Code for Cognitive AidCome show off your abiiites and gifts at Code for Cognitive Aid! Code for Cognitive Aid is a SF Bay Area hack-a-thon hosted for the purpose of enhancing the life quality of those with cognitive disabilities. During a 26-hour period, attendees will code a program, design, or machine a piece ...
Where: Portola ValleyCost: FREE
Hayward Fault 150th Anniversary of Great Quake tour Tule PondsFree tours of the Hayward Fault (registration required), with lecture, activities, and tour included. Children welcome, under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Wear comfortable shoes.
Where: FremontCost: Free
Restoring Inner Bair IslandOn this 1.5-mile walk, witness wetland restoration in progress. Hear the story of Bair Island and see how we are turning the former salt pond back into a healthy tidal marsh. RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED. Go to http://innerbairtour.eventbrite.com.
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger or docent on a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 - 2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Twilight Marsh WalkExperience the salt marsh at twilight on an easy stroll along Tidelands (1 1/3 mile) Trail. At the setting of the sun we will observe the beginning of nature’s night shift. Come discover the sights, sounds, and smells of the refuge as night descends. Not suitable for young children. RESERVATIONS ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Life in the Goldilocks Zone - CANCELEDDiscoveries by NASA’s Kepler Mission suggest there are billions of potentially habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. What has the study of planets within and beyond the Solar System taught us about our own planet Earth? And what’s next in the search for life beyond the Solar System?Speaker: Natalie ...
With the recent discovery of habitable environments beyond Earth - including the subsurface oceans of icy moons in the outer Solar System - the existence of extraterrestrial life appears now both possible and realistic. Planetary scientist Alphonso Davila will describe NASA's search for evidence of a second, Earth-independent origin of life: ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Sunday, 07/15/18
Code for Cognitive AidCome show off your abiiites and gifts at Code for Cognitive Aid! Code for Cognitive Aid is a SF Bay Area hack-a-thon hosted for the purpose of enhancing the life quality of those with cognitive disabilities. During a 26-hour period, attendees will code a program, design, or machine a piece ...
Where: Portola ValleyCost: FREE
Can you hear me now? A World of Sound in Monterey BaySunlight reaches just hundreds of meters into the ocean, leaving most of Earth’s largest habitat dark. In contrast, sound can travel millions of meters through the ocean - sound travels extraordinarily fast in water - much faster than through the air. As a phenomenal carrier of information, sound reveals much about ...
Big Screen Science: STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHANAmid the amazingly over-the-top performances by William Shatner and Ricardo Montalban in STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN there's some actual science happening. Join Kishore Hari (@sciencequiche), Jeff Silverman (@J_M_Silverman), and special guest (and host of Big Screen Science in Melbourne, Australia) Rachael Livermore (@rhaegal) after the film as we chat about some ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15.25
Tuesday, 07/17/18
SciComm Studio 008: Empathy Versus the MachinesHow can artists and scientists collaborate to shine a new light on the future of technology and society? How does philosophy and empathy help us anticipate and address the opportunities and challenges ahead?Join us for a different perspective on science communication at the convergence of science, tech, philosophy, and empathy. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Wednesday, 07/18/18
Planning for Vehicles of the FutureAutonomous vehicles have been the focus of experiments for nearly a century, but with innovation finally catching up to high aspirations what were once deemed the “vehicles of tomorrow†are beginning to quickly look like the vehicles of today. Come hear the findings of a new report by the regional ...
Where: San JoseCost: $10 General, Free for Members
Nanotechnology and Renewable EnergyProfessor Alivisatos's research focuses on the structural, thermodynamic, optical, and electrical properties of colloidal inorganic nanocrystals. He investigates the fundamental physical and chemical properties of nanocrystals and also works to develop practical applications of these new materials in biomedicine and renewable energy. He believes that one of the most important ...
