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LCTG Schedule

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Date	Topic	confirmed	Followups
Apr 3, 2024	“The Science & Lore of Eclipses – Shadows in Space” a Road Scholar lecture chat messages
Apr 10, 2024	2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine - mRNA - Part 2	yes
Apr 17, 2024	Richard Feynman Lecture: "Los Alamos From Below" (1h18m)
Apr 24, 2024	GASP Planning session (Gigantic Allhands Scheduling and Planning)	yes
May 1, 2024	Five Levels of Difficulty Day. Video Possibilities #3(dimensions), 4(lasers), 14(gravity), 35(time)		Harry
May 8, 2024	(tentative) Arthritis. Always a pain, but worth discussing and learning more about.(Jerry Harris/Bedford)		JohnR
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
June 5, 2024

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November 20, 2024
November 27, 2024	day before Thanksgiving
December 4, 2024
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December 18, 2024
December 25, 2024	Christmas day

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RECENT MEETINGS

Date	Topic
Jan 3, 2024	We Will Have a Syncing Feeling: Using applications and files across platforms - a forum (Drew King, lead) chat messages
Jan 10, 2024	LIDAR mapping with Dale Fried of 3DEO, hosted by Dan Kleppner chat messages . watch the presentation For more information on the company and its technology, visit the 3DEO website at https://3deolidar.com/ and their YouTube Channel
Jan 17, 2024	Unifying Nature’s Laws: The State of String Theory.
Jan 24, 2024	Videos played: How does Starlink Satellite Internet Work? Bill Gates talking with Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, about AI transforming education
Jan 31, 2024	potpourri: Feynman: Fun to Imagine (67min) followed by luncheon at Bamboo in Bedford
Feb 7, 2024	Space Update (George Gamota) chat messages
Feb 14, 2024	Nifty Smartphone apps. Like Seek; Shazam; Pedometer; etc. chat messages
Feb 21, 2024	Nifty Smartphone Apps Part 2 chat messages
Feb 28, 2024	More neat apps for phones and computers – and more (Adam Broun) * several interesting apps from the useful to the idiotic: `Authy` (2-factor authentication); `Arc Search` (Browser with summarization); `Windy` (weather in depth); `Rise` (Sourdough baking); `Can of Soup` (silly pictures) * Self-hosting, moving services away from Google and Apple to resources you can control yourself: `Proxmox` (virtual machines); `OPNSense` (router); `Home Assistant` (Home automation); `Photoprism` (photo management); `NextCloud` (file sharing and collaboration) List of self-hosted apps: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted, Self hosted forum: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted slides chat messages
Mar 6, 2024	potpourri * "Watchroom", a short film by Noah Wagner on AI and Robotics. It'll make you think. (Dick Wagner) * Android Apps (Drew) – continuing our topic of Interesting Apps from previous weeks. watch the presentation chat messages
Mar 13, 2024	Sleep Deprivation (John Rudy) watch the presentation slides What is Passkey and how does it work as compared to Passwords (Steve Isenberg) watch the presentation [ notes on passkey used during presentation ] chat messages
Mar 20, 2024	2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: mRNA (Harry Forsdick & Dick Wagner) watch the presentation slides chat messages The link to videos in the slides may not work; here are the links to videos included in the presentation: How mRNA Vaccines Work mRNA Vaccines Questions and Misconceptions Announcement of the prize TED talk, how mRNA medicine will change the world, Melissa J. Moore
Mar 27, 2024	How the MIT museum has restructured itself to a Technology gateway to MIT Moving and rediscovering the MIT Museum collection (4m) and Tour of the MIT Museum (49m) chat messages

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