YURI'S NIGHT 07 BAY AREA
Is Hosted by Keynote Speaker
ANOUSHEH ANSARI
The first privately-funded female space explorer!
Science and Technology at Yuri's Night
The Future of Science:
Cutting-edge interactive technology and live demos including:
- Neuro feedback games and visualizations including Telekinetic Asteroids and Mind Ripples
- Explorations of the world throughNASA World Wind and Gigapan, the high-resolution panorama project
- Portals into Second Life and Burning Man Earth, Google's Black Rock City browser
- A roofless stargazing lounge, with an exceptional telescope provided by NASA
- Squidlabs' Instructables and ground-breaking kite technology
- ASME's Human powered vehicle
- NASA robotics, including the next generation of rovers
- Exclusive heavenly imagery from Slooh
Science demonstrations and innovations from the worlds of robotics, engineering, and astronomy, will also be on display:
Speakers
Hosted by Keynote speaker Anousheh Ansari, the first privately-funded female space explorer.
"The experience was more than I had ever imagined; it has exceeded every expectation. Seeing the Earth from space will be forever etched into my mind... I hope those around the world who followed my mission consider what their own dreams are and pursue them, as I have done with mine." - Anousheh Ansari, 2006
Plus Special Guest Chris McKay: World Expert in AstroBiology and Planet Terraforming
