.@BYTES1GHz is a single serving of undigested tech for the unfocused and/or unconcerned. Don’t be disappoint. Like. Enjoy.

#WhutItDo: The next big thing in annoying baby photos is here. Thankfully, it’s both tasteless and subtly disturbing. A group of Cyber Wizards in Japan have created this truly stunning process for the 3D modeling and printing of super lifelike anatomical models for the benefit of science. But since, like, who cares, and all, they use the technique for making gross little statues of unborn babies. Ew.

#FutureOfStuff: As tech advances we will conceive of increasingly realistic ways to display our larvae to innocent bystanders in the biological #DriveBy that is gestation.

We doubt that anyone thinks of New York City as a summer camp mecca—but by most standards, it really is. Consider all the children’s activity centers and enrichment programs that the city is blessed with—some go on hiatus and some slow down in the summertime, offering the same programming but less of it, but many others take what they do best and build wonderful day camps around their core offerings.

Academic

Keep your kiddo’s mind fresh this August with the academic day camp offered by Drake Bennett Summer Schools. Divided into two sessions and housed at The Epiphany School, 1st-6th graders can brush up with lessons in literacy, math and science, while chess and drama pepper the afternoon hours. Or join Mathnasium for their Summer Re-Boot Camp. Specifically for 2nd-8th graders, this half-day camp is filled with math-centric games and activities.

Language

Set your kid on the fast track to becoming bilingual. Collina Italiana is offering Italian Summer in the City Camp, which includes Italian-infused music, theater, movies, cartoons and museum outings. Children as young as 3 can start learning “bonjour” and “merci” at the French Institute Alliance Française, where culture and language will be taught through stories and workshops.

The Language Workshop for Children is a great tool to get your child speaking like a native. Offering summer camps in Spanish, French and Mandarin Chinese, immersion activities include costume days, arts and crafts, baking and birthday celebrations.

Media

Future video game creators will love the options in Summer Media Camp through the Museum of the Moving Image, where campers get to flex their software muscles learning animation, live action video and more. Or send your wannabe MTV VJ to New York Film Academy’s one-week Music Video Camp, designed for kids with little or no knowledge (but a passion) for the industry. And let’s not forget about summer camp at Take Two Film Academy, which will show your budding director the ins and outs of production, acting and editing. Each student gets to keep an online and DVD copy of their final product to show off to friends and family!

Nature

Wonder about wildlife? Kids ages 8-12 can get friendly with hyenas and lions at the Bronx Zoo’s Animal Kingdom Camp, where they will observe creatures up close and learn how to best protect an animal’s habitat. Taking full advantage of Prospect Park, the Park Explorers’ Camp Explorers program is ideal for the elementary school set. Be prepared to get a little dirty as this camp takes a hands-on approach to Mother Nature—think sprinklers, hill rolling and a host of field trips. And regardless of where you live, an awesome camp adventure awaits with NYC Parks Experience Summer Camp. With locations in every borough, this über-affordable camp provides structured hiking, swimming and sports.

Science

Inquisitive young minds will love the American Museum of Natural History’s Fossils and DNA Camp, where they can explore the evolutionary timeline. If your elementary school-aged child is more into constructing and electronic, the range of camp choices at Launch Math will give him or her the chance to build rockets and robots or design video games.

Budding scientists can use the city as their laboratory with the SciTech Kids Summer Camp. In Central Park, campers build solar ovens, learn about gravity thanks to the thrills of Victorian Gardens and make a few insect friends.

Visit newyorkfamily.com for even more day camp options.

Compiled by Max A. Goldstein

Friday, June 11

Young Picassos—Arts in Action, an after-school arts program and summer camp, sells color prints of student work. Proceeds support a scholarship program for children who need financial need. Little Shop of Crafts, 711 Amsterdam Ave., 212-864-4833; 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Free admission.

