Events matching tag "Space"
Friday, March 7
Jeremiah Owyang has shown that the future of business lies in the Collaborative Economy, “an economic model of shared ownership and access between people, startups and corporations all working together.” There’s been a …
Intermediate
Presenters
Andrew Barton, Anousheh Ansari, Bob Richards, Ruben Nunez
**Extended Q&A to follow screening "COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey" is hosted by renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson and written by Carl Sagan's collaborators on the legendary original series, Ann Druyan and St…
Saturday, March 8
Remember when the public had to watch Walter Cronkite and the evening news to learn what NASA was doing? Yeah, neither do we. Today, using technology you can connect and collaborate with NASA and astronauts directly from…
Beginner
Presenters
John Yembrick
Sunday, March 9
People imagine space software to be sleek and modern. But the tools NASA use today look nothing like their Star Trek counterparts. Instead, they're text-based, neon-colored, and complicated with age. This is a shame, but…
Intermediate
Presenters
Sam Hashemi, Steve Hillenius
The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s most ambitious scientific experiment. It is the successor to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope, and will be 100x more powerful. The Webb Telescope, taller than a four-story…
Beginner
Presenters
Alberto Conti, Amber Straughn, Blake Bullock, Natalie Batalha
Monday, March 10
66 million years ago, the dinosaurs had a very, very bad day thanks to an asteroid at least 10 km wide. Since 1998, NASA has led the global effort to find potentially hazardous asteroids, and has successfully found 95 pe…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jason Kessler, Jenn Gustetic
User experience design typically focuses on creating meaningful experiences that will affect as many people as possible. Startups covet reaching critical mass; success for larger companies is often measured in tens of mi…
Intermediate
Presenters
Joseph Medwid, Kevin McMillin
Tuesday, March 11
How does a photo of an onion in Delhi translate into countrywide price inflation? Conversely, how can a video from 500 miles above the Earth’s surface shed light on a humanitarian crisis unfolding in West Africa? From th…
Intermediate
Presenters
Ching-Yu Hu, David Soloff, Harper Levine
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