Emission-line galaxies in the era of cosmological surveysCosmological surveys in the next decade will contain multiwavelength information of billions of galaxies. The challenges ahead are to distinguishing between different cosmological scenarios and/or gravity models and track accurately the build-up and formation history of galaxies. In this scenario, the role of galaxy formation is enhanced by the varied ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Observational constraints on the structure of gamma-ray burst jets and lessons from GW170817 Motivated by GW170817 we examine observational constraints on the angular structure of gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets. First, the relatively narrow observed distribution of the early X-ray afterglow to prompt gamma-ray energy ratio implies that at any angle that gamma-rays are emitted the Lorentz factor must be large. Specifically, the Lorentz ...
In 1868, a 6.8 or so magnitude earthquake on the Hayward fault caused a small explosion on a hillside 4 miles NE of now downtown Livermore, CA, and an oily spring started up 70 meters away. Thus started the 150-year history of oil and gas exploration and production in Livermore. ...
The Non-Hermitian Chern Insulator During the past decade, the landscape of condensed matter physics has been dominated by a desire to understand the topological nature of materials and the observable consequences that are associated with the presence of topology. To this end, topological band theory has provided a foundation that has allowed for the ...
In recent years X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) have increased by ten or more orders of magnitude in coherence and brightness. XFELs allow for the first time the exploration of the structure and dynamics of atomic, molecular, and high energy density systems at the angstrom-femtosecond space and time scale. XFELs use ...
THE HIGGS BOSON AND SEARCHES FOR NEW PHYSICS AT THE LHCDr. Kathryn Grimm of CSU-East Bay is deputy team leader of the CSU ATLAS program. She was on the team that found evidence for the Higgs Boson, and now is interested in studying the properties of the Higgs Boson, as well as searching for other new particles.
James is the founder and CEO of Trillium Technologies - a technology contractor that specializes in the application of emerging technologies to grand challenges, such as climate change, violent extremism, prevention strategies for cancer and obesity, deforestation mitigation, climate resilience and planetary defense from asteroids.
Since the signing of the Paris agreement in 2015 and its ratification in 2016, direct, large-scale management of CO2 emissions has grown in prominence. This reflects current emissions trends, policy trends, and technology advances. Specifically, major technology progress in carbon capture, CO2 conversion and use (sometimes called carbon-to-value or CO2 ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
SDN: Changing Only Everything About Networking (and IT)It’s been about eight years since Software-Defined Networking (SDN) hit the headlines with a lot of fanfare, initially as a way to disaggregate a Cisco router and reduce the operating expense (Opex) in data centers. Since that time, its more fundamental changes to everything about networking have seeped into not ...
From the iconic mission control center in Houston that guided astronauts to the Moon, to the control centers for robotic explorers that extend our senses to the solar system and beyond, mission control serves as the nerve center for decisions, planning, science, command, and control for our journeys into space. ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Tuesday, 10/23/18
Two Astrophysics LecturesDebris Disks and the Mystery of AU MicSpeaker: Eugene Chiang, UC BerkeleyBlack hole jets in galaxy clusters as common origins of highest-energy particlesSpeaker: Ke Fang, StanfordRoom 102/103
One Tam Wildlife Picture Index ProjectCome contribute to the Marin Wildlife Picture Index Project! This project depends on volunteer "Community Scientists" to help maintain wildlife cameras and process photos, and we are especially looking to train and retain volunteers for the long-term. At this training, we will be viewing and cataloging photos (on the computer) acquired ...
Where: Corte MaderaCost: Free
Measuring the Reionization History with Quasar Damping Wings The Lyman-alpha damping wing from neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium is predicted to be a key signature of the reionization epoch in the spectra of high-redshift quasars. There are substantial challenges in measuring and interpreting this signal, however: the intrinsic (i.e. unabsorbed) spectrum of the quasar near its Lyman-alpha ...
