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-//[[Doing a Zoom Presentation|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)// +~~NOCACHE~~ 
-^ Date^ Planned Topic^ +//[[:lexingtoncomputergroup|Return to main LCTG page]]//\\  
-|May 27, 2020|**George Burnell Part II**\\ Continuation/conclusion of George Burnell's earlier presentation on 3D printing| +//[[:doing_a_zoom_presentation|Presenting to the group with Zoom]]<color #ffffff>not ready for prime time: [using ppt impress etc to present|Tips for using MS Powerpoint and LibreOffice Impress in your presentation]</color>\\ 
-|June 3, 2020|**The Manhattan Project - part 2** (Charles Holbrow)| +This schedule last modified ~~LASTMOD~~//
-|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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSQNEPbQOiI|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| +
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-===In The Works/Presentation Topics Being Considered=== +====%hide recents==== 
-  * Scams, spyware, freeware. Spotting/detecting them and avoiding them. (idea) +<fs large>Recently produced meeting videos you can watch now:</fs> 
-  * [[Flatland]] +  * [[https://youtu.be/6UgJoZYEVG4|Hearing Aids - Types, Differences, Choosing]] 4/2/2025 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XchCsYtYMQ|How Deepfakes Work]] (10 mins; viewed, edited) +  * [[https://youtu.be/5J3lndzCmcQ|Lexington's 250 Drone Show -- How They Pulled It Off]] 4/30/2025 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhI-e2B8Lg|Deep Fakes and the Technology Behind it (BBC)]] (not-previewed) +  * [[https://youtu.be/BfjNFH91BcA|Heat Pumps]] 5/7/2025 
-  * //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” +  * [[https://youtu.be/UWmmi-7GGDE|Selected Nobel Prizes in Medicine]] 6/4/2025 
-  * History relating to Rubber +  * [[https://youtu.be/mHOBilf1tc4|Beyond Generative AI]] 6/11/2025 
-  * Florence Nightingale contributions to science+  * [[https://youtu.be/XHbYfvd9y6w|Fusion Update]] 6/25/2025 
 +  * [[https://youtu.be/nUUF_uILJlk|Small Nuclear Reactors]] 2/12/2025
  
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 +<fs large>::RECENT AND UPCOMING MEETINGS::</fs>
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 +^Date^Topic^confirmed^Followups^ 
 +|June 4, 2025|Selected Nobel Prizes in Medicine [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250604|chat messages]] [[lctgmeetingsummary20250604|Meeting Summary]] [[https://youtu.be/UWmmi-7GGDE|watch the presentation; captions available]]|
 +|June 11, 2025|Comparison of the most popular AI engines. Which is best for this or that. [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250611|chat messages]] [[lctgmeetingsummary20250611|Meeting Summary]] [[https://youtu.be/mHOBilf1tc4|watch the Beyond Generative presentation]] [[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT0fDOC-DHuGFxVe3eE8wepmJjnnAlCZCfvU5a5aHpknsQBYwUHbH-E2xbqNjmsXZ5mOwGpod8JMFU3/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000|Beyond Generative slides]]|
 +|June 18, 2025|GASP Planning session [[lctgmeetingsummary20250618|Meeting summary]]|
 +|June 25, 2025|Fusion Update [[lctgmeetingsummary20250625|Meeting Summary]] [[https://youtu.be/XHbYfvd9y6w|watch the presentation]]|
 +|@#9999ff:<fs small>N e x t .  M e e t i n g </fs>||||
 +|July 2, 2025|Potpourri\\  Oliver Marsh: Crack growth and iceberg formation on a dynamic ice shelf. (Oliver is a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey) // Abstract: Ice shelves around Antarctica are critical to slowing the rate of sea level rise.  This talk addresses new technology used to monitor cracks in ice shelves during polar winter, including GNSS precise point positioning, and ground-based and satellite radar systems.  Three major iceberg calving events have occurred on the Brunt Ice Shelf since 2021, with new high-precision data used to inform models of fracture propagation and ice shelf stability.// (~45minutes)\\ Methylene Blue (JerryS)\\ AI Followup  (DickW)|
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 +|July 9, 2025|History of Space Travel: Venus and Mars (video)| |George|
 +|July 16, 2025|Drones. The background of drones and the technology behind them; Using drones in photography and examples of images.| |Al Levin|
