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futureCross Border Science Colleagues by Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de
Join us in learning more about the exciting research underway in Ensenada in areas like oceanography, geology, ecology and physics.

Hot Heads by Fab Lab
Take a step into the testing ground for invention. Come join us and learn about the tools that will allow you to prototype your creations down to the micron level. Learn about manufacturing software, computer controlled milling and programmable electronic components. Dare to take a step across the Digital Divide.

Meet Innovators From Across the Border by NOVO
Explore innovation as a source of future technological progress with faculty and students from CETYS Universidad.

NanoDays by Materials Research Society
The Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Silicon Age.......what's next? Come find out about new materials with amazing properties....and name the next age in history.

What Has Science Done for You by UC San Diego Division of Physical Sciences
Participate in an interactive, multi-media activity that illustrates the unique way in which basic research in physics, chemistry, and mathematics influences all areas of knowledge, technology, and medicine and delve into what the future holds. The universe will be explored from the smallest atom to the largest galaxy in a creatively entertaining way, hosted by some of San Diego's top scientists. Oh and there will be prizes for contestants correctly answering some really compelling “nanoquestions”

High Tech Classroom of the Future. It's Here Now. by Classroom of the Future Foundation
Go where the data lives! See how students equipped with sensors and data-gathering tools observe, measure, probe, display and explain the world around them. Observe how teachers can excite their science lessons with real-world data from real-world phenomena that we all need to understand.

Data Like You’ve Never Seen It Before! by Google
Join us in exploring incredible new ways of viewing public data for real world problems. Visualize population growth, life expectancy, economic information and more, from all around the world, from the beginning of recorded history to the present day and into the future... And see it all in motion at the same time!

I Am C-3PO - Human-Cyborg Relations
by UC San Diego CALIT2

Check out these classroom robots as they interact with children, tracking their progress and enriching their learning experience. Come see if these robots can detect your feelings.

Follow Me Robot
by San Diego State University

Learn about how intelligent robots are created that follow a person, plan paths and navigate autonomously on a tortuous Mar's like terrain.

Premier Engineering Program in Town
by Project Lead the Way

Check out the coolest engineering and technology projects that high school students from over 40 different schools in the San Diego region designed and built and watch and be amazed as students teams demonstrate them in action.

Energy in Motion by General Atomics
Learn about gaseous plasmas and explore concepts of radiation and radioactivity. Use an infrared camera to measure the temperature of your world and learn how you could operate a fusion power plant in the year 2020.

I Robot…No, My Robot by Wintriss Technical Schools, Inc.
Be challenged, have fun, feel inspired while learning how to program a robot to move autonomously through an urban environment.

Who’s on FIRST? by FIRST
Check out the finest in FIRST Robotics and get inspired by the science, engineering, and technology that it takes to build a robot better than the rest! Learn about robotics competitions and see if you have what it takes to be FIRST.

Danger, Will Robinson!
by UC San Diego IEEE

Ever had an interest in building robots? Learn more about how robots work by playing with them yourself!

EXPLORE The Internet for Kids! by KidZui
Are you curious about science? Come explore any question you can think of on KidZui, The Internet for Kids! Discover hundreds of science experiments by surfing the web, watching videos, or checking out photos. Search for anything from how to make your own green slim to watching a space shuttle land on the moon! Come play, explore, and discover the very best of the Internet made just for kids!

On the Cutting Edge
by von Liebig Center

How does cutting edge science move from the laboratory into your home? See some cool technologies from UCSD that may soon make their ways into our daily lives.

RISE and Shine!
by RISE

Robotics Inspiring Science and Engineering (RISE) is a non-profit organization founded by a local award-winning high school robotics team, Einstein’s Daughters. Come join us and learn how to drive a FIRST robot, earn your robotics driver's license and find out our about the FIRST robotics program at the same time!!!

Be Rational, Get Real
by Math for America

Math is the backbone behind all of the sciences. Come meet the next generation of math teachers, challenge yourself with some math puzzles and strategy games and see how math plays a critical, fun and entertaining role in every aspect of your life.

From Patent to Market
by SDSU

Learn about how we are focused on applying the technologies and intellectual property developed on our campus to real-world problems, including some of the exciting start-up companies spun out from the Technology Transfer Office. We will also provide information about existing technology opportunities and areas of interest for potential collaborations.

The Ultimate Challenge
by UC San Diego Entrepreneur Challenge

From imagination and through innovation, young scientists are inspired by the brightest business minds to help progress their ideas. Come and see what the next generation of technology entrepreneurs have to offer at the UC San Diego Entrepreneur Challenge, awarding over $50,000 in prizes.

The Incredible Shrinking Hard Drive by Center for Magnetic Recording Research
Did you know that 20 years ago, the hard drive in your iPod would have taken up your entire basement? Join us in learning about the incredible shrinking hard drive and other fascinating facts from the evolution of information storage technology.

Cool Careers in Science by BIOCOM
Meet the industry professionals of the BIOCOM Institute’ s Science Education Speakers Bureau who will relate real world opportunities in science through a fun, interactive program.

The Life of a Postdoc!
by San Diego PostDoc Network

Want to learn what life as a postdoc is like? Come find out as the San Diego PostDoc network introduces itself.

R2D2 For Scientists
by ThermoFisher Scientific

Come see a robot in action as it helps scientists perform complicated experiments.

Training Tomorrow's Scientists Today by San Diego State University
Have a look at the nearly invisible--things too small to be seen with the naked eye. See where computers, the Internet, and imaging come together, as we examine from Balboa Park samples in the transmission electron microscope located at the SDSU Electron Microscope Facility.

Fact or Fiction? by ARCS Foundation, INC.
Do you know a real scientist when you see one? Do they all wear pocket protectors and horn-rimmed glasses, or drive sports cars and surf at La Jolla Shores? Can you spot the facts behind the myths? The truth may surprise you!