X-Message-Number: 379 From att!cup.portal.com!Eric_S_Klien Thu Jul 11 21:07:31 PDT 1991 To: From: Subject: Meetings Date: Thu, 11 Jul 91 21:07:31 PDT X-Origin: The Portal System (TM) Gerry Arthus and other Alcor New York members will be visiting Boston on their way to visit Alcor members in Canada. [ See msg #353 about the July 20 Toronto cryonics party - KQB ] On Tuesday, July 16, at 7:30 pm, they will be at the MIT Nanotechnology Study Group meeting that concerns "Macromolecular Clusters: A New Direction in Materials Science". I will be at this meeting also. This meeting will be hosted by Kirk D. Kolenbrander, MIT Materials Science Dept at MIT NE43-773. Summary of subject: "Adding or removing a few atoms from an ordinary sample will not change its properties. This is not true of very small samples. A cluster of 9 cobalt atoms is practically inert to hydrogen gas, whereas a cluster of 10 cobalt atoms is quite reactive. The implications for nanotechnology are mixed. The range of properties expressed by materials may be very much broader than is now known. But it also means that the characteristics of materials can be very sensitive to small errors in design or construction. Professor Kolenbrander will describe recent developments." Also, I wish to remind everyone about the August 11 meeting at my home. THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER REMINDER TO PEOPLE ON MY POSTAL MAILING LIST! My address is Eric Klien, 28 Kenmar Dr. #272, Billerica, MA 01821 until further notice. (508) 663-5480 Work, (508) 670-5235 Home, e-mail. To get to my house take 128 to 3 north, then take the Concord Rd exit, where you should make a right towards Billerica. The second right after Saint Theresa's Rectory will be Kenmar Dr, make a right on it. Note that Kenmar Dr is not marked. Follow Kenmar past building 6 on your left, building 3 on your right and then building 8 on your left (this building has a swimming pool) and building 5 on your right and then make a left. Travel over the million speed bumps until you have reached the last building on the street. That will be building 28. If you miss the left turn after building 8, you will find yourself on a street that has building 27, not building 28. If this happens, backup and make the correct left which will now be a right for you. Additional informaton for those that get lost: Kenmar Dr. is the first right before the fork of Concord Rd and Charnstaffe. It is also the fifth right after the Concord exit, about 1.3 miles from the exit. There are a lot of little rights before Kenmar Dr. If you take any of them, just travel left until you can't go any further. You will then be on Kenmar Dr. If you accidently get on Charnstaffe, make your first two lefts and you will be back on Concord Rd, with Kenmar being your second left. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=379