Defining Death in America: The Intersection of Law, Medicine, Ethics, and PoliticsTwo recent end of life cases - the McMath case in Oakland and the Munoz case in Texas- have drawn significant media attention to the legal, medical, ethical, and political implications of defining and declaring death. In both cases, physicians determined the individuals to be brain dead; a declaration that results in an immediate ...
Ongoing research in my laboratory provides evidence that the ability to perform fine-grained acoustic analysis in the tens of millisecond range during infancy appears to be one of the most powerful and significant predictors of subsequent language development and disorders. In this lecture, a brief summary will be given of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Lightbeam: Illuminating Online TrackingIn this talk, Monica Chew and Garrett Robinson give a brief overview of the tracking landscape and discuss tracking techniques and their attendant privacy concerns. They will demonstrate Lightbeam, a Firefox add-on, and show how it visualizes hidden relationships between the site you visit and tracking domains. They will then ...
WiFi Alliance - CANCELLEDWi-Fi Alliance® is a global non-profit industry association of hundreds of leading companies devoted to seamless connectivity. With technology development, market building, and regulatory programs, Wi-Fi Alliance has enabled widespread adoption of Wi-Fi® worldwide. The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ program was launched in March 2000. It ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General
Bentley School Science Thought Leaders NightBentley School will welcome an esteemed interdisciplinary panel of experts who will discuss the topic of climate change. The panel discussion will focus on the latest climate change science, how climate change, if left unchecked, is projected to impact humans worldwide, and the role that science, policy, economics and technology ...
Where: LafayetteCost: FREE
Night Sky Series, Class #2ROBERT FERGUSON OBSERVATORY - NIGHT SKY SERIESCelestial Poles and Equator; The EclipticGemini, Lynx, CancerThe planet JupiterPlease join us and instructor Jack Welch as we learn about our seasonal night skys through a very informative lecture, and then hands on stargazing with the Observatory's telescopes. You will be able to see ...
Where: KenwoodCost: $23.00
The Art & Science of 3D Printing3D Printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is an emerging technology that creates a three-dimensional solid object, of virtually any shape, from a digital model. Brian Palacios, co-founder of Fabricastl, Inc. will present an overview of the technology and how it is becoming a mainstream movement with widespread commercial applications. ...
Where: LafayetteCost: $5 (meals available for pre-order for $10)
The California Drought: Causes, context and responsesCalifornia is in the midst of a historic drought. 2013 was the driest year since the state began keeping records 150 years ago, and this is the third driest year in a row. We began 2014 with record-low snowpack and reservoir levels. Newspaper headlines have been stark, warning of communities using ...
Large whale entanglement is a welfare and conservation issue, in California and worldwide. Scar studies show >20% of large whales have entanglement scars. Join Kathi Koontz from the Whale Entanglement Team (National Marine Fisheries Service) as she shares information about entanglements in Northern California, the disentanglement process, and what we ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $5
The James Webb Space TelescopePlease join Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society for our general meeting. Our monthly meetings begin with a short "What's Up" presented by one of our members followed by a speaker. The JWST is the follow-on to the Hubble telescope - on steroids. Come find out about the this extraordinary program.Speaker: Dr. Thomas Greene, NASA ...
