TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxWindyCity, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxWindyCity event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.
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        Please join us for this 24-hour developer, designer, and hardware hacking challange. MonkeyBars Spring Build is a Hackathon unlike any Chicago has ever seen. Build is not simply a coding challenge, it is a place where anyone from the hardware hacker to the designer can, with the support and resources from the MonkeyBars team and partners, bring an idea to the realm of reality in just 24 hours.
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PHYSICS WITH A BANG!
Students, families, teachers and especially the curious are invited to attend our annual Holiday Lecture and Open House. See fast, loud, surprising and beautiful physics demos performed by Profs. Heinrich Jaeger and Sidney Nagel. Talk to scientists about their latest discoveries.  Continue reading “Physics with a Bang! / Ask a Scientist!”
        
     
    
    
    
                
            
                
            
            
        
        
        The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Chicago Council on Science and Technology will host a panel discussion on the crisis in Japan.  The world’s eyes are on Japan as it struggles to recover from the largest recorded earthquake in its history.  Continue reading “Japan’s State of Nuclear Emergency”
        
     
    
    
    
                
            
                
            
            
        
        
        A Day of Science
PHYSICS WITH A BANG!
Students, families, teachers and especially the curious are invited to attend our annual Holiday Lecture and Open House.  Continue reading “Physics with a Bang!”