Events at Stanford
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15:30 Sep 29, 2021
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2021. 6:00 PM. Location: Zoom This evening will feature three presentations: - David Kirby (Cal Poly) on "The Nature of Diegetic Prototypes and their Social Impact" - Liu, Moses & Metzger (UC San Francisco) on Speech Neuroprosthesis - Alysson Muotri (UC San Diego) on "Applications of human brain organoids" The LASERs (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous), chaired by cultural historian Piero Scaruffi, are an international program of evening gatherings that bring together artists, scientists, inventors and scholars in a variety of disciplines for informal presentations and conversation with an audience. Detailed info at: www.lasertalks.com David A. Kirby is Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Liberal Arts and Director of the Science Technology & Society Program at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. His research examines how movies, television, and computer games act as vehicles of scientific communication. He explored the collaboration between scientists and th...