MIT Museum Presents Living in the Future: Where Science Fiction Meets Science Reality

When:
Saturday, Sep 17, 2016 6:00p -
8:00p

Where:
MIT Museum
265 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Admission:
$10-$15

Categories:
Film, Food, Innovation, Lectures & Conferences, Tech, University

Event website:
http://events.mit.edu/event.html

How do today's technologies reflect what we've seen on the big screen? Sit back, grab some pizza and popcorn, and hear from scientists and inventors about how close we are to realizing Hollywood's hopes for the future! Learn about the real life technology that may or may not take us back to the future.


Presentations:


Blade Runner: Fact-Checking the Future - Dan Novy, Post Doctoral Fellow, MIT, Joost Bonsen, Lecturer, MIT


From Borneo to Degobah: Understanding Tropical Swamp Forests - Charles Harvey, Professor, MIT


New Worlds, New Perspectives - Julien de Wit, Post Doctoral Fellow, MIT


These Boots are Made for Moonwalking- Alison Gibson, Graduate Student, Stirling Lab, MIT


Water Wars: Mad Max or Day After Tomorrow? - Adil Najam, Dean, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University


Tickets available through Eventbrite - limited tickets available at the door for $15


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