Saturday, June 12

Classical—Swedish conductor Ragnar Bohlen leads the New England Symphonic Ensemble in Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, with soprano Ingela Bohlin and baritone Stephen Gaertner. Michel Brousseau conducts the U.S.
premiere of the Saint-Remi Solemn Mass, a recently discovered work by the French composer Theodore Dubois. Carnegie Hall, West 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, 212-247-7800; 8 p.m., $35 to $95.

Sunday, June 13

Science Up Close—The Milstein Science Series brings together Jarod Miller, host of the television series Animal Exploration with Jarod Miller, with scientists from Audubon of Florida, who work in the everglades, to discuss that area’s ecosystems. The presentation includes live animals, such as alligators, crocodiles and a Burmese python. The American Museum of Natural History, Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, first floor, West 79th Street and Central Park West, 212-769-5100; noon to 4 p.m., free with museum admission ($9 to $16).

Beloved Berries—Zion St. Marks Church hosts an “Erdbeerfest,” or strawberry festival. Enjoy delicacies like “Erdbeertorte,” a German strawberry pie, as well as coffee, tea, music and a raffle. Zion St. Marks Church, 339 E. 84th St., 212-288-0600; 1 p.m., $10 suggested donation.

Sound Garden—The West Side Community Garden hosts free concerts every Sunday for the next six weeks, starting today with Mary Cherney, David Nadal and Julia Marion, who perform on Renaissance flute, guitar and bassoon. The concert series runs through July 25, and will include jazz, opera and other genres. West Side Community Garden, West 89th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, www.westsidecommunitygarden.org; 4 p.m., Free.

Martyr’s Muses—Amuse, a 16-voice women’s ensemble, presents Missa São Sebastiã, by 20th-century Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. The program, led by guest conductor Phillip Cheah, includes complementary works of plainchant, Renaissance and contemporary polyphony. St. Ignatius of Antioch, 522 West End Ave., 212-580-3326; 4 p.m., $15 to $20.

Monday, June 14

Idol on Stage—Lakisha Jones, a 2007 American Idol finalist and star of Broadway’s The Color Purple, makes her New York debut at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency. Jones sings selections from American Idol, Broadway hits and her new single CD, So Glad I’m Me. Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, 540 Park Ave., 212-339-4095; 8:30 p.m., $30 to $50 plus $25 minimum.

Book Club—Aimee Bender, author of an Invisible Sign of My Own, discusses her latest novel, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. Bender is interviewed by Heidi Julavits, a novelist and co-editor of The Believer, and Kate Burton performs a selection from the novel. Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, 212-864-5400; 7:30 p.m., $20.

Good Cause—O’Neals’ restaurant hosts a gala cabaret evening to benefit the Westside Crime Prevention Program and the Tamar Lynn Safe Haven Project. The program encourages merchants to offer help and protection to children who are in trouble on the streets of the Upper West Side. Critically acclaimed entertainers John Carelli, Shana Farr, Insuk Kim, Melanie Long, Emily Ross-Johnson, Mary Ann Mootos, Jacqueline Thomps and David Maiullo are scheduled to perform. O’Neals’, 49 W. 64th St., 212-787-4663; 6 p.m., $75 to $150.

Tuesday, June 15

Mentors in Action—The group Free Arts NYC hosts its annual “Art from the Heart” gallery exhibition. The evening includes a performance by Story Pirates, a children’s theater troupe that acts out short stories written by kids in the weekly mentor program. A short awards ceremony follows, after which the crowd is shown 300 works by participating students. Free Arts NYC is a non-profit that offers educational arts and mentoring programs to under-served children and families in the New York City area. On view through Aug. 22. El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Ave., 212-831-7272; 5 p.m., Free.

International Studies—Husband-and-wife power couple Kati Marton and Richard Holbrooke participate in a discussion focused on international challenges facing the nation today. Marton has reported from Soviet-ruled Hungary and Holbrooke is now a special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan for the Obama administration. New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, 212-868-4444; 6:30 p.m., $20.

