2012 Festival Events Friday, April 20 Check regularly for event updates

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  • 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Caution: This Game Is Under Construction
    MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
    Making a video game takes a lot of work and we need your help! A dollop of art, a dab of audio, a generous helping of programming and voila: the perfect video game! We wish it were that simple. Before we release our games to the public, we need playtesters to make sure they're worthy of being GAMBIT games. Is the game fun? Are the goals clear? Can players figure out what to do? Even though these games aren't finished, we can still discover the answers to these questions and others. How? By asking you! At the MIT Museum on Friday morning, the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab will be testing several works in progress. Come be the first to play our newest games and tell us what you think. All experience levels welcome and encouraged. Making games may be hard, but playtesting them is easy. Trust us, you're exactly who we want to talk to.
    Cambridge Science Festival events at the MIT Museum
    Cost: Presented as part of the MIT Museum's free day
  • 10:00am - 4:00pm
    Squeaks, Squeals, and Songs
    MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
    Curious about how marine mammals communicate? Listen and learn about the exciting world of marine mammal communication. Hear sounds from many different marine mammals. Did you know that young dolphins tend to mimic adults, especially their mothers? Listen to a mother and calf's calls and even try to mimic a marine mammal call for yourself and see how you do.
    Cambridge Science Festival events at the MIT Museum
    Cost: Presented as part of the MIT Museum's free day
  • 10:00am - 5:00pm
    Free Day at the MIT Museum
    MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
    In celebration of the Festival's opening day, the MIT Museum is open for free on Friday, April 20. Participate in hands-on activities and explore the newly renovated galleries and exhibitions!
    Cambridge Science Festival events at the MIT Museum
    Cost: Free
  • 10:30am - 11:30am
    Everything You Wanted to Know About Slide Rules
    MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
    Novice and expert slide rule users welcome for a hands-on exploration of the most important engineering instrument of the twentieth century. We'll start by learning (or reviewing!) the basic principles of using a slide rule to do calculations, then try out some real-world engineering calculations from projects like famous bridges, buildings, and spaceships. We'll also look at some special-purpose slide rules for specific applications. Limited space; advance sign-up recommended. Ages 12+ (knowledge of logarithms useful but not required)
    Cambridge Science Festival events at the MIT Museum
    Cost: Presented as part of the MIT Museum's free day
  • 12:00pm - 4:00pm
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    Cost: Free
  • 6:00pm - 9:00pm
    Level Up: GAMBIT Game Night
    MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
    When is a lighthouse not just a lighthouse? When it's GAMBIT Game Night! Come celebrate the five-year anniversary of the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab. Like all proper gamers, we've been exploring the world, gaining experience, and collecting cool loot. Now we'd like to share it with you. Games from throughout GAMBIT history will be available for your amusement: from puzzles to action to games so experimental they're beyond definition. But don't just play…level up with us by asking about the research. Every GAMBIT game explores a research question, and GAMBIT developers will be at the ready to tell you all about it. There is more to that gum-chewing schoolgirl and floppy space squid than meets the eye!
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    Cost: Free
  • 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    What if...?: Alternative Histories of Science
    Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street
    Imagine that phrenology were true science, Darwin’s Beagle voyage had never happened, or the Luminiferous Ether actually was! Now imagine historians in discussion with stand-up comedians on these subjects, and you’ve got “What If…?”
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    Cost: Free
  • 7:00pm - 10:00pm
    Awesome Foundation Mega Event
    Artisan's Asylum, 10 Tyler St, Somerville
    Come hear recent Awesome grant winners discuss their projects and learn more about how you can get involved in awesomeness. By the end of the night, you may be the next $1,000 grant winner!
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    Cost: Free
  • 8:00pm - 11:00pm
    Urban Astronomy: Bringing the Stars to the Street
    Cambridge City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue
    Deguglielmo Plaza, Harvard Square in front of 5 Brattle Street
    Cloud Date: Saturday, April 21
    You may be in the middle of the city, but that doesn't mean you can't see
    the stars! This popular sidewalk astronomy program is now expanding to two
    locations with telescopes from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
    Astrophysics. Join us at Cambridge City Hall or Harvard Square to get
    fantastic views of Venus, Mars, Saturn, double stars, and distant star
    clusters. We will be hoping for clear skies on the evening of Friday, April
    20; in the event of clouds the event will take place instead on Saturday,
    April 21. Check for weather cancellations/updates at www.bostonastronomy.net
    Boston Astronomy
    Cost: Free


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