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 |#~~#@1~~|Women in Science, Scientists in Other Cultures |(Charlie ask Dan for suggestions; **GeorgeG**  to ask CAAL; Someone should ask Indian Association for speaker possibilities) (Need contact with Black Americans – **Harry**  to search). (Umesh fup; Dan K fup; StephenQ fup)\\ **[9/6]Harry contacting Lex friend about speaking**|
 |#~~#@1~~|Advances in Surgery and/or Medicine (interesting but need speaker); past, present, future.  |**Dan Kleppner** or George to fup with Barbara Hughey (Dan Kleppner knows her)|
-|#~~#@1~~|Past Predictions on future technology. How did these play out? 1970s or thereabout. David Kaiser to give such a talk? Historian of science.\\ \\ Director of the Harvard Museum, John Duran| DanK to fup (Steve Quantro fup)\\ \\ StephenQ fup|
+|#~~#@1~~|Past Predictions on future technology. How did these play out? 1970s or thereabout. David Kaiser to give such a talk? Historian of science.\\ \\ Director of the Harvard Museum, John Duran| DanK to fup (Steve Quantro fup)\\ \\ \\ StephenQ fup|
 |#~~#@1~~|Quantum Technology, relating to recent discovers/accomplishments (eg 9000 years in 36 microseconds). |DanK to search for speaker|
-|#~~#@1~~|The Technology of the Ukraine War: Drones, missiles and guidance systems, electronic warfare, etc |Need to fup if pertinent|
+|#~~#@1~~|Anti-drone technology: Drones, missiles and guidance systems, electronic warfare, etc | |
-|#~~#@1~~|The Science of Cooking (John Rudy)|
 |#~~#@1~~|The Rubin Observatory (a remarkable ground-based optical observatory, scheduled to see first-light in two years (~2025) (Marc Gorenstein)|Ted K|
-|#~~#@1~~|John Rudy to F/U with Jerry Harris and Ted Kochanski.  Can we do anything more about climate change? Do we want to get into data collection and looking at whether the data we use now are applicable to the long-range questions about climate change? Are data sets really applicable to the problem we are studying? Ted Kochanski and Jerry Harris have proposed doing more about this topic. Still following up with the group about the nature of our interests on this topic. |Keep on list? Push to future.|
+|#~~#@1~~|Further consideration: Can we do anything more about climate change? Do we want to get into data collection and looking at whether the data we use now are applicable to the long-range questions about climate change? Are data sets really applicable to the problem we are studying? Ted Kochanski and Jerry Harris have proposed doing more about this topic. Still following up with the group about the nature of our interests on this topic. |Keep on list? Push to future.|
-|#~~#@1~~|COVID update ca. Feb. 2023? Universal vaccine for all COVID variants? Common antigen for the virus. Not new science. But there are new developments. |Likely not much to present, per JerryS. JerryS to fup.|
+|#~~#@1~~|Further consideration: COVID update ca. Feb. 2023? Universal vaccine for all COVID variants? Common antigen for the virus. Not new science. But there are new developments. |Likely not much to present, per JerryS. JerryS to fup.|
-|#~~#@1~~|Cosmic Background (Rainer Weiss) (PeterA noted this)|**PeterA**|
+|#~~#@1~~|Cosmic Background (Rainer Weiss) (PeterA & DanK to attempt contact)| |
-|#~~#@1~~|Dealing with Wifi Issues (Ramin Taraz)|RaminT fup?|**Steve I**|
+|#~~#@1~~|Larry Sass on 3-D house printing, [[https://spectrum.mit.edu/fall-2022/larry-sass-wants-a-tech-upgrade-for-housing/]] |**TedK**|
-|#~~#@1~~|10-fold increase in top Internet speeds: 6G? (being developed)|**TedK**|
+|#~~#@1~~|The art of Space-Time (Anna Barnackna/CEO Mind Mix) Gravitational Lens Effect. (Since the discovery of the first lensed quasars in 1979, this quirky phenomenon has become central to cosmology, as light rays from distant galaxies are deflected (a bit) by gravitational effects of both dark matter and dark energy. DM and DE are the two big mysteries of cosmology – and in physics for that matter.)|**TedK** to contact Barnackna|
-|#~~#@1~~|Development of car navigation devices starting in ~1910 and evolving to the present day using digital computers, map database, and GPX. (Donald Cooke)|Need to find Cooke|
+|#~~#@1~~|History and Technology of Deep Sea Exploration (SpeakerTBD)\\ newsletter from Woods Hole\\ Mythbusters video on implosion\\ [[https://ted.com/talks/robert_ballard_the_astonishing_hidden_world_of_the_deep_ocean?language=en|Ballard talk]] (18m)| **TedK**|
-|#~~#@1~~|The development of photogrammetry from ~1930 to the current state of the art using a $500 "toy" drone and free software to produce orthophotography 50 or more  times as detailed as the imagery in Google Maps and Google Earth. (Donald Cooke)|Need to find Cooke|
+|#~~#@1~~|Development of car navigation devices starting in ~1910 and evolving to the present day using digital computers, map database, and GPX. (Donald Cooke)|[4/27/24] Cooke not sure when he can present|
-|#~~#@1~~|Mars sample return (speaker tentative) [Speaker to be confirmed by Ted; postponed from original 8/2/2023 date]|**TedK to followup** should have info by March2024 GASP|
