Nerd Nite 2: Monday 11/25
The Nerd Nite launch was fantastic! Now get ready for more great nerdery…
We have two awesome presentations lined up for Nerd Nite NoHo 2 on Monday, November 25th, at 7PM at The World War II Club (The Deuce).
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The Wonders of Geckskin
Find out what it’s like to crawl the walls–literally. Geckskin is a gecko-inspired adhesive, developed at UMass, that can hold as much as 700lbs on an index-card size piece, and release with near zero force upon command. Learn about the development of this amazing material, as well as the new questions and insight the discovery has brought into the biology of the gecko–one of which will be in attendance!
The Wonders of Geckskin
Find out what it’s like to crawl the walls–literally. Geckskin is a gecko-inspired adhesive, developed at UMass, that can hold as much as 700lbs on an index-card size piece, and release with near zero force upon command. Learn about the development of this amazing material, as well as the new questions and insight the discovery has brought into the biology of the gecko–one of which will be in attendance!
Al Crosby is a Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering at UMass Amherst and an expert in adhesion, soft materials mechanics, and bioinspired materials. Duncan Irschick is a Professor of Biology at UMass Amherst whose expertise is evolution and ecology of animal athletics.
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You’ve Been Hallucinating This Whole Time (and other facts about color.)
Learn why there are actually two sets of primary colors, magenta is “just” in your head, and how rainbows may actually be magical! Get up to speed on everything there is to know about color including how we perceive it, and how it fits into the electromagnetic spectrum. With lasers and black light, this talk promises to be illuminating!
Learn why there are actually two sets of primary colors, magenta is “just” in your head, and how rainbows may actually be magical! Get up to speed on everything there is to know about color including how we perceive it, and how it fits into the electromagnetic spectrum. With lasers and black light, this talk promises to be illuminating!
Aaron Jensen is an artist and middle-school teacher who is developing the Looping Spectrum Theory, combining philosophy, art, and science.
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