Announcement PF is sponsoring the 2014 WI Science Festival

  • Thread starter Thread starter Greg Bernhardt
  • Start date Start date
AI Thread Summary
Physics Forums is sponsoring the Wisconsin Science Festival from October 16-19, 2014, aimed at inspiring curiosity and promoting science. The festival features various events, including a presentation on the art and science of origami, and will have a booth where PF representatives will distribute materials and engage with attendees. Participants are encouraged to connect via social media for updates and to meet fellow members. The event is expected to foster positive interactions and discussions about science among attendees, including children and students. Overall, the festival aims to enhance community engagement in science and discovery.
  • #51
dlgoff said:
I'm proud to have been with you, Greg, at this Communicating Science: Talk and panel discussion. Even though you considered me a witch.

Supporting PF as this years Community Spirit Award winner.
So glad you found this, I'd love to watch it again. You can see us i the front row! :)
 
Physics news on Phys.org
  • #52
Yep. Front row. That's how we roll. :approve:
 
  • #53
dlgoff said:
Yep. Front row. That's how we roll. :approve:
I want to hear your explanation of how smart phones work.
I noticed that Greg raised his hand. :-p
 
  • #54
OmCheeto said:
I want to hear your explanation of how smart phones work.
I noticed that Greg raised his hand. :-p
You'd have to ask Greg, but I think is was because I tried explaining that it was like a toy; nothing to be afraid of. Hence, I'm a witch.
 
  • #55
dlgoff said:
You'd have to ask Greg, but I think is was because I tried explaining that it was like a toy; nothing to be afraid of. Hence, I'm a witch.
Whilst watching, I was there with you, trying to explain it.
Though, it took me another several hours before I came up with a non-witch explanation.

And even then...
 
  • #56
OmCheeto said:
And even then...
Welcome to the Witch Club. :bow:
 
  • Like
Likes OmCheeto
  • #57
It's kind of like the time traveler thread we have around here. Might be fun to do here too.
 
  • #58
Greg Bernhardt said:
It's kind of like the time traveler thread we have around here. Might be fun to do here too.
In two minutes or less?
Even after thinking the whole thing through, in 300 year old language/technology, it would take me hours to describe how the blacksmith and his seamstress wife had a child that was able to make unbelievably small thread from metal, creating a thing, that was basically a tiny, stupid, but very fast, incarnation, of a human.

The signaling(aka EM) part was easy:

Om; "Hold your hand up"
Greg; Holds his hand up
Om; Pulls out his lighter, and flicks his bic.
Greg; m.k.
Om; put his hand between the flame, and Greg's hand.
Greg; m.k.
Om; Does it really fast: hot, cold, hot, cold, hot, cold. Get it? Its binary!
Greg; m.k.

Ok. This may take me weeks...

......

Just googled "binary".
Wiki says Leibniz did it first.

After reading Newton's Principia the other day, and learning this, I think it's time for another nap.

OmCheeto said:
The shoulders we take for granted
 
  • #60
davenn said:
has PF been back to the 2015 or others ?
It was a lot of fun and @dlgoff was awesome helping. We haven't been back because the demographic turned out to be a bit young :)
 
  • Like
Likes dlgoff and davenn
  • #61
Greg Bernhardt said:
It was a lot of fun and @dlgoff was awesome helping. We haven't been back because the demographic turned out to be a bit young :)

unfortunate, maybe something you can still keep tabs on for changes in the future :)D
 
  • Like
Likes dlgoff and Greg Bernhardt

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top