Professor Alivisatos's research focuses on the structural, thermodynamic, optical, and electrical properties of colloidal inorganic nanocrystals. He investigates the fundamental physical and chemical properties of nanocrystals and also works to develop practical applications of these new materials in biomedicine and renewable energy. He believes that one of the most important ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Building a new Operating SystemRound Focus is a theory to visually demonstrate a problem of ambiguous gestures, multitasking, and notifications that current generation of operating systems have. Subhajeet will address user understanding and security monitoring structures in FreeBSD, OpenBSD, with NetBSD (also Windows NT and Mac OS X's Darwin). His new operating system has ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #98: Cancer Immunotherapy, End-of-Life Tattoos, & Magical Space Telescopes!Get your therapy at a cellular level from a duo of Stanford postdocs, resuscitate your zest for life with an ER doc and end-of-life protocols expert, and reflect on some space magic with an astrophysicist who also critiques Star Trek science. Drinking will be involved, as will ingestion of bao ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $8
Viewing the Beginning of Time from the Most Remote Places on EarthShortly after the birth of the universe, space was filled by a plasma that was literally red-hot. The light radiated by that plasma has traveled the vast emptiness of space for billions of years, with the expansion of the universe slowly stretching its waves until today it appears as microwave ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Thursday, 07/19/18
Toward Natural Language Query Processing for Bioinformatics PolystoresWhen medical doctors, biologists or pharmaceutical researchers want to analyze gene data, they typically need to query complex bioinformatics data stores. These data stores are mostly either based on relational database technologies that are commonly used in industry or on so-called semantic web technologies that have recently gained attraction due ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
New Probes of Old Structure: Cosmology with 21cm Intensity Mapping and the Cosmic Microwave BackgroundCurrent cosmological measurements have left us with deep questions about our Universe: What caused the expansion of the Universe at the earliest times? How did structure form? What is Dark Energy and does it evolve with time? New experiments like CHIME, HIRAX, and ACTPol are poised to address these questions ...
Come be in your elements with Exploratorium host and scientific raconteur Ron Hipschman. Follow tales of intrigue and invention, join in dynamic demonstrations, and uncover fascinating connections between individual elements and our collective human experience.A soft metal that melts at temperatures above 86°F, gallium is mainly used in semiconductors and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with After Dark admission
Beer Garden NightlifeEvery beer tells a story - and this week, NightLife follows the brewing process from botanical inception to foamy finish.----->Â Taste your way through a pop-up beer garden with local breweries slinging their best botanical-forward brews, including Magnolia Brewing Company, Calicraft, Fort Point, Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Pacific Brewing Laboratory, Black ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Review of LiDAR, Localization and Object Processing for Safe Autonomous SystemsAutonomous systems need to use a wide range of sensing technologies such as LiDAR, camera and RADAR to provide a robust sensing and perception of the environment. First part of this talk reviews the state-of-the art architectures for LiDARs that goes in detail about lasers, photo diodes, architecture for transmitters ...
From Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, Patagonia offers the opportunity to see the Southern Hemisphere’s whales, sea lions, pumas, penguins, and a unique set of birds. Then, there are the glaciers and landscapes of the Southern Andes which are spectacular and easy to access. We will start the journey in the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
VR/AR in Space: The Next Space Revolution?What is the potential of Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) technology in Space? Could VR technology play a role in our ambition to reach the stars. Could we use this new tool to explore and understand our solar system? Will it help to harvest the almost infinite amount of energy and ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Friday, 07/20/18
Wildflower Photography Friday Join other wildflower photographers (amateur and professional) on a meandering monthly excursion around the Modini Mayacamas to document wildflowers of the season. After our field time, each of us will add a few of our best images to an album that Friends of the Modini Mayacamas and ACR will use ...
Wonderfest Science Slam: Computing & Anthropology, Astronomy and More We’re teaming up with Wonderfest to explore the role of technology in scientific fields like astronomy, anthropology and more! Through a series of short, informal presentations, you will meet 5 young PhD students committed to increasing public understanding and awareness of science. All of our featured speakers are part of ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Can video games make artificial intelligence more intelligent?In the past few years, deep neural networks have burst onto the scene of artificial intelligence. Scientists commonly test these networks by teaching them to play video games, helping them develop better algorithms to accomplish more serious tasks. Adam will describe why neural networks are often able to outperform humans ...
Where: EmeryvilleCost: Free
Another Pale Blue Dot: The SETI Institute's Search for ExoplanetsIn only two decades, we've gone from the mere speculation about planets beyond our solar system ("exoplanets") to being able to observe them through a variety of methods. Dr. Franck Marchis, Planetary Astronomer and chair of the exoplanet group at the SETI Institute will discuss new and sophisticated projects which ...
