Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
Sessions
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- We Have the Power Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 14:00 - 15:00 | 1 hour
- Smart grid? Microgrid? Clean power? What about EMPs, hackers, and squirrels? We can take electricity for granted, but what is the state of our p...
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15:15
15:15
- Next Century, the Stars Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 15:15 - 16:15 | 1 hour
- Robots, space resources, additive manufacturing, beam-pushed starships, and rethinking the problem are making interstellar travel look more and ...
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16:30
16:30
- The Status of Private Spaceflight Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 16:30 - 17:30 | 1 hour
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17:45
17:45
- Cosplay Props Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 17:45 - 18:45 | 1 hour
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19:00
19:00
- Making Your Own Way Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 19:00 - 20:00 | 1 hour
- A discussion on the trials, challenges, and benefits of escaping from the default world's default choices. Advice and guidance on creating...
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20:15
20:15
- Look at Me! Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 20:15 - 21:15 | 1 hour
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21:30
21:30
- Alien Intelligences on Earth and in Space Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 21:30 - 22:30 | 1 hour
- Before we contact extraterrestrial civilizations, we can practice communicating with alien intelligences right here. Researchers are trying to c...
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9:00
9:00
- 100 years since the end of the war to end all wars Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 9:00 - 10:00 | 1 hour
- November 11, 2018 was the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI. What lessons were learned? What lessons weren't learned? How did this war s...
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10:15
10:15
- Asteroid Mining Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 10:15 - 11:15 | 1 hour
- Asteroid mining has been a staple of hard SF for decades. Private companies such as Planetary Resources are seriously investigating the pr...
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12:45
12:45
- The Roots of Steampunk: Victorian Technology Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 12:45 - 13:45 | 1 hour
- Velocipedes and dirigibles, steamships and railways. Steampunk borrows liberally from Victorian era technology this panel explores what ma...
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14:00
14:00
- A Walk Through the Mind of a Rad Tech: Careers In Health Protection Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 14:00 - 15:00 | 1 hour
- Talk
15:15
15:15
- Experimental Archaeology Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 15:15 - 16:15 | 1 hour
- "Experimental Archaeology" refers to hands-on attempts to re-create various aspects of the past. From building a Medieval trebuchet to tes...
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16:30
16:30
- Ancient Computers Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 16:30 - 17:30 | 1 hour
- The most agreed upon definition of computing is that of a device which completes mathematical calculations and is programmable is some form or a...
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19:00
19:00
- Rest of The World In Space Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 19:00 - 20:00 | 1 hour
- A look back of the accomplishments of foreign space agencies over the past year. News, pictures and possible video from...
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20:15
20:15
- Behind the Screams Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 20:15 - 21:15 | 1 hour
- Talk
9:00
9:00
- What Did Steam Really Do? Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 9:00 - 10:00 | 1 hour
- Can you really build a steam powered airship, rocket, ornithopter or derringer? How did steam technology work, really? What was it used fo...
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10:15
10:15
- Myths and misunderstandings about armor and weapons Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 10:15 - 11:15 | 1 hour
- Swords that cut machine gun barrels, 300 lb suits of armor that had to be lifted up by a crane to get on a horse, "plate-mail," all the th...
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11:30
11:30
- Qualia: Does Your Reality Match My Reality? Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 11:30 - 12:30 | 1 hour
- Our senses can be different from one person to the next. Color blindness is just one example; what are others? Add to that, we bring diffe...
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12:45
12:45
- Brave New Economic Worlds Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 12:45 - 13:45 | 1 hour
- Will self-replicating machines and space resources trash economics as we know it? What will replace it? In a few years we'll be needing a better...
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14:00
14:00
- Has NASA outlived its Usefulness? Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 14:00 - 15:00 | 1 hour
- The Shuttles have been retired and Apollo is a fading memory. The US cannot even launch its own astronauts to the ISS. Is it time for NASA...
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14:00
14:00
- Touring the Solar System with an Orion Spacecraft Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 14:00 - 15:00 | 1 hour
- In the 1950's NASA studied the concept of thermonuclear powered spacecraft called Project Orion. It was estimated that a battleship-sized spacecraf...
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15:15
15:15
- History of Playing Cards part 1 Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 15:15 - 16:15 | 1 hour
- Have you ever wondered what the backstory of cards are or where did they come from? How did we get them? Join Sir. James The Magnificent as he brin...
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16:30
16:30
- Rest Of The World In Space Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 16:30 - 17:30 | 1 hour
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17:45
17:45
- Arms and Armor Through History Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 17:45 - 18:45 | 1 hour
- Arms and Armor through history--a hands on panel. As the theme of this con is the 1920s, let's talk about the armor and weapons that came out after...
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19:00
19:00
- Real Zombies Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 19:00 - 20:00 | 1 hour
- Zombies are popular in fiction and in games but just how plausible are they really? Could a zombie apocalypse really happen? What would really happ...
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20:15
20:15
- Under-represented Occupations of the Future: AKA, Careers of Tomorrow! Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 20:15 - 21:15 | 1 hour
- The Golgafrincham were all wiped out for lack of a telephone sanitizer. If we end up living in space stations and on space ships, who are we really...
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9:00
9:00
- The Psychology of Dueling Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 9:00 - 10:00 | 1 hour
- Fighting as a spectator sport dates back to at least 700 BC and has been popular somewhere in Europe ever since. In some places and eras it was the...
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10:15
10:15
- Real Steam Punk Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 10:15 - 11:15 | 1 hour
- The Surprising Inventions of the Victorians. Electric elevators? Wireless phones? Computer programming? Car races? Fax machines? Electric power sta...