Digital Resilience2018 has already been rife with devastating cybersecurity breaches. Some of the most damaging include state-sponsored Russian hackers infiltrating US power companies, a data exposure of 340 million records from the marketing and data aggregation firm Exactis, and a VPN Filter malware attacks impacting more than 500,000 routers worldwide. And ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
The Technology Powering Wireless Charging 2.0The technical concepts behind Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) are fascinating, but its technology development has been slow for multiple reasons. Simply put, the idea of transmitting power to charge any electronic device without plugging in cables is not an easy feat.Early pioneering experiments by Tesla showed the feasibility of power ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $9 adv/$10 door general; $4/$5 IEEE members
Urban Tech Summit CeremonyJoin us to discover the results of our focused working sessions tackling the challenges of technology in urban contexts.This public event, part of the Zurich Meets San Francisco festival, follows an invite-only day Summit where key decisions makers in urban technology from government, academia and industry come together to compare the different ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10
Evidence of Synchronous Chorusing in North Atlantic Minke WhalesMany rorquals (blue, fin, sei, Brydes, and minke whales) communicate with pulses in the low and infrasonic frequency ranges. Research indicates that minke whales synchronize their pulsing with others, forming a chorus. Michael will introduce us to how this was discovered and why minke whales might be communicating in this ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $10 suggested donation
Examining Southern Hemisphere Humpback Whale Migratory Routes from Foraging to Breeding Grounds- RESCHEDULEDSouthern hemisphere humpback whale populations spend a large portion of the year breeding in tropical waters and migrating between this region and their summer feeding grounds in the Antarctic. They travel great distances during their seasonal migration, the farthest migration of any mammal, with distances up to 11,706 miles recorded. Despite ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15, students free with ID
October LASER Event - Santa CruzSpeakers: Peter Weiss-Penzias, "From Fog to Lions: Effects of Marine Fog on Methylmercury Bioaccumulation in Terrestrial Food Webs in California" A. M. Darke, "Games as Everyday Activism" Angus Forbes, "Creative and Critical Visualization" Susan Schwartz “Where's Waldo? Template Matching to Better Understand Fault and Glacier Motionâ€
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
The Secret Lives of the BrainIf the conscious mind - the part you consider you - accounts for only a fraction of the brain’s function, then what is all the rest doing? This is the question that David Eagleman has spent years researching and which he will answer in this state-of-the-science talk. Our behavior, thoughts, ...
You Should Know This! is where a TedTalk meets a comedy game show. Listen to experts discuss important topics you should know while comedians riff on stage and you get the chance to win fun, silly prizes for being a nerd!This month's show is Transhumanism: Merging humans with machines!Time for an upgrade! ...
Laboratory results can be linked with in situ ecological processes using unique interdisciplinary approaches. Four distinct approaches will be highlighted whose results provide insight on how marine organisms will respond to environmental change in the Anthropocene. First, time series collected by oceanographic sensors paired with manipulative laboratory experiments reveal the ...
Oasis Labs is building a privacy-first cloud computing platform on blockchain. With privacy built-in in every layer of the platform and a new blockchain architecture, Oasis is the first smart contract platform to provide security, privacy, and high scalability. Oasis technology’s unique properties and capabilities enable a broad spectrum of ...
Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by TechFuture Politics author Jamie Susskind argues that rapid and relentless innovation in a range of technologies will transform the way we live together. Calling for a fundamental change in the way we think about politics, he describes a world in which certain technologies and platforms, and those who control them, ...
Most electrochemical technologies that operate under ambient conditions require ion-conducting polymer electrolytes. These polymers are passive in that electric bias drives ion migration in the thermodynamically favored direction. Recently, my group engineered two important features into passive ion-selective polymers to introduce the active function of photovoltaic action and demonstration of ...
