Neutrinos, Higgs boson, dark matter and orphan planets in Café della Scienza

Giordano Burnstein and Talete Flanagan will talk about neutrinos, the almost found Higgs boson, dark matter and orphan planets.
The Science latest news, followed by other announcements.
In italian with simultaneous translation to English by Calliope Lexington at Cafe' della Scienza.

Thrusday, 1st March, at 21:30 (Italian time).

Cafe' della Scienza is a science divulgation initiative from Second Physics and Immersiva.2life and powered by Esplica conceived by Talete Flanagan e Marjorie Fargis (SL CrazyPress). It's full program can be found at the blog Café della Scienza.

Dalla 500 al buco nero

A talk about black holes, relativity, medical diagnoss, etc.  by Giordano Burnstein interviewed by Talete Flanagan - in italian with simultaneous translation to English by Calliope Lexington at Cafe' della Scienza.

Wednesday, 18th, at 21:20.

Cafe' della Scienza is a science divulgation initiative from Second Physics and Immersiva.2life and powered by Esplica conceived by Talete Flanagan e Marjorie Fargis (SL CrazyPress). It's full program can be found at the blog Café della Scienza.

SLP Lab on VWBPE Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2011

Second Life Physics Lab will be on "Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2011 (VWBPE '11)", thanks to a kind invitation from Talete Flanagan from the italian Second Physics Group and the help of Calliope Lexington ,  Marjorie Fargis (SL CrazyPress), and Giovanna Delphin (Immersiva.2life).

This is the plot (#10) where Second Physics Group presentations wil be held.

I hope to meet you there.

Lander Simulator in Second Life Physics Lab

I'm building it inspired by the old Lunar Lander video games, and specially by the Edu-Ware's interactive simulation Rendezvous: A Space Shuttle Simulation, developed by NASA scientist Wesley Huntress. You can play with it in Second Life Physics Lab.

More than just having fun playing with it, the pilot has to master the Newtonian concepts of force, acceleration and velocity and their relationships - in short, Newton's 3rd law - to be able to land it safely.

Virtual Bridges

A talk about controlled trespassing between real & virtual by Veronik Broome & Terence Black presented by Momi Hallison - in italian with simultaneous translation to English by Calliope Lexington at grand opening of the renovated Cafe' della Scienza.

Tonight, 7th, at 12:15 PST/PDT (old 'Second Life Time').

Cafe' della Scienza is a science divulgation initiative from Second Physics, conceived by Talete Flanagan e Marjorie Fargis (SL CrazyPress). It's full program can be found at the blog Café della Scienza. 

Second Life Physics Lab evolution II

A few days ago I replaced old Second Life Physics Lab cones and cylinders hull megaprims for spheroid ones. BTW, I have noticed that it realizes pretty cool on the new 2.3 Viewer.

Due to the new ellipsoid format, new floors have been added.

• Entrance is Level 0, now.
• Head's office moved two Levels down to Level -2, just below the future Auditorium.
• Planetarium is on the top floor, now numbered as Level 8
• Cannon is presently on Level 4

Due to ban lines around the Lab, I had to remove the 'Spaceport' platform from the entrance Level. Now I'm building a Hangar on Level 7 which will home the Landing Simulator. I'll tell more about it on another post.

Of course, there's a lot of work to be done. For example, the lighting effects I mentioned before is a mess. But I intend to fix it soon.

Cyber-Science

A talk about mind, brain and calculators by Mez Oyen, presented by Giovanna Delphin on Science on the Road. An idea map to guide you in the areas of cognitive science.

Tonight 10th,12pm SLT at .

Intelligent machines and cyborgs of science fiction are pop subsidiaries of the idea that the mind is a information processor, implementable on different physical media. This idea has been developed with the rigor of the cognitive science during the twentieth century. Let's tell its history: On what scientific and philosophical basis has it grown at an early stage during the first half half of the last century, has expanded and consolidated in the period from the '60s to the '80s, and then how, in more recent years, has had to confront the advance of neuroscience and the return of the reductionist approach.

As always, Science on the Road talks are coordinated by Talete Flanagan (Second Physics) and Giovanna Delphin (Immersiva.2life), with the help from Calliope Lexington (Second Physics) and from Crazy SL Press for communication in SL and RL and maintenance of the blog ScienzaontheRoad where the full talk program can be found.