10-15-19 D Wind-Cancer Vaccine-Hubble Constant R Lerner-What is Science
10/15/19
Welcome to SciTechNature get-togethers
|Intros | News | Presentations|
Doug Wind:
Presentations
"A Vaccine Against ...Cancer?"
"The Hubble Constant, how the Universe Stopped Making Sense"
"Toyota Research Institute teaches mobile manipulator with VR, simulation"
"Next Generation Robots - Boston Dynamics, Asimo, Da Vinci, SoFi"
"Brain-controlled exoskeleton has let a paralyzed man walk in the lab - MIT Technology Review"
Rob Lerner:
Presentations
Naomi Oreskes TED Talk on “What is Science?”
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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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Links from this week
Doug Wind's links:How the Universe Stopped Making Sense
https://www.livescience.com/hubble-constant-universe-expansion-not-make-sense.html
Toyota Research Institute teaches mobile manipulator with VR, simulation
https://www.therobotreport.com/toyota-research-institute-teaches-mobile-robot-housework/
Next Generation Robots - Boston Dynamics, Asimo, Da Vinci, SoFi
Brain-controlled exoskeleton has let a paralyzed man walk in the lab - MIT Technology Review
Rob Lerner's links:
Was Heidi the Octopus Really Dreaming?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/science/heidi-octopus-sleeping.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Farm Animals Are the Next Big Antibiotic Resistance Threat
https://www.wired.com/story/farm-animals-are-the-next-big-antibiotic-resistance-threat/amp
Failure Against “Nightmare Bacteria” a Chilling Commentary on Future of Antibiotics – “Much of Modern Medicine May Become Infeasible”
Tea and banana plants have been genetically modified by bacteria
Why we should trust Scientists
https://www.ted.com/talks/naomi_oreskes_why_we_should_believe_in_science/discussion
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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:
SMA Rotary Club rests upon a foundation of compassion and science, so it too gets a heads up from SciTechNature.
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Best,
Stephen Goodfellow