Join us for a conversation with Tina Seelig and two alumni guests. Seelig is a professor of the practice within the Department of Management Science & Engineering (MS&E), faculty co-director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) and author. At Stanford, Seelig has taught courses on on creativity, innovation and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Conscious Business: How Leaders Are Embedding Sustainability Principles in Their OrganizationsBusinesses are taking the lead on climate change initiatives. This panel gathers leaders at organizations that go beyond reducing their ecological footprint to demonstrating sustainability and generating a greater value with fewer resources and emissions. These leading firms are addressing both environmental impacts and the transformation of organizational culture. They are showing how to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
From the Accelerating Universe to Accelerating ScienceTwenty years ago, astronomers were astonished to learn from observations of exploding stars that cosmic expansion is speeding up. We attribute this to a mysterious “dark energy†that pervades the universe and makes up 70% of it. Scientists are working in many ways to learn more about the nature of ...
David Hochschild was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to the California Energy Commission in February 2013 and fills the environmental position on the Commission. In 2001, as Special Assistant to San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, he launched a citywide $100 million initiative to put solar panels on public buildings. He ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10 Genera, Free Members & Students
A Lost Library? Leonardo’s Books - RESCHEDULEDThroughout his life, Leonardo da Vinci made lists of books. His lists grew over time as a reflection of his desire to gain an education and explore different kinds of knowledge. Professor Carlo Vecce from the University of Naples will discuss Leonardo’s library based on his highly acclaimed recent book, ...
If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the flim-flam man, join us, your friends. We are a group who informally discuss the latest in science or pseudoscience over good eats & ale. Sponsored by Bay Area Skeptics.WHY: Because we’re curious creatures.
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
taste of science: Genomics and public healthPathogen genomics and public healthIt's been said that big data is new oil, tofu etc. In this talk, we'll interact over pint(s) to understand how big data in healthcare can be utilized to investigate the effectiveness of treatments in Type-2 Diabetes. We'll discuss the oppurtunities, challenges and limitations of big ...
WALOP/PASIPHAE: A uniquely deep, accurate and efficient tomographic survey of Galactic magnetic fieldsGalactic magnetic fields permeating through dust clouds lead to partial alignment of non-spherical dust grains along the field lines. Starlight passing through these dust clouds gets partially linearly polarized due to selective extinction. Measuring this polarization offers in principle, a way of tracing the magnetic fields as well as probing ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Downhole permanent DAS monitoring of CO2 geosequestrationTime-lapse (TL) seismic is widely used in CO2 geosequestration projects for both monitoring the behavior of the injected fluid in the target reservoir and demonstrating absence of unwanted migration out of primary containment. However, issues with land access and relatively high cost are only few of the downsides of the ...
Forefronts of Cosmology: Beyond Standard Model Physics with Upcoming CMB Instruments Upcoming new instruments to measure the polarized CMB promise to provide discriminatory limits on inflation, the number of light relic particles, and the sum of the neutrino masses, ushering in a new era of using the CMB as a probe of particle physics. Achieving these science goals requires highly sensitive ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Using HST: Looking Inside SN 1987A and Making Better Measures of Cosmic ExpansionThe Hubble Space Telescope has been the perfrect tool for studying SN 1987A, providing a way to dissect the expansion geometry and infer the 3D distribution of the stellar debris that was ejected 31 years ago. Together with radio and x-ray observations, the HST data provide stringent limits on emission ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Ultrafast Microscopy of Quantum-Confined NanostructuresThe Ultrafast Nanomaterials Lab at Cal State East Bay explores materials at the nanometer scale that exhibit surprising properties due to quantum-confinement effects. I will overview our lab development to uncover transient dynamic behaviors of photo-excited charge carriers and their effects on local electric fields on very fast timescales in ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Creatures of the NightlifeThe creatures come out at NightLife as the Academy transforms into a spine-tingling and outrageous night of supernatural science.This year, The Boulet Brothers take over our annual Halloween drag show and costume contest with their signature sinister twist. These drag queens are the creators and hosts of Dragula, the cult ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22 General, $18 Members
