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=====Lexington Computer and Technology Group===== | =====Lexington Computer and Technology Group===== | ||
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+ | |Jan 6, 2021|**Dr. Peter Braun: A Covid-19 Primer** A scientific look at the virus. | ||
+ | |Jan 13, 2021|**Priestly and the Discovery of Oxygen** (presented by Jerry Slate, M.D.) Joseph Priestly (1733 - 1804) is credited with the discovery of oxygen. His discovery was a part of a long term scientific effort to understand the nature of matter. His work as an untrained scientist showed analytical skill which illustrated the relevance of his finding. His discovery of oxygen represents the beginning of the understanding of the composition of the atmosphere and its role in respiration. |[[https:// | ||
+ | |Jan 20, 2021|**Quantum Biology** (GeorgeG) (video and intro) with discussion \\ //When Quantum Mechanics were first introduced widely, pioneers such as Heisenberg thought that quantum effects should play a role in biology, but for the next 50 years it was sort of forgotten. With today' | ||
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|Jan 8, 2020| **Ig Nobel 2019 Awards** //awards for dubious inventions// | |Jan 8, 2020| **Ig Nobel 2019 Awards** //awards for dubious inventions// | ||
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|Mar 4, 2020|**Patent Licensing from Universities** (Lita Nelson)| [[https:// | |Mar 4, 2020|**Patent Licensing from Universities** (Lita Nelson)| [[https:// | ||
|Mar 11, 2020|**Geodesy**, | |Mar 11, 2020|**Geodesy**, | ||
- | |Mar 18, 2020|**Tracking New Diseases**: Medical issues incl Vaping (Jerry Slate)| [[https:// | + | |Mar 18, 2020|**Tracking New Diseases**: Medical issues incl Vaping (Jerry Slate)| [[https:// |
- | |Mar 25, 2020|**Patents for high technology** (and when not to have them) (Dick Wagner) |[[https:// | + | |Mar 25, 2020|**Patents for high technology** (and when not to have them) (Dick Wagner) |[[https:// |
- | |Apr 1, 2020|**3D Printing and Robotics in Industry: An Update** (George Burnell) | + | |Apr 1, 2020|**3D Printing and Robotics in Industry: An Update** (George Burnell) |
- | |Apr 8, 2020|Christine Muir, Community Librarian at Cary Library, will demonstrate how to access all the online resources offered by the library. There is no fee for any of these resources, which include ebooks, digital audiobooks, movies, music, TV shows, newspapers, and more. |[[https:// | + | |Apr 8, 2020|Christine Muir, Community Librarian at Cary Library, will demonstrate how to access all the online resources offered by the library. There is no fee for any of these resources, which include ebooks, digital audiobooks, movies, music, TV shows, newspapers, and more. |[[https:// |
- | |Apr 15, 2020|**Futurism** We started with something different ([[https:// | + | |Apr 15, 2020|**Futurism** We started with something different ([[https:// |
- | |Apr 22, 2020|**Potpourri** Gary Patrick with information on Encryption and some Utilities.\\ Charly Sestokas with computer buying tips, etc; HD vs SSD; SD Longevity; MS Surface;\\ plus Potential House Fires from Phone, Tablet, Laptop, other Electronic Charging setups|[[https:// | + | |Apr 22, 2020|**Potpourri** Gary Patrick with information on Encryption and some Utilities.\\ Charly Sestokas with computer buying tips, etc; HD vs SSD; SD Longevity; MS Surface;\\ plus Potential House Fires from Phone, Tablet, Laptop, other Electronic Charging setups|[[https:// |
- | |Apr 29, 2020|**The Science behind Columbus** (Bob Melanson)|[[https:// | + | |Apr 29, 2020|**The Science behind Columbus** (Bob Melanson)\\ Bob finishes this up on July 15|[[https:// |
- | |May 6, 2020|**The Manhattan Project** first part (Charles Holbrow)| | + | |May 6, 2020|**The Manhattan Project** first part (Charles Holbrow)|[[https:// |
- | |May 13, 2020|**Nuclear Power Generation** (David Kahan)| | + | |May 13, 2020|**Nuclear Power Generation** (David Kahan)|{{: |
- | |May 20, 2020|**Boost-Phase Defense against ICBMs** presented by Dan Kleppner.\\ //Because little was known publicly about the Bush proposal, the American Physical Society initiated a study. Our presenter was co-chair\\ of the study group. | + | |May 20, 2020|**Boost-Phase Defense against ICBMs** presented by Dan Kleppner.\\ //Because little was known publicly about the Bush proposal, the American Physical Society initiated a study. Our presenter was co-chair of the study group. |
+ | |May 27, 2020|**George Burnell Part II**\\ Continuation/ | ||
+ | |June 3, 2020|**The Manhattan Project - part 2** (Charles Holbrow){{lctg: | ||
+ | |June 10, 2020|**Potpourii** NY Times article dealing with privacy (Peter Albin)\\ Phone tracking of people (Charlie Holbrow)\\ The Immortal (BBC program)|(not recorded)|< | ||
+ | |June 17, 2020|**Sabermetrics** The Statistical Analysis of Baseball (Andy Andres)\\ Andy Andres is a senior lecturer of natural science at the Boston University College of General Studies who is an expert in exercise physiology, nutritional biochemistry and baseball. In addition to the work listed above, Andres writes, lectures, and speaks to the media about the effects of steroids on baseball players, and he teaches a course at Tufts University in sabermetrics, | ||
+ | |June 24, 2020|**MOOC** Massive Open Online Courses -- What's there, what's new. (John Rudy, Charlie Holbrow)\\ Broken into three presentations: | ||
+ | |July 1, 2020|Variety Special with Bob Primak and John Rudy on SUMo updater, other topics presented by Steve Isenberg including: Getting loads of music files legally for free after inexpensive application purchase; Video on Deepfakes (how it's done), and a video on Virus Mobility (a haha). | ||
