Free Intel Museum class lets kids explore the science of UVComputer chips are everywhere--powering the Internet, controlling cars, automating factories, enhancing cell phones, and enriching home entertainment. A favorite class at the Intel Museum helps children ages 7 and up explore the science of UV and learn about semiconductor fabrication. The class lasts about 45 minutes. Space is limited and ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Spectroscopic Monitoring of Pluto's Volatile Ices Pluto's near-infrared reflectance spectrum shows characteristic vibration absorptions of CH4, N2, and CO condensed as ices on Pluto's surface. Long term monitoring of Pluto's spectrum from 1995 through present provides constraints on the evolution of these ices driven by seasonal volatile transport cycles. However, seasonal trends must be disentangled from ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Wildlife AssociatesBeautiful and fascinating wildlife live in the fields and forests surrounding our cities and suburbs. In Wildlife Associates' Bay Area Wildlife show, you'll see a gray fox, great horned owl, oppossum, and other animals! Gain an insight into the secret lives of these intelligent and ecologically important animals.
Manish Kothari, Ph.D. is director of health systems in SRI International's Robotics Program. He has worked on all aspects of clinical trials over the past 20 years, from working at sites and as a clinical trial sponsor, founding an innovative telemedicine company for clinical trials, and doing tele-radiology for clinical ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
SPARC 3.6 GHz Processor: a 16-core, 1024 threaded SoCJason Hart received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Idaho, Moscow. He joined Sun Microsystems, Inc. in 1995 after working in Product Engineering at Micron Technology, Boise, ID. Jason has been doing circuit design, global circuits and composition for UltraSPARC I, III, IV+ and now Oracle's ...
Thinking Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman is the world's most influential psychologist because he has, based on empirical research, figured out how we can notice when we are not thinking rationally. That knowledge gives us the choice to think "slow"---ignore brisk intuition and notional risks---when we decide we really need to get something right.His ...