Alternatives to our current reality begin with imagination. Explore creative visions of tomorrow, reflect on imagined futures past, and encounter science fiction turned fact at Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman.SCHEDULEAuthor Maggie Shen King in Conversation With Patricia Cariño Valdez7:00 p.m. | Kanbar ForumJoin Maggie Shen King in conversation with Patricia Valdez ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Life on Mars: Does it exist, what might it look like, and can we bring it home?Join us for a night of PubScience! Dr. Rachel Mackelprang, professor at CSU Northridge, will speak about her work with the Mars Sample Return program. In the next decade, NASA will send a rover to Mars that will return home with samples from the planet's surface. What clues will those samples give us ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
SciComm Studio 011: The Future of ExperienceNew media technologies such as augmented and virtual reality, data science, 3D visualization, and interactive storytelling will radically transform the our experience of cultures, past and present. Meet practitioners who are exploring the transition as cultural institutions move away from screens toward an embodied experience. We welcome Sarah Kenderdine of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free, RSVP Required
500 Years of Leonardo, 1519-2019: A Lost Library? Leonardo’s BooksThroughout his life, Leonardo da Vinci made lists of books. His lists grew over time as a reflection of his desire to gain an education and explore different kinds of knowledge. Professor Carlo Vecce from the University of Naples will discuss Leonardo’s library based on his highly acclaimed recent book, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Mini-Med School: UCSF Health Hub: A New Healthcare Growth StudioUCSF has a long history of pioneering innovation and advancing its bold vision for health worldwide. Whether it’s a new drug molecule, medical device, digital health application, or care process, our goal is to ensure that innovation reaches our patients and benefits patient care. UCSF leaders in innovation--representing a wide ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15, students free with ID
Post-Fire Debris-Flow Early Warning: The Case for Forecast-Based Warning SystemsPost-re debris flows can initiate after only a few minutes of intense rain, and during the first storm following wildfire.Early warning systems must provide sufficient time to make informed decisions and take reasonable preventative action.If you're relying upon real-time measurements of stream ow or rainfall in your watershed to decide ...
From museums to monuments and texts to traditions, the 3rd Int'l Congress on DigitalHERITAGE brings together leaders from across the cultural heritage world to explore the science and technology of saving the past.  Being held for the first time in North America here in San Francisco, this summit on digital tools, 3D, VR, ...
What do a famous French dentist, Snow White, and a Victorian gentleman with a pesky toothache have in common? They are a few of the harassed, horrified, and often hilarious figures you can find in Open Wide: 500 Years of Dentistry in Art. Join the UCSF Archives and Special Collections ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Observational constraints on the structure of gamma-ray burst jets and lessons from GW170817Motivated by GW170817 we examine observational constraints on the angular structure of gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets. First, the relatively narrow observed distribution of the early X-ray afterglow to prompt gamma-ray energy ratio implies that at any angle that gamma-rays are emitted the Lorentz factor must be large. Specifically, the Lorentz ...
Big Advantages of Going Small: Nanostructured Perovskite-phase Cesium Lead IodidePerovskite-phase cesium lead iodide (CsPbI3) possess three almost too-good-to-be-true properties for photovoltaic and electroluminesence applications and one Achilles heel: it is not stable under ambient conditions. This talk will provide an introduction to CsPbI3, highlighting our contributions to identifying and understanding some of its remarkable chemical, physical and functional properties. ...
Visit our facilities and find out why small is such a BIG deal! Tour the Stanford’s fabrication and characterization labs to see how researchers make and see at the nanoscale. 3 x 1 hour tours, starting every hour on the hour.Registration opens October 19th for these tours.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Cosmological signatures of sub-MeV dark matter freeze-inDark matter could be a thermal relic of freeze-in, where the dark matter is produced by extremely feeble interactions with Standard Model particles dominantly at low temperatures. The simplest sub-MeV dark matter models with freeze-in include models with a kinetically-mixed dark photon mediator, or equivalently models where dark matter is ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
October Night HikeFace your arachnophobia or bathe in your arachnophilia on Friday, October 26th! Come on a naturalist-led walk into Joaquin Miller Park where we'll look for the many spiders inhabiting the park. We'll be armed with UV flashlights and look for fluorescing scorpions, and we’ll be looking and listening for bats!Ages ...
