Exploratorium Opening DayThe new Exploratorium opens to the public! Join us for Opening Day to experience over 600 exhibits, 150 of which are brand new, and special events lasting into the evening. Throughout the day, artists, special guests, volunteers, and Explainers will offer a variety of surprises and hands-on activities for people ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free public events; museum entry at standard rates
Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) hold great potential to aid large numbers of people with neurological disorders. BMIs also provide a framework for studying cortical dynamics and the neural correlates of learning neuroprosthetic skills, i.e. accurate, readily-recalled control of disembodied actuators irrespective of natural physical movements. In this talk I will postulate ...
'My Beloved Brontosaurus'Author and dinosaur fanatic, Brian Switek, will be at the Main Library to discuss his new book: My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs. Switek reunites us with these mysterious creatures as he visits excavation sites and museum vaults, exploring everything ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Innovating the Future: SRI's Curt Carlson and Bill Mark SRI International's pioneering contributions to computing are legendary, from the invention of the computer mouse and interactive computing in the 1960s, to the first internetworked and wireless connections in the 1970s. Fast-forward to 2010, when SRI created the first-generation virtual personal assistant and sold Siri to Apple. Over 66 years, ...
Why doesn't the stomach digest itself? How much can you eat before you literally burst? Can constipation really kill you? The ever-curious Mary Roach is set to find out. In her latest release, Gulp, the best-selling author of Stiff, Bonk and Packing for Mars takes readers on a crazy tour ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Dr. Kevin Padian will explore dinosaur development and evolution. The reception will begin at 6:30pm with light refreshments and the talk starts at 7pm. Dr. Padian will be around to meet people and talk before the lecture begins (starting at 6:30) so please come have a cup of coffee and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Brown Dwarfs & Free-Floating Planets: When You're Just Too Small to Be A StarThe least massive star is six times heavier than the most massive known planet. In between is the realm of the mysterious brown dwarfs. The first of these was discovered only in 1995, the same year astronomers found the first planet beyond our solar system. Since then we have found ...
It's far easier to predict the future when you are helping make and distribute it. Nicholas Negroponte exemplifies this with his notable accomplishments, including co-founding the MIT Media Lab, being the first investor in WIRED magazine, and co-founding the One Laptop Per Child program.His 01995 book Being Digital gave a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, Members Free
Planet Formation and Stellar MultiplicityGaspard Duchene has been studying stellar multiplicity and planet-forming disks, and particularly the inter-connection between both aspects, using a broad variety of observational approaches. While the prevalence of stellar multiplicity has been established for many decades, the discovery of extrasolar planets is one of the most exciting findings of modern ...
