Bay Area Science Festival Coverage
This week, the first of (hopefully) many Bay Area science festivals is taking place. There are events happening all around the Bay, and I will be covering some of them live via Justin.tv. Also, I’m lucky to be joined in the action by the wonderful Indre Viskontas.
Here is my estimated broadcast schedule (times are still subject to change):
Tuesday 7-8pm PT
Porchlight: Epic Fail
Hosts: Indre, Kirsten
Wednesday 11am-12pm PT
Retrain your brain
Hosts: Kirsten
Wednesday 6:30-7pm and 9-9:30pm PT
Will We ever understand the brain
Hosts: Indre, Kirsten
Friday 11:30am-12:30pm PT
Gut Check
Hosts: Kirsten
Friday 7-8pm PT CANCELLED
RadioLab
Hosts: Kirsten
Saturday 1-2pm PT CANCELLED
Artificial Intelligence
Hosts: Indre, Kirsten
Sunday
Discovery Days, ATT Park
Hosts: Kirsten
Watch live video from drkiki on www.justin.tv
The Science Comedian at Jasper Ridge
Brian Malow, the Science Comedian, waxes scientifically funny at a Bay Area COPUS science communication retreat at Jasper Ridge Nature Preserve in California.
Filed under Esoterica, The Science Word | Comments (7)Omega Recoil Does Science
Omega Recoil, a Tesla Coil performance group I’ve worked with, was showing off at the 2009 Dorkbot party. They dragged a receiving coil around to observe how much wireless power they could get from a Tesla coil at different distances. ‘Twas a brilliant example of the fun you can have while doing really dangerous things.
Filed under The Science Word | Comment (0)Michio Kaku on Quantum Computing
Thanks to Saleem Khan for this question about quantum computing. Hear what Dr. Michio Kaku has to say about it to Dr. Kiki in this quick segment.
Filed under Michio Kaku, The Science Word | Comments (3)Michio on Bose-Einstein Condensates
Dr. Kiki asks Dr. Michio Kaku a question from Justin Gill about Bose-Einstein Condensates. Twitter provided a great forum for collecting questions for Dr. Kaku.
Filed under The Science Word | Comment (0)Michael Chorost on Science at CWA 2009
Dr. Kiki interviews Michael Chorost, author of “Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human”, about communicating science at the Conference on World Affairs in 2009.
Filed under Science & Politics, The Science Word | Comment (0)Michio Kaku on Why
In this segment, Dr. Kaku discusses with Dr. Kiki why communicating science is so vital to research, and why he spends so much of his time talking to the public.
Distributed by Tubemogul.
Filed under Science & Politics, The Science Word | Comment (1)Michio Kaku on Politics
Excerpt from Dr. Kiki’s 2008 interview with Dr. Michio Kaku. Here he discusses selling science to politicians.
Filed under Reads and Watches, Science & Politics, The Science Word | Comments (2)Michio Kaku on the Big Bang
Dr. Michio Kaku talks about the Big Bang and the Large Hadron Collider… and Elvis.
Filed under Reads and Watches, Science & Politics, The Science Word | Comments (6)Michio Kaku on God
Dr. Michio Kaku dishes on spirituality, Einstein, and God in this latest installment of our interview. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Filed under Esoterica, Science & Politics, The Afterlife, The Science Word | Comments (4)