Awesome cutting-edge science talks with UC Berkeley graduate students, science trivia, locally roasted coffee, pinball, and more! Join Micah Brush (Physics) and Wren Suess (Astronomy) to find out how we are trying to learn the cosmic secrets of dark matter and galaxy formation.
Where: EmeryvilleCost: Free
Artful Design: How We Shape Technology, and How Technology Shapes Us Join us for a talk that explores the deep intersections of design, art, and technology, drawing from Ge Wang’s new book: Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime (A MUSICOMIC MANIFESTO) -- a design manifesto, in comic book form, about how we shape technology in today's world, and how ...
Join KQED in kicking off the 2018 Bay Area Science Festival with a special screening event featuring its award-winning science series, Deep Look. Meet the producers and hear harrowing tales of how they captured the fascinating imagery for some of Deep Look‘s creepy creature videos including black widows, flesh eating ...
Experience spectacular night sky viewing. Chabot’s three large historic telescopes offer a unique way to experience the awe and wonder of the Universe. Check out celestial viewing day and night. Our observatory deck offers breathtaking views 1,500 feet above the Bay. The observatories at Chabot Space & Science Center are ...
From museums to monuments and texts to traditions, the 3rd Int'l Congress on DigitalHERITAGE brings together leaders from across the cultural heritage world to explore the science and technology of saving the past.  Being held for the first time in North America here in San Francisco, this summit on digital tools, 3D, VR, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $400 - $620 + fees
The Brain is a Social Organ: Neuroscience in PsychotherapyUnderstanding the science of the brain can be the key to understanding the biological power of the "talking cure," according to Dr. Louis Cozolino, our Fall Symposium featured speaker. A facile lecturer, Cozolino elucidates complex scientific ideas using anecdotal clinical material and stories, making neuroscience relevant to psychotherapists of all ...
Where: OaklandCost: $140-$180.
Guided Nature Walk Experience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest and flower-carpeted oak woodland. Guided Nature Walks begin at 10:00am ...
Come enjoy a showcase of science, technology, and engineering from businesses, museums, and universities throughout Contra Costa County. Over 25 interactive exhibits and demos! Attendees will explore the STEM fields, discover new interests, and create lasting memories. Plenty of free parking available! Event is held Rain or Shine!
This celebration will be the high point of the Bay Area Science Festival in the North Bay. Families are encouraged to attend this fun interactive event - it’s all designed to get kids excited about STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Examine formula racer engineering and race your own ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: FREE
Science Saturday: Bats, Spiders, and SnakesOur most popular Science Saturday of the year is back! Join us for Bats, Spiders, and Snakes; an up close look at some of the misunderstood and helpful creatures of the night! We will have live bats and spiders on display at the Museum, and will be an official partner ...
The fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) have been around for generations, and will continue to grow, expand, and shape our world and future in the years to come. In order to give daughters and granddaughters the tools that they need to succeed in a STEM career, parents, ...
Start your Halloween celebration early with special Halloween-themed activities in the Ingenuity Lab and Animal Discovery Room. Pumpkins will fly during this annual outdoor event featuring our friends from UC Berkeley’s Pioneers in Engineering (PiE) program. Join us on the Hall’s C-level lawn and watch as a giant trebuchet sends ...
You are invited to a behind-the-scenes tour of our Parasitology Lab where you’ll have the chance to see live parasites (worms and protozoa)! You’ll also get to hear about our research to discover drugs to treat parasitic diseases that affect millions of people worldwide.Please enter Genentech Hall from the Koret ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Come explore the EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park and learn how solar panels, a living roof, and other green technologies make this facility a functioning example of sustainable solutions. The tour will focus on the history of Heron’s Head Park, the sustainable systems of the EcoCenter, and the restored wetlands ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The History of SausalitoIn commemoration of the 125th Anniversary of Sausalito. But, the best place to start is at the beginning. Sausalito changed with the times, rolled with the punches, reinvented itself multiple times and became a quaint slice of Americana with all the right ingredients for a really good story. Meet Ranger ...
