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C2ST Speakeasy: “What’s the deal with wearable technology?” with Tejas Shastry

Wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers have brought us closer to quantifying our lives, but will they truly change the way we interact with the world? This talk explores how the right combination of advances in energy harvesting, big data, and artificial intelligence could enable wearable devices to truly become digital extensions of us as humans.

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Stuart Firestein presents C2ST Lecture on failure in science

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By Kurt Brown, IIT Tech News

Originally published at: https://www.technewsiit.com/index.php?q=story/stuart-firestein-presents-c2st-lecture-failure-science

The Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST) hosts a variety of events in the city to enhance the public perception of science and technology. On the evening of Wednesday, October 21, C2ST hosted a lecture by Stuart Firestein entitled “Failure: Why Science is So Successful.” The lecture took place in the gymnasium of Chicago Tech Academy High School on the Near West Side of the city.

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How Being Poor Can Make You Sick – Dr. Paula Skye Tallman Pt.1

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This is part one of C2ST Artist in Residence, Aaron Freeman’s talk with the Field Museum’s Dr. Paula Skye Tallman. Dr. Tallman is a biological anthropologist. I chat with her to follow up on her 1 September presentation at a Speakeasy in Wicker Park, Geek Bar sponsored by members of The Chicago Council on Science and Technology. Dr. Tallman talks about “How Being Poor Can Make You Sick.”

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Failure: Why Science is So Successful

Those who practice science know that research is full of wrong turns, cul-de-sacs, mistaken identities, false findings, errors of fact and judgement, and only the occasional success. Firestein, the author of the highly praised Ignorance, argues that the view that science is infallible originates in an education system that teaches nothing but facts and is proliferated by media who report on discoveries but almost never on process. Continue reading “Failure: Why Science is So Successful”

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Failure: Why Science is So Successful

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Success takes failure.

Those who practice science know that research is full of wrong turns, cul-de-sacs, mistaken identities, false findings, errors of fact and judgement, and only the occasional success. Come hear Stuart Firestein, scientist and acclaimed author of the highly praised Ignorance, as he talks about his new book, Failure: Why Science is So Successful.

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