Stanford Office of Science Outreach

Lectures & Public Events

Upcoming Lectures & Events

Wired for Speech: How Voice Activates Interactions with People and Computers

with Clifford Nass August 7, 2008

In this talk, you will discover how voice can lead people to be polite to computers, to gender-stereotype cars, to buy more when a website’s personality matches your own, to be charmed by a toy’s flattery, and to drive more safely when the car has the correct emotion. You will also gain a better understanding of the future of the machines that will speak with and listen to us.

Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy

with Stacey F. Bent August 21, 2008

This presentation will introduce the scope of the energy problem and some of the options for sustainable energy, then will focus on two main devices likely to play an increasing role in future energy technologies: solar cells and fuel cells.

Wonderfest-Festival of Science 2008

November 1 - 2, 2008

The 2008 Wonderfest Festival of Science will take place at both Stanford and UC Berkeley featuring a weekend full of public lectures about drug companies, DNA, infectious diseases, nanoscience, climate change, future of the Universe, and human behavior. Bring the whole family!

All Lectures & Events

Wired for Speech: How Voice Activates Interactions with People and Computers August 7, 2008

Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy August 21, 2008

Wonderfest-Festival of Science 2008 November 1 - 2, 2008

Past Lectures & Events

Global Warming: Is the Science Settled Enough for Policy? July 24, 2008

Why is Earthquake Prediction so Difficult? July 10, 2008

California Water Resources: Looking to the Future May 8, 2008

How People Learn April 29, 2008

Materials to Heal & Rebuild the Human Body February 28, 2008

Computing and the Problem of Evil November 7, 2007

"Life in Motion" Symposium October 25, 2007

Public Roundtable, "The Fight for Oil, Water & a Healthy Planet October 13, 2007

Drugs: One Size Does Not Fit All August 9, 2007

Cool Hands, Better Performance July 26, 2007

Recent Advances in Heart Surgery July 12, 2007

Regenerative Medicine: What is it? Where do we stand? Where are we going? June 28, 2007

Making Pictures of What We See Every Day April 26, 2007

Lasers: Surfing Light-Waves from Particle Physics to Astrophysics April 15, 2007

Who Let the Profs Out? High Tech Down on the Farm April 15, 2007

The Sequence of the Human Genome: A Giant Leap for Humankind April 15, 2007

From Dust to Dust: Examining Cometary Particles February 28, 2007

Molecular Spies November 7, 2006

Embryonic Stem Cells: Science, Ethics, and Politics August 31, 2006

Archmides: Ancient Text Revealed with X-ray Vision August 3, 2006

100 Years After 1906: A Century of Progress in Understanding Earthquakes and Their Effects July 20, 2006

Using Evolution to Understand Human Growth and Disease July 6, 2006

Back to Life: The Rebirth of the Monterey Coast June 22, 2006

Testing Einstein in Space: The Gravity Probe B Mission May 18, 2006