+ | |July 8, 2020|5G and Internet of Things in the Age of Coronavirus (Bob Primak)\\ | ||
+ | |July 15, 2020|**Potpourri**\\ last part of Bob Melanson' | ||
+ | |July 22, 2020|Video on Secrets of the lost Antikythera; | ||
+ | |July 29, 2020|Frontline AI part 1 (AI for the Masses) [[https:// | ||
+ | |August 5, 2020|Back to the Basics -- Office Tools\\ Interesting Excel Spreadsheet uses (Jonathan)\\ neat applications of functions (SteveI) {{lctg: | ||
+ | |August 12, 2020|More on AI. [[https:// | ||
+ | |August 19, 2020| [[https:// | ||
+ | |August 26, 2020|**Myths and Facts on Climate Change - a non-alarmist perspective** Presented by Shelly Lowenthal who says: "I developed a class on climate change that I give to life long learning organizations. It’s part of my History Course that I present. ... There is science involved." | ||
+ | |Sept 2, 2020|**Count Rumford and his 18th Century Technology Innovationns** Dan Kleppner: Quite a few years ago I became interested in __Benjamin Thompson__ (1752-1814) , aka Count Rumford. | ||
+ | |Sept 9, 2020| **//Blind Bombing// by Norman Fine**\\ "I found this book spellbinding and with insight | ||
+ | |Sept 16, 2020|**Potpourri**\\ What to do with your family during a pandemic? | ||
+ | |Sept 23, 2020|**The future of music -- production and delivery** by Charles J Holbrow (CJH). What can we learn about the future or music and music technology by looking at the past? I will present examples that illustrate the evolution of musical ideas and technologies from their conception to how they have influenced and continue to influence popular music today. I will describe how popular music is created today and review some research-stage music production technologies that aim to influence the current music production paradigms. As part of my PhD studies at the MIT Media Lab, I am developing software to enable a new kind of online musical collaboration and distribution. I will conclude by showing you an early example of this software\\ Who is CJH? His early education was in Germany. His high school was the Sudbury Valley School, an alternative school in Sudbury, MA. After a year at Middlesex Community College, he transferred to UMass Lowell where he majored in sound recording technology and performance (piano). Following jobs developing software for games, he took up an internship at MIT's Opera of the Future program with noted composer Prof. Tod Machover. Subsequently, | ||
+ | |Sept 30, 2020|**Covid-19 Update** (Jerry Slate)|[[https:// | ||
+ | |Oct 7, 2020|**Producing a TV Show using DaVinci Resolve** (Steve Isenberg)|[[ https:// | ||
+ | |Oct 14, 2020|**The CAC** Ken Pogran tells about the Lexington Communications Advisory Committee. | ||
+ | |Oct 21, 2020|Harry Forsdick: | ||
+ | |Oct 28, 2020|**Potpourri** | ||
+ | |Nov 4, 2020|**Atomic Clocks** and, a brief history of Time (Dan Kleppner)|[[https:// | ||
+ | |Nov 11, 2020|**Atomic Clocks (part 2)** by Dan Kleppner\\ //followed by (and not in recorded presentation)// | ||
+ | |Nov 18, 2020|**Speech Input and Translation**. George Gamota on Google Translate. | ||
+ | |Nov 25, 2020|// | ||
+ | |Dec 2, 2020|**Potpourri**\\ [[https:// | ||
+ | |Dec 9, 2020|Sara Seager/ | ||
+ | |Dec 16, 2020|**Acoustic Detection & Localization of an Active Shooter or Sniper** presented by Tony Galaitsis\\ Deranged shooters and terrorist or enemy snipers have been a concern for a long time. Technological advances over the past few decades have used gunfire acoustic information to detect and localize active shooters and snipers in order to prevent or minimize their deadly impact. This presentation reviews the general state of acoustic shooter/ | ||
+ | |Dec 23, 2020|Vacation - Enjoy the holidays!| | ||
+ | |Dec 30, 2020|**Career stories** (update). People with careers during which interesting (and now unclassified) things have happened. | ||
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|April 24, 2019|Documentary on Neil Armstrong|Gamota| | |April 24, 2019|Documentary on Neil Armstrong|Gamota| | ||
|April 17, 2019|History of the World in 100 Objects (continued). | |April 17, 2019|History of the World in 100 Objects (continued). | ||
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|April 3, 2019|Showing the 2014 AI movie Ex Machina: | |April 3, 2019|Showing the 2014 AI movie Ex Machina: | ||
|March 27, 2019|[[https:// | |March 27, 2019|[[https:// | ||
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|January 16, 2019|[[https:// | |January 16, 2019|[[https:// | ||
|January 9, 2019|[[https:// | |January 9, 2019|[[https:// | ||
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====2018==== | ====2018==== | ||
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|December 19, 2018|[[https:// | |December 19, 2018|[[https:// | ||
|December 12, 2018|[[https:// | |December 12, 2018|[[https:// | ||
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|July 18, 2018|[[https:// | |July 18, 2018|[[https:// | ||
|July 11, 2018|[[https:// | |July 11, 2018|[[https:// | ||
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====Links to Interesting Stuff==== | ====Links to Interesting Stuff==== | ||
* [[Recipes# | * [[Recipes# | ||
* Artificially mimicking people' | * Artificially mimicking people' | ||
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- | + | * [humor] Buddy Hacket and the 3-legged chicken. | |
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*[[Downloading Videos from the Internet]] | *[[Downloading Videos from the Internet]] | ||
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====Other items and discussions==== | ====Other items and discussions==== |
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