The Next Big Tech Idea - Berkeley Lab Science at the Theater

Published: Dec. 1, 2014, 9 p.m.

Researchers \u201cpitch\u201d their technologies, then audience members and a panel of judges will vote on which one most benefits society. The technology pitches are from five Berkeley Lab scientists. the contestants: Tracking and Hacking Personal DNA Damage - Sylvain Costes, Biophysicist; Making Better Batteries - Guoying Chen, Chemist; Dress Code for Martians - Alex Zettl, Physicist; Making Energy Measurement Stick - Steven Lanzisera, Applied Energy Scientist; Molecular Velcro - Gloria Olivier, Chemist. Judges: Braden Penhoet, UC Berkeley visiting scholar and consultant; Robin Johnston, Director of Commercialization, JBEI; Peter Fiske, scientist, author, CEO of PAX Water. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Business] [Show ID: 28610]