 +|July 23, 2025|[[https://youtu.be/t3RQnRjD5JE?start=1000|(1h8m+30m Q&A) new results from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), from the team that brought us the first-ever image of a black hole, from 5/16/2022]]| | TedK|
 +|July 30, 2025|[[https://youtu.be/KrDdc_pSQGo?t=102|(59m) A Hackers Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules and How to Bend Them Back]] (Bruce Schneier) a Harvard Science Book Talk Series Lecture\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v68zYyaEmEA|(31m) Solving Wordle using information theory]] |
 +|Aug 6, 2025|Potpourri\\ Ground Based Deep Space Telescope accomplishments (?)|
 +|Aug 13, 2025|Volcanic activity studies| |Ted|
 +|Aug 20, 2025|Hearing Aid Appliances for Dummies (What options are there to help you improve your hearing?  How do you choose a Hearing Aid (HA)? Tricks and tips, things to look for in a HA and what to watch out for. Can you buy a useful HA without a prescription?)| |George, Charlie|
 +|Aug 27, 2025|What are some interesting uses of AI other than Chats| |Harry|
 +|Sep 3, 2025|Robots in Everyday Life (working title) | |JohnR|
 +|Sep 10, 2025|IP Update: Copyright for AI-developed Material and CRISPR Patent| |Dick|
 +|Sep 17, 2025|<bg yellow>GASP Planning session</bg>|
 +|Sep 24, 2025|Shooting Down Drones: Raytheon's approach to attacking drones (Will Straus) (tentative) <fs x-small>(RH day2)</fs>| |JohnR|
 +|Oct 1, 2025|<fs x-small>(YK eve)</fs>Altruism, Philanthropy, and Philandering in Science| |Ted|
 +|Oct 8, 2025|Susan Liebman and //The Dressmaker's Mirror// |yes|{{lctg:20251008_liebmanpreface.pdf|Book Preface}}
 +|Oct 15, 2025|Potpourri\\ Federal Science Priority Update (George)| | |Rich Moffitt can help (but keep it quiet)
 +|Oct 22, 2025|Edwin Land [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k2XVoJDS_0|Mr. Polaroid]] (smi/m)|
 +|Oct 29, 2025|
 +|Nov 5, 2025|LCTG AI Research Group|  |John Day|(maybe: analyze Jaques Monod's book //Chance and Necessity//)
 +|Nov 12, 2025|Potpourri|
 +|Nov 19, 2025|
 +|Nov 26, 2025|//Thanksgiving eve//|
 +|Dec 3, 2025|
 +|Dec 10, 2025|
 +|Dec 17, 2025|Potpourri|
 +|Dec 24, 2025|//'twas the night before Christmas//|
 +|Dec 31, 2025|//New Year's Eve//|
 +|Jan 7, 2026|
 +|Jan 14, 2026|Potpourri|
 +|Jan 21, 2026|
 +|Jan 28, 2026|
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 +<fs large>::RECENT MEETINGS::</fs>
 +|January 8, 2025|Dick Wagner on Sociobiology\\ Talk based on //Sociobiology (The New Synthesis)// by Edward O. Wilson (c) 1975 [[https://youtu.be/_NXJbLXzaQ0|watch the presentation]] . [[2025lctgmeetingchats#20250108|chat messages]] . [[lctgmeetingsummary20250108|Meeting Summary]] . {{lctg:20250108_sociobiology.pdf|slides}}|
 +|January 15, 2025|Potpourri\\ Continuation of Sociobiology {{lctg:20250115_sociobiology_ii.pdf|slides}} . [[https://youtu.be/VWj-rVPhgqw|watch the presentation]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mofEOSUkMpA|Elon Musk's optimistic views of the future]] . [[lctgmeetingsummary20250115|Meeting Summary]]   |
 +|January 22, 2025|Practical Fusion Power Update and Challenges: breeding and handling Tritium (TedK)\\ [[[lctgmeetingsummary20250122|Meeting Summary]] . [[https://youtu.be/TfBXwKZn7Tc|watch the presentation]]|
 +|January 29, 2025|Potpourri.  [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYVZh5kqaFg|Egg Drop from Space (Mark Rober)]] . [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAaESb4wTCM |How does a computer mouse work? (12m)]] . [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcUey-DVYjk|Astrophysicist Explains Gravity in 5 Levels of Difficulty]]| 
 +|February 5, 2025|Sabine Hossenfelder day\\ Videos we watched: [[https://youtu.be/iNIp6AzUV8U|Did DeepSeek burst the AI bubble or will the Stargate Project make it worse?]]\\ [[https://youtu.be/PjXNzEshZUc|AI Super Agents are coming. Allegedly. What does this mean?]] . [[https://youtu.be/2gd-x-Yl5ac|The Case for String Theory Just Got Stronger]]\\ [[https://youtu.be/tWrUklXprIc|How close is the bird flu to human transmission? Status update.]] . [[https://youtu.be/SEvs4zgVr0E|Is the Universe Infinite or Finite?]]\\ [[https://youtu.be/93EnBN0-X6s|What is “gravitic propulsion” and could the US government hide it?]]|
