From: Karen Kalumuck (karenk@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 27 2004 - 12:15:31 PST
Message-Id: <v01540b02bc3c75fd138e@[192.168.111.72]> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:15:31 -0800 From: karenk@exploratorium.edu (Karen Kalumuck) Subject: Opportunity for High School Teachers
Hello, TI folks!
Here's a great opportunity for High School teachers to attend an
Exploratorium Symposium on Engineering at the Threshold of life -- great,
very current stuff. A limited number of free tickets are available to TI
affiliated high school teachers. The symposium description is below -- for
information about free tickets please call (415) 674-2826 (don't respond to
pinhole with questions --- thanks!)
---Karen K
The Exploratorium presents Animate (in)Animate: Engineering at the
Threshold of Life, a symposium exploring how new technologies are blurring
the boundaries between the natural and the artificial.
We've long been used to making easy distinctions between the natural and
the artificial, the organic and the inorganic, the biological and the
manmade. However, a subtle and growing frontier of biotechnological
innovation is creating new classes of artificially constructed "near-life"
phenomena and "semi-living" technologies that occupy a gray area between
inanimate matter and animate life. DNA-based computing, the development of
digital "organ printers" that print living tissue, and the use of
genetically engineered viruses to assemble nanoscale electronic components
are examples of recent technological innovations that suggest the emergence
of a increasingly "technobiotic" world.
To provide a forum for exploring these innovations and attendant issues in
depth, the Exploratorium is proud to present Animate (in)Animate, a daylong
symposium bringing together an international panel of researchers, artists,
and entrepreneurs. Animate (in)Animate will be held in the Cowell Theater
at Fort Mason Center on Saturday, February 21, 2004.
The symposium will examine the mechanisms and processes that have
historically defined the animate and focus on emerging discoveries in areas
such as organic electronics, biocomputing, tissue engineering,
nanotechnology, and biologically-inspired art and materials design. The
conference will also provide a forum for discussing the impact of these
innovations on our cultural values and for examining our hopes and fears
about a future increasingly shaped by biotechnological forces.
Participants:
Brian Sager President, Nanosolar, Inc.
Oron Catts Artistic Director, SymbioticA
Evelyn Hu Co-Director, California Nanosystems Institute
Vladimir Mironov Researcher, Organ Printing, Department of Cell
Biology & Anatomy, Medical University of South Carolina
Carlo Montemagno Co-Director, Institute for Cell Mimetic Space
Exploration
Erik Winfree Researcher, Biomolecular Computing, Department of Computer
Science, California Institute of Technology
Saturday, February 21, 2004, from 10-4 p.m.
Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center
For advance tickets, call: (415) 561-0308
Adults $12 /Students & Exploratorium Members $10
Tickets $14 onsite at the Cowell Theater on day of event
Limited Scholarships available; Call (415) 674-2826 for more info
Limited number of free tickets available to Teachers Institute-affiliated
high school science teachers. Please contact (415) 674-2826 for more info.
Concessions available onsite
Please be aware that the symposium material is designed for mature
audiences. Attendees under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult or
provide proof of parental consent to attend the symposium. Please be
prepared to show ID when you pick up you tickets.
For more info, go to http://www.exploratorium.edu/traits/symposium.html
Animate (in)Animate is presented in conjunction with the Exploratorium's
"Traits of Life" exhibition, an exhibit collection funded by the National
Science Foundation.
Karen E. Kalumuck, Ph.D.
Biologist/Educator
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
3601 Lyon St.
San Francisco, CA 94123
415-561-0388
FAX 415-561-0307
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