Technology has made health seemingly quantifiable and trackable, but does it actually improve our well-being? Co-presented with UC Davis Grand Challenges, this Open Question session invites you to explore the intersection of technology, fitness, and happiness.
Osher Gallery 1, Kanbar Forum, The Exploratorium in San Francisco
Most incredible animal adaptations, such as aerial control, have been shaped by natural selection in which the fluid environment has played a fundamental role. Similarly, at sub-millimeter scales, some tiny organisms use other phenomena, such as electrostatics, to their biological advantage.
Can machines act naturally? AI seems to be a disruptor right now, but can it ever fit into our existing ways of thinking and being? Join our panelists to discover different ways to align machines with our social and natural values, from care-based AI to biomimicry.
We are pleased to invite you all to this seminar on the aerodynamics and fluid-structure interaction of small flyers presented by Professor Chandan Bose from Birmingham University.
Jared Isaacman is the CEO of Shift4, an accomplished pilot with over 7,000 flight hours, and astronaut as the commander of Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn spaceflight missions.
In this talk we will review some of the fundamental differences in the flight control architectures in natural and engineered systems and report new findings regarding the connections between sensing, actuation, and flight dynamics in some of nature’s most agile flyers (insects).
The Northern California Aerospace Symposium (NCAS) is an annual research seminar that connects leading researchers, faculty, and students within the aerospace and aeronautics field across Northern California.
