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- | //[[Doing a Zoom Presentation|Presenting to the group with Zoom]]\\ not ready for prime time: [[using ppt impress etc to present|Tips for using MS Powerpoint and LibreOffice Impress in your presentation]]\\ This schedule last modified ~~LASTMOD~~// | + | ~~NOCACHE~~ |
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- | |Dec 16, 2020|**Acoustic Detection & Localization of an Active Shooter or Sniper** presented by Tony Galaitsis\\ Deranged shooters and terrorist or enemy snipers have been a concern for a long time. Technological advances over the past few decades have used gunfire acoustic information to detect and localize active shooters and snipers in order to prevent or minimize their deadly impact. This presentation reviews the general state of acoustic shooter/ | + | This schedule last modified ~~LASTMOD~~// |
- | |Dec 23, 2020|Vacation - Enjoy the holidays!| | + | ====== |
- | |Dec 30, 2020|**Career stories** (update). People with careers during which interesting (and now unclassified) things have happened. | + | |
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- | |Jan 6, 2021|Peter Braun talk on Covid\\ (we have his OK to show to LCTG; we should invite him to this meeting)(1h //smi warehouse// but consider playing on zoom as it has transcript)|yes| | | ||
- | |Jan 13, 2021|**Priestly and the Discovery of Oxygen** (Jerry) Joseph Priestly (1733 - 1804) is credited with the discovery of oxygen. His discovery was a part of a long term scientific effort to understand the nature of matter. | ||
- | |Jan 20, 2021|**Quantum Biology** (GeorgeG) (video and intro) with discussion (This is a new discipline where quantum effects are " | ||
- | |Jan 27, 2021|**Potpourri**\\ Freakonomics? | ||
- | |Feb 3, 2021|[[https:// | ||
- | |Feb 10, 2021|**Polaroid**: | ||
- | |Feb 17, 2021|**History relating to Rubber**, what used for, how manufactured, | ||
- | |Feb 24, 2021|(GeorgeG) **Mars landing**, Perseverance, | ||
- | |Mar 3, 2021|**Potpourri**\\ (Harry) Getting Streaming Programming Into Your TV (what to do when your TV just isn't smart enough)\\ Fix-It Shops, Dan Kleppner et al\\ and more?|yes| | | ||
- | |Mar 10, 2021|Chris Barnett, theory of recycling (GeorgeB to followup)\\ Chris Barnett, VP waste mgmt |NOT YET|**GeorgeB** to confirm date with Barnett| | ||
- | |Mar 17, 2021|**Why is Venus so bloody hot?** The greenhouse effect. (Charlie Holbrow)|yes| | ||
- | |Mar 24, 2021|I. I. Robi, a story of scientific rags-to-riches (Dan Kleppner)|yes|**Dan K** to supply summary| | ||
- | |Mar 31, 2021|(GeorgeG to fup) Flying Cars, technology and practical considerations. | ||
- | |Apr 7, 2021|**Telephone Switching Before Computers** (Ken Pogran)|yes| | ||
- | |Apr 14, 2021|**The Apollo Mission** Presented by Fred Martin, ScD.; Dr. Martin served as the Apollo Software Project Manager while at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory (now Draper Lab) and then pursued an industrial career in software analysis and management.\\ //History will surely record the voyage to the moon as being the greatest adventure of the 20th century. We will first examine our fascination with our closest neighbor and early speculation of travel through the writings of Jules Verne. We will discuss the principles of how a rocket works, gain an understanding of JFK’s decision and confidence to place a man on the Moon, and experience the Apollo Moon Project “first hand:” its methods, triumphs and surprises. Our resources will include Dr. Martin’s experiences within the Apollo Program and videos of the exciting minute-by-minute landing on the Moon’s surface.// | ||
- | |Apr 21, 2021|Andrea Ghez; won Nobel Physics for black holes, Brian Green video has interview with her. JohnR has videos with Ghez (and will investigate applicability for LCTG)\\ [[https:// | ||
- | |Apr 28, 2021|**Potpourri**| | ||
- | |May 5, 2021|Space Debris: A Big Problem (Georg Kirchner) ''< | ||
- | |May 12, 2021|Ivor Morgan is willing to talk about his career in Antarctica, he has photos. It started with him being assigned to a radar station in UK after WWII, then to Antarctica for 2 years. [**George Gamota**] | | ||
- | |May 19, 2021|**Potpourri** | | ||
- | |May 26, 2021|Lex Liby presentation on security by Bruce Schneier [[https:// | ||
- | |June 2, 2021|Eli Brookner would like to present to the group "Fun Family Talk on Contributions of Radar to Winning WWII" | ||
- | |June 9, 2021| | ||
- | |June 16, 2021| | ||
- | |June 23, 2021| | ||
- | |June 30, 2021| | ||
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+ | |Mar 27, 2024|How the MIT museum has restructured itself to a Technology gateway to MIT\\ [[https:// | ||
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+ | |Apr 10, 2024|(tentative date) 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine - mRNA - Part 2| | ||
+ | |Apr 17, 2024|[[https:// | ||
+ | |Apr 24, 2024|Potpourri| | ||
+ | |May 1, 2024|Five Levels of Difficulty Day. <fc # | ||
+ | |May 8, 2024|(tentative) Arthritis. | ||
+ | |May 15, 2024|Spacecraft Technology, the Design of the International Space Station, and Comparison of Technology in Spacecraft Over Time. Presented by Dr. Gary H Kitmacher from NASA Johnson Space Center.|yes|Jerry| | ||
+ | |May 22, 2024|Your favorite apps and websites. Follow-up on meeting 2/14| | ||
+ | |May 29, 2024|(tentative date) Oppenheimer and the Institute for Advanced Study, presented by Dan Kleppner| | ||
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+ | |November 27, 2024|//day before Thanksgiving// | ||
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+ | |Jan 3, 2024 |We Will Have a Syncing Feeling: Using applications and files across platforms - a forum (Drew King, lead) [[2024lctgmeetingchats# | ||
+ | |Jan 10, 2024|LIDAR mapping with Dale Fried of 3DEO, hosted by Dan Kleppner [[2024lctgmeetingchats# | ||
+ | |Jan 17, 2024|Unifying Nature’s Laws: The State of String Theory.| | ||
+ | |Jan 24, 2024|Videos played:\\ [[https:// | ||
+ | |Jan 31, 2024|potpourri: | ||
+ | |Feb 7, 2024 |Space Update (George Gamota) [[2024lctgmeetingchats# | ||
+ | |Feb 14, 2024|Nifty Smartphone apps. Like Seek; Shazam; Pedometer; etc. [[2024lctgmeetingchats# | ||
+ | |Feb 21, 2024|Nifty Smartphone Apps Part 2 [[2024lctgmeetingchats# | ||
+ | |Feb 28, 2024|More neat apps for phones and computers -- and more (Adam Broun)\\ * several interesting apps from the useful to the idiotic: '' | ||
+ | |Mar 6, 2024 |potpourri\\ * [[https:// | ||
+ | |Mar 13, 2024|Sleep Deprivation (John Rudy) [[https:// | ||
+ | |Mar 20, 2024|2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: mRNA (Harry Forsdick & Dick Wagner) {{https:// | ||
- | * Orphaned (moved from 12/9/2020)\\ Computational Photography - changing what's used as a camera. [[https:// | + | </hidden> |
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- | * Orphaned Best of Freakonomics an interview with Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, moderated by Faith Salie. Recorded at the 92nd Street Y on May 2015. (Peter Albin has link to 70min video) | + | |
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