 +|February 12, 2025|Modular Nuclear Reactors (MNRs). These are being developed to supplement the production of electricity for the coming energy-hungry data centers. (George W Griffith PhD from Idaho National Laboratory, part of Department of Energy){{lctg:20250212_smr.pdf|slides}} . {{lctg:20250212_smr_status_gwgriffith.pdf}|Paper on status of SMR}} . [[lctgmeetingsummary20250212|Meeting Summary]] [[https://youtu.be/nUUF_uILJlk|watch the presentation]]|
 +|February 19, 2025| Potpourri, showing: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3zTfXvYZ9s|Time travel in fiction (8m)]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjQDKGxPjak|How time travel is possible (9m)]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOmDLCD187c|The time travel paradox you never heard of (10m)]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gLKG80Vsw|New office math (1m)]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRLNVvsxfFo|Why can't anything go faster than the speed of light? History of speed of light part II (12m)]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAHbLRjF0vo|The best and worst ways to board a plane (9m)]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et7XvBenEo8|Solving the three-body problem (16m)]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Are9dDbW24|Large and small views (3m)]]  . [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250219|chat messages]]|
 +|February 26, 2025|Curated interesting video shorts, including Hossenfelder & Veritasium.  Videos presented and discussed:\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_fHJIYENdI|(25m) What if all the world's biggest problems have the same solution? (Vertasium)]]\\ [[https://youtu.be/BNJEOTouhvs|(7m) What Everyone Gets Wrong about AI (Hossenfelder)]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70vYj1KPyT4|(35m) The problem with Sabine Hossenfelder]]\\ [[lctgmeetingsummary20250226|Meeting Summary]] . [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250226|chat messages]]| 
 +|March 5, 2025|GASP planning session|
 +|March 12, 2025|Brian Greene day. We saw: \\ {{lctg:20250312-wsf-brian-greene.pdf|Intro slides}}\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZcEFjEANnI|Code to Cure: AI and the Future of Health]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrLQXR7mKU|I Am Not a Robot:2025 Academy Award Winner]]|
 +|March 19, 2025|Videos we viewed: [[https://youtu.be/dXUX6dv2_Yo?si=NLx7sxedCiHQkKWT|3D Houses 60 Minutes (22m))]] [[https://youtu.be/GI-dLmQBqaM?si=tZHd7OkrBjn00spQ|11 Lies about printing houses (15m)]]\\ [[https://youtu.be/20jovj6IHcw?si=f1AooZz2RLUfa5-1|Printing Cheap Clay Houses(4m)]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhAwPFIUF_4|Why 3D Printing Buildings Leads to Problems (16m)]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qi00nO3thA|How Cement is Made (7.5m)]] [[https://youtu.be/XTkhGPG634E?si=V4icmnDOukNVeO60|CBS News on printing homes after a disaster (2m)]]\\ Other videos on the topic we did not view: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obnhUcetrIo|Larry Sass TED (19m)]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL2KoMNzGTo|How Concrete Homes Are Built with a 3D Printer (6m)]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IxVPpkkWXI|3D Printed Concrete House, Printed in 48 hours (3m)]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVNZbl8in_Q|Move In Ready 3D Printed House in Germany (11m)]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG7KMjV8zMk|Inside a 3D Printed House That's Actually (kind of) Affordable (9m)]] |
 +|March 26, 2025|Potpourri\\ Asteroid Risks (John Rudy) {{lctg:20250326_asteroid_risk.pdf|slides}}\\ Gamota's suggested astronomy videos [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZBNJkx3Tjs|What's beyond the observable universe?]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO8RXsIHBS0|Breakthrough cosmic filament connecting galaxies finally detected]] plus\\ [[https://youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ?si=1hEHNNrQD_RzUaNQ|Can you fool a self-driving car? (Yes you can fool some.)]]\\ [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250326|chat messages]] [[lctgmeetingsummary20250326|Meeting Summary]]|
