Just imagine, every sensor, every machine has it's own IP adress. This opens formidable opportunities, for instance, in manufacturing, building technologies, energy management and healthcare. In order to realize this vision: machines have to speak the same language.Speaker: Florian Machahelles, Siemens
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
National Engineers Week: Flight SimulationExplore the capabilities of an experimental test aircraft in a special flight simulation mission.Programs are designed for Grades 3-8 and participants will be grouped with children of comparable age. Space is limited. Advance registration is required.
Where: San CarlosCost: Free
Pace of Change: Silicon Valley and the West WingTech entrepreneurs and policy wonks share a common desire to understand and shape the world, but often have different views, tools, and models for impact. Hear an inside perspective from two former members of President Obamaâs White House team about how tech policy and presidential priorities intersect, and how technology ...
The Montreal Protocol has limited global uses of chemicals that deplete stratospheric ozone. Dr. Cicerone will compare its features and success with unsuccessful (to date) efforts to stabilize global climate by limiting greenhouse gas concentrations such as carbon dioxide.Speaker: Dr. Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of SciencesRoom: Pauley Ballroom
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Fight for WaterThis historical documentary, set during the 2009 California Water Crisis, follows the stories of two Central Valley farmers. They discuss how water restrictions and environmental regulations have threatened their way of life, their American dream and their community. The crisis point was an environmental ruling to protect an endangered fish ...
Where: GilroyCost:
The San Francisco Foundation: Building Climate Equity and Community ResilienceClimate change will be a threat multiplier for communities in the Bay Area: rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, spreading drought and wildfire will increase the health and wealth inequities our region is already facing. The San Francisco Foundation is investing in communities and the environment to build climate equity and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Member, $7 Student
Exploring California's Hydroscapes Since 2009, John Krachewski has written quarterly photo essays for the Groundwater Resources Association of California - Hydrovisions newsletter. This scenic presentation will take you on a tour of California's hydroscapes and provide insights into groundwater, water resources, and environmental issues. Explore groundwater springs in northern CA, wetlands restoration in ...
Where: OrindaCost: $5 & $1 for teachers & students
Black Girls CODE has set out to prove to the world that girls of every color have the skills to become the programmers of tomorrow. Join Smithsonian Ingenuity award winner and Black Girls CODE founder Kimberly Bryant as she works to empower girls of color to become innovators in STEM ...
Thinking about going electric? About five years after "real" electric vehicles became widely available, about 22 models are on the market and 400,000 cars with plugs are cruising American roads. EVs are fast, fun and clean. Some run on electricity only, others run on electricity and then switch to gasoline ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
'Merchants of Doubt'Join Earth Island Journal and the David Brower Center on February 24 for a screening of Merchants of Doubt, a documentary that lifts the curtain on pundits-for-hire paid by large corporations to cast doubt on scientific studies and spread confusion about a range of public threats, from toxic chemicals to ...
If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the flim-flam man, join us, your friends. Skeptics in the Pub is a group of like-minded people informally discussing the latest in science or pseudoscience over good eats & ale.(4th Wednesday each month except November and December)
Rock IdentificationClub member Jordan Makower gives a hands on talk on rock identification.
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
It all comes together at the ends: telomeres, telomerase, and human diseaseThe DNA strands that constitute the human genome are capped by protein-DNA structures called telomeres. Much like the small piece of plastic at the end of a shoelace (called an aglet) that serves to prevent the lace from unraveling, telomeres help to maintain the structural integrity of the genome. It ...
