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-//We'd like your thoughts on these and other topics you are interested in seeing or maybe presenting. Send your thoughts via email to //''info@LCTG.toku.us'' // or contact John Rudy, Peter Albin, Bob Primak, or Steve Isenberg directly – Thank you.
+//We'd like your thoughts on these and other topics you are interested in seeing or maybe presenting. Send your thoughts via email to //''info@LCTG.toku.us'' // or contact John Rudy, Peter Albin, Bob Primak, or Steve Isenberg directly – Thank you. This list last changed ~~LASTMOD~~// <typo fc:green; fv:small-caps; ff:serif> Note – numbering is for reference only and it has no other meaning. Numbers were assigned generally in the order topics were added to the list. Numbers start with 'T' to differentiate from video numbers, below</typo> <fs x-small>”fup” is short for ”follow-up”</fs>
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-|T~~#@1~~|The Rubin Observatory (a remarkable ground-based optical observatory, scheduled to see first-light in two years (maybe mid-to-late 2025) (Marc Gorenstein)|Ted K|
 |T~~#@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.|
-|T~~#@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|
 |T~~#@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|
 |T~~#@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] Cooke not sure when he can present|
-|T~~#@1~~|Altruism and Science (DanK)|Peter|
+|T~~#@1~~|[TENTATIVE to 1/7/26] Current state of autonomous driving. \\ Justin Tse may be able to talk about automatic driving capabilities in Tesla cars.|steve|
-|T~~#@1~~|Current state of autonomous driving. \\ Justin Tse can talk about automatic driving capabilities in Tesla cars.|steve|
-|T~~#@1~~|Optical AI|Ted|
 |T~~#@1~~|Water Junk and How To Remove It| |
 |T~~#@1~~|Micro-plastics - whatsit, wheresit, and whatchagonnado about it| |
 |T~~#@1~~|Asteroid Colliding with Earth? (Maybe tie-in with Space Junk)|(JohnR)|
 |T~~#@1~~|Museum in Lexington focusing on the Apollo program. [[https://lexobserver.org/2025/01/02/how-a-lexington-resident-built-a-museum-to-apollo-11-in-his-own-home/|1/2/2025 article]] Maybe invite the several Lex residents who were members of the MIT Draper Lab to talk to our group.|Harry|
-|T~~#@1~~|Professor Eleta Exline, UNH Scholarly Communication Librarian:“Trends in Scholarly Communication”|TedK|
-|T~~#@1~~|Vera Rubin Observatory Update [[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/blockbuster-new-vera-rubin-observatory-will-change-astronomy-forever/|https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/blockbuster-new-vera-rubin-observatory-will-change-astronomy-forever/]] \\  “The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes combined” \\  “On June 23, the world will get a look at some of the first images taken by the brand new Vera Rubin Observatory perched on a 8,799-foot peak in the Chilean Andes. Its camera is the largest in the history of astronomy, with a more-than-1.5-meter lens, making this observatory a game-changer. The scope will canvas the entire sky visible from the Southern Hemisphere every three days for 10 years. In its first year, the Rubin Observatory will collect more data than has been collected from all telescopes in the combined history of humanity.”|TedK|
 |T~~#@1~~|Computer Transforms used in AI (suggested by Dick Wagner)| |
-|T~~#@1~~|Twistronics. Stacking. Started with Graphine. 3-4-5 layers. (Ted & Dick)| |
+|T~~#@1~~|Twistronics. Stacking. Started with Graphine. 3-4-5 layers. (<del>Ted &</del> Dick)| |
-|T~~#@1~~|Security.  Things you can do to protect yourself and your technology|steve|
+|T~~#@1~~|[sched] Security. Things you can do to protect yourself and your technology|steve|
-|T~~#@1~~|Visit Wiki World. What's a Wiki?  How does LCTG's Wiki work?  How can I have my own Wiki?|steve|
+|T~~#@1~~|[sched] Visit Wiki World. What's a Wiki? How does LCTG's Wiki work? How can I have my own Wiki?|steve|
+|T~~#@1~~|Using AI to help overcome difficulties, e.g., in spreadsheets| |
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 ==== Video Possibilities ====
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   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAv6p3grFVM&t=16s|(4m) Celebration when MIT achieved 20 Tesla in large bore magnet]] (Larry Wittig)
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkpqA8yG9T4|(1h39) Breakthrough in nuclear fusion?]] (2/24/2016 by Prof. Dennis Whyte of MIT) (Larry Wittig)
-  - Quantum Entanglement and Action at a Distance on Video. Suggested by Ted. K. Dick W. could give his follow-up impressions after the videos.