Wednesday, June 16

Western Classic—The 29th annual celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses follows Joyce’s hero, Leopold Bloom, as he makes his way through an ordinary day in Dublin. The Bloomsday on Broadway performance features film and Broadway stars, including Ira Glass, Stephen Colbert, Colum McCann, Malachy McCourt, Marian Seldes, John Shea and Tony Roberts, and is staged by Isaiah Sheffer. June 16, 1904, is the most famous fictional date in literature, marking the day when Leopold Bloom walked around Dublin in the pages of Ulysses. Since 1981, hundreds of acclaimed actors have joined avid Joyceans, writers, critics and scholars on stage at Symphony Space to read selections from the book that heralded the birth of modern literature. Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, 212-864-5400; 7 p.m., $20 to $25.

Discovery Day—New York’s largest community arts school, The Kauffman Center’s Lucy Moses School, opens its doors to the public for its second annual “Discovery Day.” Children ages 4 and older can try out a wide range of instruments, such as
the violin, cello, flute, clarinet and piano, under the guidance of the school’s faculty members. Lucy Moses School, 129 W. 67th St., 212-501-3360; 4 to 7 p.m., Free.

Thursday, June 17

Literary Classic—Budding theater stars in the Kids Company perform in Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka. Fifty children ages 6 to 14 take part in the production, while teens ages 14 to 18 work on the set, lights, sound, costumes and production management. West Side YMCA, Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 5 W. 63rd St., 212-875-4100; 7:30 p.m., $30.

“They’ve been very successful,” said public programs director Ellen Silberman, who said the first SciCafe event unexpectedly drew 300 visitors.

The museum’s new monthly science series has attracted a younger crowd with catchy topics and a cash bar.

“It’s a younger crowd,” she said. “They enjoy having drinks available. It allows them to meet people in their field who may share their interests.”

The upcoming March 3 event features Cornell Fuel Cell Institute director Héctor Abruña, who will discuss new technologies for energy generation and storage, including the development of high performance batteries and fuel cell technology.

Given concerns with fuel emissions and dependency on foreign oil, interest in the potential application of these technologies in the transportation sector is especially keen.

“A car, when it’s all said and done, might be 25 percent efficient,” Abruña said. “That means that you are throwing 75 percent of your fuel into heat. A fuel cell, because it is not a heat engine, is much more efficient. In principle, it can be over 90 percent efficient.”

In August 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the award of $377 million—the bulk of it funded through the Recovery Act—to 46 “Energy Frontier Research Centers” at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations and private firms nationwide. Along with developing fuel cell technologies, there is also a strong push for the development of more efficient batteries.

“In batteries, people are looking for higher capacity materials so you can drive an electric car more than, let’s say, 30 or 40 miles, and that they have fast charge rates so you can charge them in an hour as opposed to eight hours,” Abruña said.

It is also a case of matching the technology to a particular need. For instance, in northern latitudes, fuel cells can be used in buildings to generate both heat and electricity.

“You use the heat generated by the fuel cell to heat the building itself,” Abruña said. “There are lots of schemes being put forth depending on the application. It wouldn’t make much sense to do that in Arizona, where it is already pretty toasty.”

Scientists estimate that it will take 15 years to develop fuel cell technology in cars, and it is expected that by that time, battery powered cars will also have evolved.

The subject matter may not be quite as tantalizing as the SciCafe’s Valentine’s Day offering, “Why Humans Have Sex,” with evolutionary psychologist David M. Buss. Nonetheless, the talk is sure to attract another large crowd of museumgoers eager to encounter new facts—and new faces.

“It’s in the Hall of Planet Earth,” Silberman said. “It’s a really cool space with lots of rocks around. There’s no better place to have a cocktail party.”

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March 3, American Museum of Natural History, enter at Rose Center on West 81st Street (betw. Central Park West and Columbus Avenue), 212-769-5100; 7 p.m., free with cash bar (must be 21+ with ID).