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12:45
12:45
- Robotic Space Construction Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 12:45 - 13:45 | 1 hour
- Robots are getting more and more sophisticated, and there are plans to start doing station construction using robots. This would remove the danger ...
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14:00
14:00
- The Crew Dragon Takes Wing! Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 14:00 - 15:00 | 1 hour
- For the first time since the last space shuttle flight, a US spacecraft with US astronauts will head for the International Space Station, perhaps a...
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15:15
15:15
- Dirigibles, Automatons, Steam trains! Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 15:15 - 16:15 | 1 hour
- Dirigibles, automatons, steam trains, and what's with those giant wheels on bicycles anyway? Steampunk devices are rooted in actual science. Come a...
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16:30
16:30
- An Introduction to Belly Dance Drumming Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 16:30 - 17:30 | 1 hour
- This panel should begin at 4:00 P.M. Friday and in the panel myself and James Jones will attempt to teach people six introduction Belly Dance Rhyth...
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17:45
17:45
- World Building 204: Architecture and Infrastructure Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 17:45 - 18:45 | 1 hour
- Your buildings and economy are shaped by your world and can be just as important as the characters. Make your character’s environment and history i...
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19:00
19:00
- Lost in Space: Celestial Navigation on an Alien Planet Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 19:00 - 20:00 | 1 hour
- Fantasy author and former Special Operations soldier Joseph Malik draws from U.S. Special Operations textbooks and his own training with the French...
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11:30
11:30
- Next Century, the Stars! Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 11:30 - 12:30 | 1 hour
- Robots, space resources, additive manufacturing, beam-pushed starships, and rethinking the problem are making interstellar travel look more and mor...
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18:00
18:00
- Getting serious about Asimov's Laws Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 18:00 - 19:00 | 1 hour
- Isaac Asimov wrote provocative fiction about the about the role of robots in a futuristic society. His three Laws of Robotics made for fascinating ...
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20:00
- Data interpretation Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 20:00 - 21:00 | 1 hour
- What is the data? We demand proof and yet accept the pretext of anecdotal testimony in making serious decisions in life. How does data move f...
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21:00
21:00
- Climate Change: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 21:00 - 22:00 | 1 hour
- The terrible news about the risks of climate change are almost impossible to dodge, as are the attempts to "greenwash" the organizations and instit...
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11:00
11:00
- Armor and hand held weapons, a hands-on discussion from the bronze age to bulletproof vests Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 11:00 - 12:00 | 1 hour
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12:00
12:00
- Duration of a super volcano eruption by fluid flow Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 12:00 - 13:00 | 1 hour
- Given an estimate of how big the magma volume is how long does it take for a Super Volcano Eruption (VEI 9+) to happen. There's a mystical referenc...
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14:00
14:00
- Ancient Computers Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 14:00 - 15:00 | 1 hour
- The most agreed upon definition of computing is that of a device which completes mathematical calculations and is programmable is some form or anot...
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15:00
15:00
- Robots, Automatons and Devices Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 15:00 - 16:00 | 1 hour
- Robots are just the latest iteration of technology designed to imitate life, augment human power, and save humans from harmful jobs. Plus they're j...
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16:00
16:00
- Is Nuclear Power Green Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 16:00 - 17:00 | 1 hour
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18:00
18:00
- Japanese Culture & Etiquette Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 18:00 - 19:00 | 1 hour
- In conjunction with the "Aikido: Mindfulness in Motion”, this panel will explore both ancient and modern Japanese culture and etiquette. The paneli...
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10:00
- How much new power will be needed if we convert gasoline & diesel vehicles to electric? Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 10:00 - 11:00 | 1 hour
- North America (THe US & Canada) use about 1,000,000 barrels of oil a day. Given that and the average yield of gasoline and diesel how much elec...
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13:00
- Myths and Misinformation about Swords and Armor Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 13:00 - 14:00 | 1 hour
- We know that swords can't cut machine gun barrels, but can a steel breastplate stop a bullet? Does a hero really need a helmet? Back-sc...
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10:00
10:00
- Ask a Furry Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 10:00 - 10:50 | 50 minutes
- Ask a furry about anything furry rela...
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11:00
11:00
- Consent in Every Day Life Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 11:00 - 11:50 | 50 minutes
- In an ever changing world one needs to keep up with the times, and consent culture hasn't just evolved, it's blossomed and there's even industry ar...
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12:00
12:00
- Law and Order in Space -- Hopeless? Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 12:00 - 12:50 | 50 minutes
- Time is running out for ignoring this. Ready or not, soon there will be assets and people to protect in space, by and/or from governments, private...
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13:00
13:00
- Grid Models and Systems for Character and Plot Development Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 13:00 - 13:50 | 50 minutes
- The four-square grid, otherwise known as a Punnett Square, is a basic tool employed by those of us who have spent our lives reverse-engineering God...
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14:00
14:00
- Genetics on the Edge Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 14:00 - 14:50 | 50 minutes
- We have come full circle, from Lamarckian inheritance of acquired traits, to Mendel, and now back again to Lamarckian inheritance of apparently acq...
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15:00
15:00
- What's the Beef about Beef? Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 15:00 - 15:50 | 50 minutes
- So what if they fart? As do all ruminants, they produce methane, which adds to greenhouse gases. But consider -- if grasslands are not grazed, th...
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17:00
17:00
- Making Scenes Dramatic: What drama is, how to create it, and why you have to have it Red Lion Hotel Pasco, WA - 3125- Science/History Track
- 17:00 - 17:50 | 50 minutes
- Have you ever been reading a book you just couldn’t put down and then suddenly couldn’t stay focused on it? Now it’s sitting on your shelf and you ...
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