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 +^Date^Topic^confirmed^Followups^ 
 +|Apr 3, 2024|Maybe: About the upcoming eclipse\\ or <bg yellow>GASP Planning session (Gigantic Allhands Scheduling and Planning)</bg>
 +|Apr 10, 2024|(tentative date) 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine - mRNA - Part 2| 
 +|Apr 17, 2024|[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-u1qyRM5w|Richard Feynman Lecture: "Los Alamos From Below"]] (1h18m)| 
 +|Apr 24, 2024|Potpourri| 
 +|May 1, 2024|Five Levels of Difficulty Day. <fc #ff0000>Video Possibilities #3(dimensions), 4(lasers), 14(gravity), 35(time)</fc>| |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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 +|June 26, 2024| 
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 +|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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 +^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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-^Date^Topic^confirmed^Followups^ 
-|July 6, 2022|Basics of Fusion (Ted Kochanski) |yes| 
-|July 13, 2022|Potpotpourri\\ * Hybridizing our LCTG meetings -- findings & next steps\\ * Cloud Storage, Network Attached Storage: Solutions you've used\\ * Obsidian instead of Evernote (Jerry Harris, jerryharri). Compare w/OneNote.  Other alternatives? (Simplenote, etc)|yes| 
-|July 20, 2022|The Code Breaker: A Conversation with Jennifer Doudna [50m][[https://livestream.com/accounts/2261474/events/10130344/videos/229928052|link]]<fs x-small>//(smi downloaded this)//</fs>|yes| 
-|July 27, 2022|History of Missions to Mars (George Gamota)|yes| 
-|August 3, 2022|Quantum Basics part III (Charles Holbrow)|yes| 
-|August 10, 2022|Ukraine: The Real Truth (George Gamota)\\ //Yes, not specifically LCTG related//|yes|Peter to clarify topic w/George| 
-|August 17, 2022|Weather Models (Joe Dellicarpini)|yes |(Bill) | 
-|August 24, 2022|Potpourrri| 
-|August 31, 2022|Fusion part II (Ted Kochanski)|yes| 
-|Sept 7, 2022|Personal Stories, potentially including:\\ * Alan Millner\\ * Michael Harris|yes|JohnR| 
-|Sept 14, 2022|Mega Planning Meeting! <fs x-small><fc #ffffff>smi: Share using Opera left monitor, Edit using Chrome right monitor</fc></fs>| 
-|Sept 21, 2022|Prion Diseases, electro biology, Broad Institute Youtube available, Dick to expand| | Dick Wagner| 
-|Sept 28, 2022|Windows Must-Haves (important applications and tools)\\ and maybe MacOS must-haves | |Peter Albin| 
-|<fc #c0c0c0>Oct 5, 2022</fc>|<fc #c0c0c0>//Yom Kippur // The Jewish Day of Fasting and Repentance. (No meeting)</fc>| 
-|Oct 12, 2022|Windows 11: Is it time to move to Win 11? Feature Update. (tentative topic) (Drew King)| 
-|Oct 19, 2022|<del>Potpourrie</del> Pottpourri| 
-|Oct 26, 2022|Moderna: Approach LHS Grad Brandeis, MD, now at Penn; re Moderna technology| | **Harry** | 
-|Nov 2, 2022|Machine Learning (Henry Morris)| |JohnR| 
-|Nov 9, 2022|Facial Recognition| |John R| 
-|Nov 16, 2022| 
-|Nov 23, 2022|//day before thanksgiving//\\ Taking Advantage of Those Wild Turkeys in your neighborhood for Fun, Profit, and Dinner (Wm Bradford jr)\\ or likely no meeting|no| 
-|Nov 30, 2022| 
-|Dec 7, 2022| 
-|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| 
-|Dec 21, 2022| 
-|Dec 28, 2022|//between Christmas and New Years//\\ How Santa Makes All Those Toys and Gets Them to the Right Children: a Study in Fund-raising, Manufacturing Efficiency, and Widespread Distribution (E. Scrooge III)\\ or possibly no meeting|no| 
-|Jan 4, 2023| 
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