-  - Lisa Randall at Harvard – particle physics. (Dan Kleppner)
   - [[https://youtu.be/AL2Chc6p_Kk|(18.5m) uniform circular motion]] suggested by our own Charles Holbrow.
-  - Quantum Fields the Real Building Blocks of the Universe **TedK**
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VnbBCm_ZyQ|(1h44m) CEO Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics]] (video of a podcast?)
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ECwExc-_M|(40s) Boston Dynamics new humanoid robot]]
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   - [[https://youtu.be/n-UQxfgFEe4|(13m) The Copernican Principle: the foundation of ALL of cosmology (Dr. B.)]] advert in intro
   - [[https://youtu.be/GjkqedrTwZo|(16m) The Crisis in Physics: Why the Higgs Boson Should NOT Exist! (M.D.)]] \\  .
-  - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esQyYGezS7c|(18.5m) Strange Items]] (John Rudy) Vertasium
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4DAGabiGms|(11m) Is the Universe really a hologram?]] by the scientific skeptic, Sabine Hossenfelder
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7-h3FO-KKo|(17m) Testing can you blow your own sail? Mark Rober]] \\  .
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   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqe5TmTHU9E|(42m) Coding Consciousness: A. Algorithm for Awareness?]] WSF/Brian Greene-
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06-iq-0yJNM|(46m) What Creates Consciousness?]] WSF/Brian Greene
-  - [[https://youtu.be/20vUNgRdB4o|(29m) What Happened to the Mars Helicopter?]]
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56PMJbCFXQ|(34m) The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan]] - How a single phone call from a student helped uncover a flaw that nearly toppled Citicorp.
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7lad5a4XhI&t=54s|(16m) How Long is a Day? (Tyson)]] (JohnR)
   - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD7_jelvxew|(1h21) Putting the ”Bang” in the Big Bang]] (1h47 w/q&a) Alan Guth (John Rudy) \\  \\ **WSJ The Tech Behind series (Mitch) (d/l on M)**
-  - (7m) The Tech Behind Cruise Control, Crash Prevention and Lane Detection [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/the-tech-behind-cruise-control-crash-prevention-and-lane-detection/7CEADC87-B070-4266-8EAF-2EA8ED91DE0D?mod=WSJvidctr__pos2|link]]
+  - (9m30) The Complex Engineering Behind Firework-Firing Drones [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/the-complex-engineering-behind-firework-firing-drones/66E6155C-F175-453B-AC8F-1E67BC77AE4B?mod=WSJvidctr__pos0|link]] \\  .
-  - (8m) How Google Translate Uses Math to Understand 134 Languages [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-google-translate-uses-math-to-understand-134-languages/5E6035BC-36E2-4681-B71A-2E549B634665?mod=WSJvidctr__pos3|link]]
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-  - (6m30) How Wireless Charging Is Advancing to Make Power Cords Obsolete [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-wireless-charging-is-advancing-to-make-power-cords-obsolete/4C7E1BF7-7268-4562-9EDC-0A590F7C9851?mod=WSJvidctr__pos4|link]]
-  - (6m30) How shazam Makes Unique Audio Fingerprints to Identify Songs [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-shazam-makes-unique-audio-fingerprints-to-identify-songs/9D7E86B7-73EF-4B92-8726-162E62B0EA3A?mod=WSJvidctr__pos7|link]]
-  - (6m30) How Noise-Canceling Headphones Remove Background Sound [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-noise-canceling-headphones-remove-background-sound/C150E958-1E2B-483D-87C4-01A33F1D19D9?mod=WSJvidctr__pos8|link]]
-  - (5m30) The Tech Behind How Concert LED Light Wristbands Work [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/the-tech-behind-how-concert-led-light-wristbands-work/EAA54145-D07A-4100-8153-2EAF8D671921?mod=WSJvidctr__pos9|link]]
-  - (7m) The Tech That Powers Tap-to-Pay [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/the-tech-that-powers-tap-to-pay/F5C2DBC2-7CEB-4D03-BA48-E58580F05D20?mod=WSJvidctr__pos10|link]]
-  - (8m30) How Google Remapped the World [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-google-remapped-the-world-the-tech-behind/8D9A4088-3A5A-40CA-8BC9-5C8D7CF9017D?mod=WSJvidctr__pos12|link]]
-  - (9m30) The Complex Engineering Behind Firework-Firing Drones [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/the-complex-engineering-behind-firework-firing-drones/66E6155C-F175-453B-AC8F-1E67BC77AE4B?mod=WSJvidctr__pos0|link]]\\ \\ .
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   - Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond for quantum sensing. (~45 minutes)
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   - [[https://www.fastcompany.com/91140068/how-the-internet-went-mainstream-in-1994|https://www.fastcompany.com/91140068/how-the-internet-went-mainstream-in-1994]]
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