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.
********
********
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
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
FORGET GROWING WEED—MAKE YEAST SPIT OUT CBD AND THC INSTEAD
Links from last week (03/05/19)
********
SMA Lifelong learning program
http://instituto-allende.edu.mx/en/lifelong-learning-program/
********
...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:
Link to John Wharton's Shelter Space; an excellent source of SciTechNature trace elements:
********
SMA Rotary Club rests upon a foundation of compassion and science, so it too gets a heads up from SciTechNature.
********
The SciTechNature get-together is also on Facebook.
Best,
Stephen Goodfellow