03-12-19 - Terra Mizwa - 10 Incredible Robots - Rob Lerner - Bill Gates tech innovations

03/12/19

Welcome to SciTechNature get-togethers

| Intros | Science Book Club | News with Terra Mizwa | Links |

Presentations:

Terra Mizwa: articles and feature: "10 Incredible Robots That Actually Exist"

Rob Lerner: Bill Gates on tech innovations & some sciencey videos.

Location & Time: Tuesdays, 11:30am to 1:30pm

Quinta Loreto Hotel, Cjon. de Loreto 15, Centro, Zona Centro, 37700 San Miguel de Allende, Gto.

From Cjon. de Loreto, enter the Mercado de Artisanias alley (East, going up-hill) about twenty yards and turn to your left into the Hotel Quinta Loreto compound.

The community center is on the Southeast side of the little central park. If you are coming by car, there is a parking lot within the compound.

(The community center is in the same location as the Philosophical get-together which is held on Fridays.)

A 50 pesos donation is suggested.

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SMA Science Book Club news

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Links from this week (03/12/19)

Terra Mizwa links:

10 Incredible Robots That Actually Exist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o07Ju5snaCw&t=2s

25 Creepy Ways Robots Are Becoming More Human

https://youtu.be/JPHz4QswhvE

Rob Lerner links: World Water Week event calendar:

https://caminosdeagua.org/en/events

Special Cocktail Reception with keynote speaker Dr. Mariana Cárdenas:

https://caminosdeagua.org/events/cocktailandkeynote

Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet

https://quillette.com/2019/02/27/why-renewables-cant-save-the-planet/

The Mad Science Plan to Power the World With Poop

https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-mad-science-plan-to-power-the-world-with-poop-1833062048

Throwaway culture: The truth about recycling

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23531352-000-throwaway-culture-the-truth-about-recycling/

Is the Insect Apocalypse Really Upon Us?

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/insect-apocalypse-really-upon-us/583018/

A little cannabis every day might keep brain ageing at bay

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2130257-a-little-cannabis-every-day-might-keep-brain-ageing-at-bay/

FORGET GROWING WEED—MAKE YEAST SPIT OUT CBD AND THC INSTEAD

https://www.wired.com/story/yeast-cbd-and-thc/

Links from last week (03/05/19)

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SMA Lifelong learning program

http://instituto-allende.edu.mx/en/lifelong-learning-program/

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...Because the acquisition of clean water in our town is not only a science, but a necessity, especially in the San Miguel de Allende area:

Caminos de Agua

https://caminosdeagua.org/en/home

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Link to John Wharton's Shelter Space; an excellent source of SciTechNature trace elements:

sheltervg4.com

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SMA Rotary Club rests upon a foundation of compassion and science, so it too gets a heads up from SciTechNature.

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