 +|April 2, 2025|Listen up: Hearing Aids - The Newest Technology Available Now (Gamota).\\ {{lctg:20250402_hearing_aids.pdf|slides}} [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250402|chat messages]] [[lctgmeetingsummary20250402|Meeting Summary]] [[https://youtu.be/6UgJoZYEVG4|watch the presentation]]\\  Videos we viewed in the presentation:\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPWEp_VxFTQ|Hearing Aid Types and How to choose]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ajwIuVz1Oc|Dr. Cliff: How to Decide Which Hearing Aid Technology Level is Right for You]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4vhgWbEoVY|Costco's Best Hearing Aids 2025]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsIEOSiMyRo|After 2 Years of Reviews: My Top 3 OTC Hearing Aids 2024]]\\ didn't have time to show:\\ Use of Gimbels - gyros in Hearing Aids\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUHCdlnQekU|Hearing Aid Bluetooth LE Audio Explained]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SXJ6xIUkfc|Auracast Bluetooth for Hearing aids, everything you need to know explanation]]|
 +|April 9, 2025|Electrified mobility and its effect on the town. Popular models, price trends, accessibility benefits, and safety risks. Discuss the adoption of e-bikes and scooters in town over the past couple years and its impact (e.g. proposals for a formal speed limit on the commuter bikeway, debates over the creation of dedicated / mixed use paths when redesigning local roads). (Rich Moffitt suggests)\\ {{lctg:20250409_electric_micromobility_overview_2025.pdf|slides}} [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250409|chat messages]] [[lctgmeetingsummary20250409|Meeting Summary]]\\ * Why are people talking about ”micromobility” now?\\ * What are e-bike classes (1, 2, 3) and what are the tradeoffs / restrictions?\\ * What's the risk of battery fires on these things and how can I manage the risks?\\ * Why are they popular now? (mainly because motor costs have come way down and reliability has gone up, see video of hub motor production:  E-Bike Hub Motor Factory Tour in China  ELECTRICBIKE.COM  )\\ * Is it feasible to DIY build (sometimes, with considerations)| |Rich Moffitt|
 +|April 16, 2025|[[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x579m0o|The Entire Universe - BBC, History of Universe]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi039BihSAk&t|Philomena Cunk vs Prof Brian Cox]]| |Ted|
 +|April 23, 2025|Potpourri, including\\ Portable Software (Drew)\\ Protopage, 1TB 1GB/s Thumb drive, BackMarket, CamelCamelCamel.com, UptimeRobot, and Free Movies online no login no fees (SteveI)\\ [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250423|chat messages]] [[lctgmeetingsummary20250423|Meeting Summary, with links to mentioned apps]] |
 +|April 30, 2025|Lexington's 250 Drone Show: How They Pulled It Off (What goes into producing a fantastic drone show) [[lctgmeetingsummary20250430|Meeting Summary]] [[https://tinyurl.com/HF-Lex250DroneShow|Slides: click on slideshow button]] [[https://tinyurl.com/HF-ILHist|The paper]] [[https://youtu.be/5J3lndzCmcQ|Watch the presentation]]|
 +|May 7, 2025|Heat pumps in Lexington -- trends and options, pitfalls to watch out for. (Moffitt) [[lctgmeetingsummary20250507|Meeting Summary]] [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250507|chat messages]] [[https://youtu.be/BfjNFH91BcA|watch the presentation]]| 
 +|May 14, 2025|Space Junk and How To Manage It - EU's Space Claw (Bob) {{lctg:20250514_videos_notes.pdf|Meeting Notes with video links}} [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250514|chat messages]] [[lctgmeetingsummary20250514|Meeting Summary]]|
 +|May 21, 2025|[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-u1qyRM5w|(1h18m) Richard Feynman Lecture -- “Los Alamos From Below”]]|
 +|May 28, 2025|Potpourri, including:\\ Space Junk part 2 (~30m)\\ Extend your display (Drew)\\ What did China see on the other side of the moon?  [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY9dnrbQano|link]] [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250528|chat messages]] [[lctgmeetingsummary20250528|Meeting Summary]] |
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