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Presenting to the group, how to get it going in Zoom
schedule is up-to-date as of 4/22/2020. (Next tentative planning meeting around July 1, 2020)
| Date | Planned Topic |
|---|---|
| May 27, 2020 | George Burnell Part II Continuation/conclusion of George Burnell's earlier presentation on 3D printing |
| June 3, 2020 | The Manhattan Project - part 2 (Charles Holbrow) |
| June 10, 2020 | Security Topics NY Times article dealing with privacy (Peter) Phone tracking of people (Charlie Holbrow) |
| June 17, 2020 | Sabermetrics An approach to understanding Baseball (Andy Andres, by way of Jerry Slate) |
| June 24, 2020 | MOOC Massive Online Courses – What's new |
| July 1, 2020 | AI and Job Loss (Yumio agreed to do this)(George Burnell and John Rudy to fup; may end as 1 or 2 sessions) |
| July 8, 2020 | Update on the Internet of Things in the Age of Coronavirus (Bob Primak) |
| July 15, 2020 | Potpourri Tips for Using Zoom (Peter, SteveI) Onboard automotive diagnostics (Bill Quinn) Right to Repair - who has the right to repair your car; vendor lockout (speaker TBD) last part of Bob Melanson's Columbus presentation started on 4/29 |
| July 22, 2020 | Weldon Nelson has suggested the following: a 2000 year old computer. I watched this 46-minute presentation and found it fascinating link. Presentations with other lengths show up on my Google search for “secrets of the lost Antikythera”. (Jonathan Goode) |
| July 29, 2020 | Frontline AI part 1 (AI for the Masses) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/in-the-age-of-ai/ |
| August 5, 2020 | Advanced features of Excel and Word (Speaker TBD) |
| August 12, 2020 | Frontline AI part 2 (see 7/29 for part 1) |
| August 19, 2020 | Selected videos (Peter) |
| August 26, 2020 | Potpourri Old tech: Reuse, Recycle, Renew. Ideas for reusing/repurposing computers, tablets, phones you're not actively using any more * home theater, camera monitor, media player * Recycling (Best Buy? Staples?) * Linux |
| Sept 2, 2020 | Best of Freakonomics (Peter Albin has link to 70min video) |
| Sept 9, 2020 | |
| Sept 16, 2020 | |
| Sept 23, 2020 | |
| Sept 30, 2020 | Covid-19 Update (hopefully post-mortem) (Jerry Slate) (tentative) |
| Oct 7, 2020 |
“fup” = “Follow-up”
In The Works/Presentation Topics Being Considered
- Scams, spyware, freeware. Spotting/detecting them and avoiding them. (idea)
- How Deepfakes Work (10 mins; viewed, edited)
- Deep Fakes and the Technology Behind it (BBC) (not-previewed)
- Blind Bombing by Norman Fine. Fine is native of Newton MA and would be receptive to giving a presentation. [Larry Freier]
“I found this book spellbinding and with insight into the development of a new and advanced secret radar system that permitted the allies to penetrate through inclement weather and enable the allies to reverse the dominance of the Nazis at the onset of WWII. Blind Bombing has a warm sensitive side, in that Norman Fine’s uncle (Stanley) brought the first production model of the new airborne radar system to Europe permitting allied bombers to destroy factories supplying the German forces that were usually obscured by overcast weather” - History relating to Rubber
- Florence Nightingale contributions to science
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