THURSDAY – OCT 6 – Cambridge Science Festival

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THURSDAY - OCT 6

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Event Category

THURSDAY - OCT 6

All events

Trash to Treasure Designs

Growing Islands – Rebuilding Coastlines through Wave Energy

Department of Play Block Party

Trees Telling STEM Stories: the Witness Tree Project

Modular Rooftop Farming in Boston

Stellated Polyhedra and Light

Building, Testing, and Cooking with Solar Cookers on October 6

City Scanner: Turning Urban Vehicles into Sensing Platforms

Nature-Inspired, Nano-Solutions to Environmental Problems

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