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 ^Date^Topic^confirmed^Followups^ ^Date^Topic^confirmed^Followups^
-|Sept 28, 2022|Prion Diseases: What They Are and How They're Caused (Dick Wagner)|yes | | +|Apr 3, 2024|Maybe: About the upcoming eclipse\\ or <bg yellow>GASP Planning session (Gigantic Allhands Scheduling and Planning)</bg>| 
-|<fc #a0a0a0>Oct 5, 2022</fc>|<fc #a0a0a0>//Yom Kippur // The Jewish Day of Fasting and Repentance. (No meeting)</fc>| +|Apr 10, 2024|(tentative date) 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine - mRNA - Part 2| 
-|Oct 12, 2022|Windows 11: Is it time to move to Win 11? Feature Update. (tentative topic) (Drew King)\\ AND MAYBE \\ Windows Must-Haves (important applications and tools) and maybe MacOS must-haves (Peter Albin) |yes| +|Apr 17, 2024|[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-u1qyRM5w|Richard Feynman Lecture: "Los Alamos From Below"]] (1h18m)| 
-|Oct 19, 2022|Potpourri|yes| +|Apr 24, 2024|Potpourri| 
-|Oct 26, 2022|The project to generate oxygen on Mars surface (Mike Hecht/Lincoln Labs)|yes|HarryF| +|May 1, 2024|Five Levels of Difficulty Day. <fc #ff0000>Video Possibilities #3(dimensions), 4(lasers), 14(gravity), 35(time)</fc>| |Harry| 
-|Nov 2, 2022|IgNobel Awards.//could be older or newest//|yes|PeterA| +|May 8, 2024|(tentative) Arthritis.  Always a pain, but worth discussing and learning more about.(Jerry Harris/Bedford)| |**JohnR**| 
-|Nov 9, 2022|Facial Recognition (John Rudy)|yes |John R| +|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| 
-|Nov 16, 2022|John Belcher - Voyager Spacecraft Update, Lessons Learned\\ //John Belcher is an MIT professor of physics emeritus.  He received his PhD from CalTech in 1971 and as a postdoc at MIT, helped write the proposal to put a plasma experiment on the Voyager missions, launched in 1977, and is still sending back data.  See: [[https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/]]//| yes |CharlieH | +|May 22, 2024|Your favorite apps and websites. Follow-up on meeting 2/14| 
-|Nov 23, 2022|//day before thanksgiving// no meeting|yes| +|May 29, 2024|(tentative date) Oppenheimer and the Institute for Advanced Study, presented by Dan Kleppner|  
-|Nov 30, 2022|Planning Meeting.  //Potpourri needs to be rescheduled.//|yes| +|June 5, 2024| 
-|Dec 7, 2022|Artists' New Tools, using the Web. (Harry Forsdick)|yes|HarryF| +<hidden initialState="hidden" onVisible="Click to hide unscheduled dates" onHidden="click to show unscheduled dates">  
-|Dec 14, 2022|Machine Learning Applications (Henry Morris)\\ Machine learning, a key technology of artificial intelligence, is being applied to a wide range of decisions across many industries and disciplines.  This talk defines machine learning and then presents examples of its application to drive predictions in fields such as medicine, fashion, law, real estate, and human resources (employee hiring).  The adoption of these applications is changing the workplace while also raising concerns of bias and fairness.    Henry Morris, co-author of //Augmented Intelligence: The Business Power of Human-Machine Collaboration//, will address these points in his presentation.|yes| +|< 100% 10% - 5% 8%>| 
-|Dec 21, 2022|Early Digital Computers from late 1930's to around 1950 (Carl Lazarus)|yes|need to remind Carl| +|June 12, 2024| | | | 
-|Dec 28, 2022|//between Christmas and New Years - no meeting//|yes| +|June 19, 2024| 
-|Jan 4, 2023|Walter Lewin – For The Love of Physics (Video, ca. 1 hour.) //Add shorter video(s) or a small topic or overflow.//|yes|TedK| +|June 26, 2024| 
-|Jan 11, 2023|George Gamota conclude Ukraine Update talk?\\ Or Dave Kahan on nuclear power -- current status?\\ //(Potpourri will need to be rescheduled, if needed.)//|no|JohnR confirm w/GeorgeG| +|July 3, 2024| 
-|Jan 18, 2023|George Gamota - Space Update|no|JohnR conform w/GeorgeG| +|July 10, 2024| 
-|Jan 25, 2023| +|July 17, 2024| 
-|Feb 1, 2023| +|July 24, 2024| 
-|Feb 8, 2023| +|July 31, 2024| 
-|Feb 15, 2023| +|August 7, 2024| 
-|Feb 22, 2023| +|August 14, 2024| 
-|March 1, 2023| +|August 21, 2024| 
