-five years. The idea is to store the oxidizer as a liquid and the fuel as a solid producing a design that is immune to large-scale chemical explosion. The fuel is contained within the combustion chamber in the form of ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Experiments and Modeling to Study Technologies Aimed at Behavior ChangeThere are a growing number of persuasive technology apps and systems that aim to make individuals (and therefore society) healthier, greener, more financially sound, smarter, happier, and so on. Analysis of such technologies often focuses on the aggregate results, for example the total percentage of residential electricity saved across households. ...
Bayes, Medical Diagnostics, and Nomograms, What You Don't Know Can Hurt YouModern medicine makes extensive use of high technology. On the other hand, medical decision making is still rather opaque from the patient's point of view. We propose a protocol that uses Bayes' Theorem to incorporate diagnostic tests in a way that can be easily explained to patients. As part of ...
Science and creativity in the city of innovationSan Francisco's creative nature inspired innovation long before the silicon chip: Some of the world's most influential inventions were dreamed up by San Franciscan tinkerers. On this tour, we explore seven surprising stories of innovation that exemplify San Francisco as a hotbed of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $30 with discount code 'Schmooze'
Why is multicore processor utilization decreasing? A worrying trend has emerged in supercomputing, which deploys thousands of multicore CPU and GPU sockets for big data applications, foreshadowing future problems with multicore. As a percentage of peak Mflops, today's supercomputers are less than 10% utilized. The reason is simple: input-output (I/O) ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Global Warming SkepticismApril's SkepTalk from the Bay Area Skeptics will present the evidence for global climate change, the reasons that some continue to deny its existence, and what can be done to change both.The speaker is Mark McCaffrey, Programs and Policy Director at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE). He holds ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: FREE
Sharing Sustainable Solutions: Clean Technology ForumThere is no question about it: the world needs our help. Corporations continue to pollute the atmosphere with gas emissions, detrimentally harming the environment. But what if these companies were the very solution to the world's environmental problem? The Alpha Delta Pledge Class of Alpha Kappa Psi is proud to ...
