HSGP is a warm and welcoming community of humanists, atheists, agnostics, free-thinkers, and non-theists of all stripes. The group aims to enrich the lives of any who join us through explorations in science, philosophy, history, and the arts. We are primarily an educational organization, providing bi-monthly lectures by experts in various fields; opportunities for intellectual intercourse over films, books, arts, and specific discussion topics; and social events such as game nights, potlucks, an …

Engineers Unite Meet-Up is an event for engineers, scientists, technologists, students and others in the science and technologies industries to meet, network and discuss local and global topics in the industry.

3D printing technology is evolving rapidly and becoming commonplace in multiple industries. The group is designed for anyone that has an interest in this industry, from the total novice, to the aerospace engineer that has been using 3D printers for decades. What used to be science fiction is now commonplace. One can now design something in an inexpensive CAD program and print out a fully functional 3D product in an hour or so. We hope to attract professionals who are already using this technolog …

The Mormon Transhumanist Association is an international nonprofit organization that promotes change toward radical flourishing in creativity and compassion through technology and religion, as outlined in the Transhumanist Declaration and the Mormon Transhumanist Affirmation. We support discussion and public awareness of emerging technologies, defend the right of individuals in free and democratic societies to adopt technologies that expand human capacities, and anticipate and propose solutions …

This is a group anyone interested in having fun intellectual or historical discussions etc. We will meet in restaurants or coffee shops. I started this group to meet other people who enjoy the same.

Welcome to our group! As parents, we know that children are born with a creative and curious side and when they engage in any type of activity that encourages it, they allow us into a world that only they see. Through creative play, they are able to express their true self at the most primitive levels of expression.  We all understand that while modern times require that they engage in modern technologies there is an intuitive natural energy within them that calls them to reground. It reconnects …

Join us to learn about big data technologies like Hadoop and related projects (HBase, Cassandra, Hive, PIG, etc) and others like Ab Initio.  Benefit from use cases and lessons learned, and share your own! Come learn from each other, network with other smart (and nice!) people.

This is an IBM sponsored Big Data meetup group.  Geared towards developers, data scientists and all Big Data enthusiasts, our meetups provide an opportunity to work hands on with the solutions and tools in the IBM Big Data Platform. Meetup topics may include: - Hadoop-based analytics - Stream Computing - Text Analytics - Visualization and Discovery tools for Big Data - Big Data App Development - Deep dives into the technologies that makes big data processing possible - Anything and everything ab …

This discussion group led by Tom Lombardo, Director of the Center for Future Consciousness (www.centerforfutureconsciousness.com) and The Wisdom Page (www.wisdompage.com), will cover a very broad range of themes and topics, including all the general issues of philosophy, such as the study of wisdom, the philosophy of mind and consciousness, ethics, and cosmology. On the “futures” end of things, included are areas such as the future of science and technology, the future of the human mind, the fut …