Trash to Treasure Designs 12:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone Come and visit Somerville-based artist Consuelo Perez and her upcycled designs to learn more about creating art with the ordinary household items around us. Read More
Growing Islands – Rebuilding Coastlines through Wave Energy 05:00 PM MIT Museum: The Lee Family Exchange Skylar Tibbits and Walt Zesk present a novel approach to addressing the mounting threat of climate change-induced coastal erosion. Read More
Department of Play Block Party 06:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone Block Party reimagines the building block as an assemblage of two interlinking units. People are invited to assemble the jumbo foam blocks into fantastical shapes. Read More
Trees Telling STEM Stories: the Witness Tree Project 02:00 PM Cambridge Common, at the base of the Washington Elm tree Come meet Cambridge’s newest addition to the Witness Tree network. Read More
Modular Rooftop Farming in Boston 12:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone An up-close-and-personal look at the modular rooftop farming system currently in use at Fenway Park and Boston Medical Center, presented by Recover Green Roofs. Read More
Stellated Polyhedra and Light 06:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone Four mathematical sculptures assembled from folded hardware cloth demonstrating the moire effect with light. Read More
Building, Testing, and Cooking with Solar Cookers on October 6 12:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone We will display and operate solar cookers, both homemade and commercial models, as well as relevant books, articles, and laboratory materials. Read More
City Scanner: Turning Urban Vehicles into Sensing Platforms 12:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone MIT's Senseable City Lab will present the City Scanner project, a low-cost sensing device that can turn ordinary vehicles like taxis and garbage trucks into valuable sources of urban environmental information. Read More
Nature-Inspired, Nano-Solutions to Environmental Problems 05:30 PM Cambridge Public Library: Central Square Branch, Main Floor Demonstrations and explanations on how bioinspired nanostructured materials can solve a variety of environmental problems such as air and water pollution. Read More