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 ^Date^Topic^confirmed^Followups^ ^Date^Topic^confirmed^Followups^
-|July 202022|The Code BreakerA Conversation with Jennifer Doudna [50m][[https://livestream.com/accounts/2261474/events/10130344/videos/229928052|link]]<fs x-small>//(smi downloaded this)//</fs>|yes+|Apr 32024|MaybeAbout the upcoming eclipse\\ or <bg yellow>GASP Planning session (Gigantic Allhands Scheduling and Planning)</bg>| 
-|July 272022|History of Missions to Mars (George Gamota)\\ Video from [[https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/who-we-are/documentary-series-jpl-and-the-space-age|JPL/NASA Documentary Series]]we saw [[https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/who-we-are/documentary-series-jpl-and-the-space-age/episode-4-the-changing-face-of-mars|episode #4, The Changing Face of Mars]]\\ We showed these "Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech" according to their  {{lctg:jplimageusepolicy.pdf|Permission to use}}|yes+|Apr 102024|(tentative date2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine mRNA Part 2| 
-|August 32022|Quantum Basics part III (Charles Holbrow)|yes+|Apr 172024|[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-u1qyRM5w|Richard Feynman Lecture: "Los Alamos From Below"]] (1h18m)| 
-|August 102022|Ukraine: The Real Truth (George Gamota)\\ [[https://youtu.be/SD2XdUhzTaQ|watch the presentation]]| | | +|Apr 24, 2024|Potpourri
-|August 172022|Weather Models (Matt Belk)|yes |(Bill) | +|May 12024|Five Levels of Difficulty Day. <fc #ff0000>Video Possibilities #3(dimensions), 4(lasers), 14(gravity), 35(time)</fc>|Harry
-|August 242022|Potpourrri\\ "Math of weight loss[22m]\\ "25 Chemistry Experiments[16] +|May 82024|(tentativeArthritis Always a pain, but worth discussing and learning more about.(Jerry Harris/Bedford)|**JohnR**| 
-|August 312022|Fusion part II (Ted Kochanski)|yes+|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
-|Sept 72022|Personal Storiespotentially including:\\ * Alan Millner\\ * Dan Kleppner|yes|JohnR+|May 222024|Your favorite apps and websites. Follow-up on meeting 2/14| 
-|Sept 142022|Mega Planning Meeting! <fs x-small><fc #ffffff>smi: Share using Opera left monitorEdit using Chrome right monitor</fc></fs>+|May 29, 2024|(tentative dateOppenheimer and the Institute for Advanced Study, presented by Dan Kleppner|  
-|Sept 212022|Gravitational Wave Astronomy (LIGO) -- some futureand a little pedagogy about the field. Rainer Weiss (via Charlie Holbrow)|yes| | +|June 52024| 
-|Sept 282022|Prion Diseaseselectro biology, Broad Institute Youtube available, Dick Wagner to expand|yes || +<hidden initialState="hiddenonVisible="Click to hide unscheduled datesonHidden="click to show unscheduled dates">  
-|<fc #c0c0c0>Oct 52022</fc>|<fc #c0c0c0>//Yom Kippur // The Jewish Day of Fasting and Repentance. (No meeting)</fc>+|< 100% 10% - 5% 8%>
-|Oct 122022|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) +|June 122024| | | | 
-|Oct 192022|<del>Potpourrie</del> Pottpourri+|June 192024| 
-|Oct 262022|The project to generate oxygen on Mars surface (Mike Hecht/Lincoln Labs)| | | +|June 262024| 
-|Nov 22022|Machine Learning (Henry Morris)| |JohnR+|July 3, 2024
-|Nov 92022|Facial Recognition| |John R+|July 102024| 
-|Nov 162022| |  | | +|July 172024
-|Nov 232022|//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| +|July 242024| 
-|Nov 30, 2022+|July 312024| 
-|Dec 72022| +|August 7, 2024
-|Dec 142022|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 medicinefashion, 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 IntelligenceThe Business Power of Human-Machine Collaboration__, will address these points in his presentation.|yes+|August 142024| 
-|Dec 212022|Early Digital Computers from late 1930'to around 1950 (Carl Lazarus)+|August 212024| 
-|Dec 282022|//between Christmas and New Years - meet or not?//| +|August 28, 2024
-|Jan 42023| +|September 42024| 
-|Jan 112023+|September 11, 2024
-|Jan 182023| +|September 182024| 
-|Jan 25, 2023+|September 25, 2024
-|Feb 12023+|October 22024
-|Feb 82023+|October 92024| 
-|Feb 152023+|October 16, 2024| 
-|Feb 222023+|October 23, 2024
-|March 12023| +|October 302024| 
-|March 82023+|November 6, 2024| 
-|March 152023+|November 13, 2024
-|March 22, 2023| +|November 202024| 
-|March 292023+|November 27, 2024|//day before Thanksgiving//
-|April 52023|+|December 42024| 
 +|December 11, 2024| 
 +|December 18, 2024
 +|December 252024|//Christmas day//
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 +^Date^Topic^ 
 +|Jan 32024 |We Will Have a Syncing Feeling: Using applications and files across platforms - a forum (Drew King, lead[[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240103|chat messages]]| | |  
 +|Jan 102024|LIDAR mapping with Dale Fried of 3DEOhosted by Dan Kleppner [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240110|chat messages]] . [[https://youtu.be/UnrI2kbd1HY|watch the presentation]]\\ For more information on the company and its technologyvisit the 3DEO website at [[https://3deolidar.com/]] and their [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFGQNxmO9iwKnCY4E0tNZxg|YouTube Channel]]
 +|Jan 172024|Unifying Nature’Laws: The State of String Theory.
 +|Jan 242024|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 Khanfounder of Khan Academyabout AI transforming education]]|  
 +|Jan 312024|potpourri: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYg6jzotiAc|Feynman: Fun to Imagine]] (67min) followed by luncheon at Bamboo in Bedford
 +|Feb 72024 |Space Update (George Gamota) [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240207|chat messages]]|  
 +|Feb 142024|Nifty Smartphone apps. Like Seek; Shazam; Pedometer; etc. [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240214|chat messages]]
 +|Feb 212024|Nifty Smartphone Apps Part 2 [[2024lctgmeetingchats#20240221|chat messages]]| | 
 +|Feb 282024|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 62024 |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 132024|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 202024|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 talkhow mRNA medicine will change the world, Melissa J. Moore]]
 +|Mar 272024|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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