-|March 8, 2023| +|August 28, 2024| 
-|March 15, 2023| +|September 4, 2024| 
-|March 22, 2023| +|September 11, 2024| 
-|March 29, 2023| +|September 18, 2024| 
-|April 5, 2023|+|September 25, 2024| 
 +|October 2, 2024| 
 +|October 9, 2024| 
 +|October 16, 2024| 
 +|October 23, 2024| 
 +|October 30, 2024| 
 +|November 6, 2024| 
 +|November 13, 2024| 
 +|November 20, 2024| 
 +|November 27, 2024|//day before Thanksgiving//| 
 +|December 4, 2024| 
 +|December 11, 2024| 
 +|December 18, 2024| 
 +|December 25, 2024|//Christmas day//| 
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 +<fs large>RECENT MEETINGS</fs> 
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 +^Date^Topic^ 
 +|Jan 3, 2024 |We Will Have a Syncing Feeling: Using applications and files across platforms - a forum (Drew King, lead) [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240103|chat messages]]| | |  
 +|Jan 10, 2024|LIDAR mapping with Dale Fried of 3DEO, hosted by Dan Kleppner [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240110|chat messages]] . [[https://youtu.be/UnrI2kbd1HY|watch the presentation]]\\ For more information on the company and its technology, visit the 3DEO website at [[https://3deolidar.com/]] and their [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFGQNxmO9iwKnCY4E0tNZxg|YouTube Channel]]| 
 +|Jan 17, 2024|Unifying Nature’s Laws: The State of String Theory.| 
 +|Jan 24, 2024|Videos played:\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs2QcycggWU|How does Starlink Satellite Internet Work?]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2oF8oZopdA|Bill Gates talking with Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, about AI transforming education]]|  
 +|Jan 31, 2024|potpourri: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYg6jzotiAc|Feynman: Fun to Imagine]] (67min) followed by luncheon at Bamboo in Bedford| 
 +|Feb 7, 2024 |Space Update (George Gamota) [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240207|chat messages]]|  
 +|Feb 14, 2024|Nifty Smartphone apps. Like Seek; Shazam; Pedometer; etc. [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240214|chat messages]]| 
 +|Feb 21, 2024|Nifty Smartphone Apps Part 2 [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240221|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]]\\ {{lctg:20240228_homelab.pdf|slides}} [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240228|chat messages]]| 
 +|Mar 6, 2024 |potpourri\\ * [[https://vimeo.com/383913383|"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. [[https://youtu.be/3bEpXPT85Vo|watch the presentation]]  [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240306|chat messages]]| 
 +|Mar 13, 2024|Sleep Deprivation (John Rudy) [[https://youtu.be/93zjY59Cn6M|watch the presentation]] {{lctg:20240313_sleeping_is_important.pdf|slides}} \\ What is Passkey and how does it work as compared to Passwords (Steve Isenberg) [[https://youtu.be/UGShrneqNF0|watch the presentation]] [ [[passkey|notes on passkey used during presentation]] ]\\ [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240313|chat messages]]|  
 +|Mar 20, 2024|2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: mRNA (Harry Forsdick & Dick Wagner) {{https://youtu.be/RCQWu6dV7AE|watch the presentation}}\\ {{lctg:20240320_nobel_prize_in_medicine.pdf|slides}} [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240320|chat messages]]\\ The link to videos in the slides may not work; here are the links to videos included in the presentation:\\ [[https://youtu.be/WOvvyqJ-vwo|How mRNA Vaccines Work]]\\ [[https://youtu.be/CfZjK2eIDFM|mRNA Vaccines Questions and Misconceptions]]\\ [[https://youtu.be/no3MyGvEbxY|Announcement of the prize]]\\ [[https://youtu.be/h5D3mv8ewCY|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\\ [[https://youtu.be/9gCslY_YGtQ|Moving and rediscovering the MIT Museum collection (4m)]] and [[https://youtu.be/PsjAcnJl_Q4|Tour of the MIT Museum (49m)]] [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240327|chat messages]]|
  
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