Images of Earth from space have become a key tool of science. Explore real scientific images on graphics and multimedia programs and discover how they were created. Build a satellite, learn how...
The Internet touches every facet of your life. This new exhibition will inspire you to use the Internet in new ways. Try your strength in a virtual Arm Wrestle against museum visitors in New York or...
Engineers combine creativity and logic on microchips. Whether it's in a car, cell phone, video game, or thermostat, every microchip has a unique design based on its function. Even a simple task, such...
This area focuses on the new ways digital imaging and sensing allow you to see the human body. From seeing your heat image in a thermograph or the bones of your hand in an ultrasound, to taking a...
software help us model virtual, 3-D objects and real-time phenomena. We can now create and manipulate virtual objects and realms as if they were real, and test them under different conditions by...
Experience the "how" of machines that keep you alive and explore technologies which enhance human performance. Ponder the debate about the applications and ethics in biotechnology.
Book and Lyrics by Sean GrennanMusic by Leah OkimotoDIrected by Daren A.C. Carollo A holiday musical delight for anyone who has ever lost - or found - the...
Pilates is an innovative form of exercise designed to improve strength, flexibility, balance, posture and core control. Do you know what exercises to do to...
These immensely talented people, who use innovative technology solutions to address the most urgent critical issues in education, equality, health, economic development and the environment, will be...
This immersive environment takes you to a planetary base that could be on the Moon or Mars, two possible workplaces of the future. Here, the ?hows' and ?whys' of recent, current, and future...
This area introduces visitors to the Innovation gallery. The focus here is on this future-oriented, inventive place where technology and people from around the world combine to create the innovations...
A surprising amount of research about to life on Earth and our future in space takes place in space. In this hi-tech space environment - space station components, overhead struts and floating...
The familiar and exotic impressions visitors encounter here preview their further discovery of how science and the body merge in medicine, assistive technology, physiology, sports and genetics.
We create robots to handle many jobs that are impossible, too repetitive, or too dangerous for people to do. Someday robots may mine helium 3 on the Moon or operate a space station. Robots that weld...
This exhibit area focuses on the technologies used to study and monitor movement of the Earth's crust, with particular emphasis on Bay Area earthquakes. Use real seismographic equipment such as creep...
The experiences in Deep Frontier explain the crucial role technology plays in helping us understand the oceans, which cover about 70% of the planet. Exhibits focus on technologies for manned...
See the beauty of the nightscape spread across the globe. Observe Earth like you've never seen it before. This exhibit space allows you to observe complex and detailed scientific information in an...
Cultivate your inner inventor at 'IDEA House.' 'IDEA House' is a highly interactive program space offering a range of activities that encourages idea generation and innovation in your daily life.
Our exploration has reached far beyond where we can travel physically. With the Hubble Space Telescope and other instruments used to study deep space, we can study and understand places we'll likely...
Enter an immersive operating theater and experience the drama of medical technology used to mend the body. The impact of these technologies has been swift and profound, changing the way people...
The exhibit 'Chips at Home' emphasizes the pervasiveness of the tiny microchip in virtually every part of our daily lives, from automobiles to appliances. Regular guided programs in the Cleanroom take...
Explore new advances in the field of genetics. Play the role of genetic counselor, scientist or policymaker. Insert real DNA into bacteria to learn how medicines like insulin are made. Listen as...
Learn technology skills first-hand, building your own radio-controlled car, robotic AT-TE walker or cookie-decorating robot. myProjects workshops are taught by a leading Silicon Valley inventor...
The San Jose Harvest Festival is returning to the San Jose Convention Center November 27-29, kicking off Black Friday with over 24,000 handmade gifts.
In addition to the plethora of unique and...
This is a new, interactive tribute to the 40-year-plus worldwide cultural phenomenon. Visitors can explore the extraordinary world of 'Star Trek' via interactive exhibits, show-based simulators, and...
Most ancient Egyptians were farmers or craftsmen. Some of them were scribes or the official writers and a very small percentage of ancient Egyptians were nobles and royalty. Many of the artifacts in...
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum is sponsoring its first Water Conservation Poster Contest. The 2009 contest's theme, 'Why Water Conservation Matters!,' offers young people the opportunity to...
The Egyptians believed in a soul that lived on after death, called a ka; they believed that providing for the needs of the ancestors assured safety and prosperity for the living; they believed that...
In ancient Egypt, the king was called "The Living Horus," after the falcon-headed god of kingship. His son and heir apparent was called "The Horus-in-the-Nest." His dead father was called the Osiris...
