Pictures from our fundraiser event Science in the Second City
Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
Pictures from Science in the Second City
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Putting the Power of Science Into the Electric Car, By Eric Isaacs
Thursday, January 13th, 2011“The future of the electric-car industry belongs not to the scientists and engineers who perfect the batteries we have now, but the ones who figure out what comes next, in the 2020s, the 2030s, and beyond…
Chicago Innovation Mentors (CIM) Mentoring Program to Bridge Gap Between Ideas and Innovation
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011One of the biggest challenges to early stage innovation is that it most needs experienced advice when it is least able to attract it, says Alan Thomas, director of UChicagoTech, the University of Chicago’s Office of Technology and Intellectual Property. “A structural problem in Chicago is that at this embryonic point there have been very few resources to turn to,” he says.
Move Things With Your Mind… With the Help of Wearable Robots, by Minna Krejci
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011The idea for the use of the robot came from what is known about how the brain usually controls movement of the body. Imagine moving your arm: first, your brain tells your arm where to go. As your arm moves, nerves in your arm relay information back to the brain about the arm’s position.
Neighborhoods Still Working to Close Digital Gap, by Jeffrey Steele
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011Studies have shown that cost is a major barrier to Internet access, especially in the home. In Chicago, nearly 40 percent of residents do not have the broadband connections required to compete in the Digital Age.
C2ST Welcomes Artist and Astronomer Jose Francisco Salgado to talk about “The Moon”
Monday, January 3rd, 2011Come to “The Moon.” An visual exploration into what we know about the Earth’s only natural satellite and what the government is doing to get us back there. http://c2st.org/uncategorized/the-moon. José Francisco Salgado is an astronomer and visual artist at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and Executive Director of KV 265, a non-profit organization whose mission is the communication of science through art.
Talking Touchscreens and Patients, by Erin White
Saturday, July 10th, 2010This tool provides more privacy and allows people to complete questionnaires in their native language, at their own pace.