+|#~~#@1~~|The development of photogrammetry from ~1930 to the current state of the art using a $500 "toy" drone and free software to produce orthophotography 50 or more  times as detailed as the imagery in Google Maps and Google Earth. (Donald Cooke)|[4/27/24] Cook not sure when he can present|
-|#~~#@1~~|Larry Sass on 3-D house printing, [[https://spectrum.mit.edu/fall-2022/larry-sass-wants-a-tech-upgrade-for-housing/]] (a/o 9/15/2023 he's not ready yet. JohnR)|
-|#~~#@1~~|The art of Space-Time (Anna Barnackna/CEO Mind Mix) Gravitational Lens Effect. (Since the discovery of the first lensed quasars in 1979, this quirky phenomenon has become central to cosmology, as light rays from distant galaxies are deflected (a bit) by gravitational effects of both dark matter and dark energy. DM and DE are the two big mysteries of cosmology – and in physics for that matter.) Marc Gorenstein |TedK|
-|#~~#@1~~|History and Technology of Deep Sea Exploration (<fc #ff0000>SpeakerTBD</fc>)\\ newsletter from Woods Hole\\ Mythbusters video on implosion\\ [[https://ted.com/talks/robert_ballard_the_astonishing_hidden_world_of_the_deep_ocean?language=en|Ballard talk]] (18m)| TedK|
-|#~~#@1~~|Sleep Deprivation: A meeting to stay awake for.\\ [[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-just-one-sleepless-night-makes-people-emotionally-fragile/|SciAm article 8/16/2023: why one sleepless night makes people emotionally fragile]]; video possibilities:\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_irU28cajj4]] . [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqONk48l5vY]] . [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9SiyStcIU8]] . [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39IBJZlsek]] TED talk|**JohnR**|
 |#~~#@1~~|History and Practice of Heart Surgery and Medication|**JohnR**|
-|#~~#@1~~|Predictions for 2035 (Quantum Supremacy, or others)|
+|#~~#@1~~|Future Predictions from the Past.\\ Predictions for 2035 (Quantum Supremacy, or others)|**JohnR**|
-|#~~#@1~~|NASA speaker: NASA Technology|Jerry|
+|#~~#@1~~|Talks at Google [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmNph6atAoGfqLoCL_duAg]]|**Peter**|
-|#~~#@1~~|The History of Technical Developments that made an impact|DavidK|
-|#~~#@1~~|Talks at Google [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmNph6atAoGfqLoCL_duAg]]|JohnR|
 |#~~#@1~~|Retro Technology, how it works and how to use. Sliderule, rotary telephone, abacus, etc|JohnR|
-|#~~#@1~~|Alarm systems you can buy/rent and the systems and webcams you can install yourself. How they work, best choices, etc.|
 |#~~#@1~~|Discuss [[https://www.wired.com/story/antitrust-case-against-apple-weaponizes-the-cult-of-cupertino/]] |
+|#~~#@1~~|Altruism and Science (DanK)|
+|#~~#@1~~|Current state of animal transplants into humans. (JerryK)|
+|#~~#@1~~|Current state of autonomous driving.|
+|#~~#@1~~|Alarm systems you can buy/rent and the systems and webcams you can install yourself. How they work, best choices, etc.(Jonathan Levis)|JohnR; previously sched 7/17|
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   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS2aEfbEi7s|7 into 28 (LouC) (3.5m)]] a bit off-topic
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gLKG80Vsw|New Office Math (1m)]] a bit off-topic
-  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAhbFRMURtg|Brian Greene explains Time in 5 levels of difficulty]] (32m)
   - Quantum Fields the Real Building Blocks of the Universe **TedK**
   - Brian Greene “World Science Festival”
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   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv8wqnk_TsA|Nicest car horn ever DIY. Mark Rober (5m)]]
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwgaTYOx0RI|Escape Rooms, approach to solving them. Mark Rober (11m)]]
-  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk__KOrsIMM|9 levels of pick-pocketing, easy to complex, from Wired mag]] (18m)
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP1C6EGEOR8|MIT classes 67&68 Bob Metcalfe on "Connectivity"]] (63m)
-  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAHbLRjF0vo|Best and worst ways to board a plane (8.5m)]]\\ .
+  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAHbLRjF0vo|Best and worst ways to board a plane (8.5m)]]
-  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et7XvBenEo8|Solving the Three Body Problem (16m)]]
+  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et7XvBenEo8|Solving the Three Body Problem (16m)]]\\ .
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VnbBCm_ZyQ|CEO Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics (1h44m)]] (video of a podcast?)
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ECwExc-_M|Boston Dynamics new humanoid robot (40s)]]
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnhIUa5r28Q|How does Boston Dynamics' new Atlas robot work? (8.5m)]]
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfKMkt5lq10|Boston Dynamics new humanoid robot shocks the entire industry (sic) (13m)]]
+  - [[https://youtu.be/6akmv1bsz1M|Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein's Math]] - Veritasium posted 4/30/2024 (37m) -- Warning - one comment reads "Now I know what my dog feels like when I talk to him"