Transcultural Beats
AuditoriumThere may be many means to bridge and calm cultural differences — beyond transcultural themes and images. This presentation considers how musical rhythms can strike a common beat among multi-cultured gatherings. Sample audio clips demonstrate 20 years of observable rhythmic resonance in culturally-diverse international classrooms. Presenter: Steven R. Van Hook has a doctorate specializing […]
Second Life #Metoo
Science Circle East CabinThere are no #metoo high profile cases in SL as far as we know, but as Ayesha Lytton put it in her commentary under a "New World Notes" article, the threshold seems to be even lower in SL than in the physical world. How are your experiences in Second Life? Are you a woman in both […]
Classical Concert
The Lighthouse CaféMagnetic Resonance Imaging: MRI
AuditoriumMagnetic Resonance Imaging: MRI Where did it come from? How does it work? What’s that loud banging noise? How did we get from the image on the left to the one on the right? The great progenitor of MRI is NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance). The phenomenon of magnetic resonance was […]