Join local author Betty-Ann Kissilove in a group reading of Great Ball of Fire! A Poetic Telling of the Universe Story. For readers from 8 to 80, this beautifully illustrated book tells in verse the story of our universe, from the Big Bang to the formation and emergence of life ...
Are we alone in the Universe? How did we get here? What does a giraffe have in common with a mosquito? What makes extremophiles extreme? Who’s to say? Join us for an exciting discussion of these and many other questions around understanding the survival of life in the Universe with ...
Do you sometimes see paw prints in mud or scat (poop) on the trails and assume that a dog left it? It could be from something else. Come along with me and I will show you how to distinguish and identify the markings of a gray fox. Gain some insights into the fox’s nature and ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project - 10th Anniversary Celebration Please join us as ACR Avian Ecologist Scott Jennings gives a short talk on shorebird responses to the Giacomini wetland restoration as part of the afternoon science symposium of the 10-year anniversary celebration of the creation of the Giacomini Wetlands in Point Reyes. Click here for more information on all ...
Come take a closer look at the sea cliffs at New Brighton State Beach. The rocks forming these dramatic cliffs are part of the the Purisima Formation, which is exposed along the California Coast from Point Reyes to southern Santa Cruz County. The rocks at New Brighton Beach were deposited ...
Where: CapitolaCost: $10 per vehicle park entrance fee
Black holier than thou!I will explain how supermassive black holes are the root cause of a wide range of phenomena seen in galaxies and I will point out examples of these things that you can see with your own telescope.Speaker: Martin Gaskell, UC Santa Cruz
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sensory Tricks and Science TreatsWe will trick your senses and dazzle your mind. Come share with us the joys of inquiry through illusions, magic tricks, logic puzzles and philosophical exploration, while drinking special concoctions from our cash bar.We welcome you to bring your own math puzzles, games, illusions, or magic tricks to share!This is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5
Sunday, 10/28/18
Fall Birding Walk at the UCSC Farm Join us for an introductory birding walk at the UCSC Farm. This guided walk along the Farm's trails and roads will feature a leisurely pace with frequent stops to observe, identify, and appreciate the local birds and their interesting behaviors. All levels of birding experience are welcome. Bring binoculars if ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $10 General, $5 Members, Free students
From museums to monuments and texts to traditions, the 3rd Int'l Congress on DigitalHERITAGE brings together leaders from across the cultural heritage world to explore the science and technology of saving the past.  Being held for the first time in North America here in San Francisco, this summit on digital tools, 3D, VR, ...
This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Science Fiction Turned FactScience fiction has predicted many things. Some have come true (think touch screens, submarines, bionic limbs), others, not so much - or at least, not yet. If you’ve ever wondered where your flying car or rocket belt is, or why you don’t yet have a robot servant, find out at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Admission to the Exploratorium
Want to make your imagined world become true? Want to create your own fantasy world and play with it? Holographic Augmented Reality (HAR) can make it happen for you! Learn how to create your own holographic AR experiences in this introductory workshop hosted by Integem Inc. (www.integem.com). This event is ...
The so-called “fine-structure constant†is a deeply important number in physics. It describes the strength of the electromagnetic force between fundamental particles. This means, among countless other things, that it gauges the interaction between all the atoms and molecules in our bodies. Of the fine-structure constant, physicist Max Born said, ...
Where: AlamedaCost: Free
TEDxPaloAltoSalon: Imagine AnewHear from great minds re-imagining the future and driving change with projects such as levitating cars, life-saving medical discoveries, the future of leadership.Dr. Anita Sengupta is a rocket scientist and aerospace engineer who developed technologies to explore Mars, asteroids and deep space. She teaches spacecraft, entry and landing system design ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $70.
Meteorites in AntarcticaMeteorites fall all over the earth, but they are best preserved and recoverable from the blue ice areas of Antarctica. The combination of relentless katabatic winds and slow movement of glacial ice in these areas concentrates meteorites that have fallen over tens to hundreds of thousands of years. Meteorites hold ...
