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lctg2022 [2023.08.03 04:55] – created Steve Isenberglctg2022 [2023.08.03 04:57] (current) Steve Isenberg
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 |Jan 5, 2022|Best of Freakonomics, an interview with Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, moderated by Faith Salie. Recorded at the 92nd Street Y on May 2015.| |<color #bdbdbd>26</color>| |Jan 5, 2022|Best of Freakonomics, an interview with Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, moderated by Faith Salie. Recorded at the 92nd Street Y on May 2015.| |<color #bdbdbd>26</color>|
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 |June 22, 2022|Internet fast lanes, stock trading, net neutrality. (Bob Primak)|[[https://youtu.be/qzm3QI-wyPg|Internet Trading presentation]]|<color #bdbdbd>27</color>| |June 22, 2022|Internet fast lanes, stock trading, net neutrality. (Bob Primak)|[[https://youtu.be/qzm3QI-wyPg|Internet Trading presentation]]|<color #bdbdbd>27</color>|
 |June 29, 2022|Scientific CCD Development at MIT Lincoln Laboratory  (Christopher Leitz)\\ //The Advanced Imager Technology group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory designs and fabricates detectors and readout circuits for imaging applications in support of National Security and scientific exploration. Dr. Leitz outlines their history in providing these devices for the scientific community and highlights future directions in CCD development, notably new detector materials, new fabrication processes, and new readout amplifiers for applications in astrophysics, astronomy, and particle physics.//{{lctg:20220629_ccd_devt.pptx|presentation slides, slide 19 has an embedded movie}}|[[https://youtu.be/yisqIghJptg|CCD Development Presentation]]|<color #bdbdbd>28</color>| |June 29, 2022|Scientific CCD Development at MIT Lincoln Laboratory  (Christopher Leitz)\\ //The Advanced Imager Technology group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory designs and fabricates detectors and readout circuits for imaging applications in support of National Security and scientific exploration. Dr. Leitz outlines their history in providing these devices for the scientific community and highlights future directions in CCD development, notably new detector materials, new fabrication processes, and new readout amplifiers for applications in astrophysics, astronomy, and particle physics.//{{lctg:20220629_ccd_devt.pptx|presentation slides, slide 19 has an embedded movie}}|[[https://youtu.be/yisqIghJptg|CCD Development Presentation]]|<color #bdbdbd>28</color>|
 +|July 6, 2022|Basics of Fusion (Fusion part I) (Ted Kochanski)|[[https://youtu.be/kgn7JYERNN4|watch Fusion part I presentation]]|<color #bdbdbd>30</color>|
 +|July 13, 2022|Potpouri\\ * Notetaking applications: Using and contrasting Obsidian, Evernote, OneNote, and others (Jerry Harris) {{lctg:20220713_note_taking.pdf|slides}}\\ * Hybridization: How can we hold our meetings both online and in-person. Technology needed on-the-cheap and issues to consider. A status of current ideas and future investigations. |[[https://youtu.be/yLAQKl7Kw2M|watch the Notetaking presentation]]|<color #bdbdbd>30</color>|
 +|July 20, 2022|The Code Breaker: A Conversation with Jennifer Doudna [50m]|[[https://livestream.com/accounts/2261474/events/10130344/videos/229928052|link]]|<color #bdbdbd>25</color>|
 +|July 27, 2022|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}}| |<color #bdbdbd>32</color>|
 +|August 3, 2022|Quantum Basics part III (Charles Holbrow)|[[https://youtu.be/7l8vqoN4Na4|watch the presentation]] |<color #bdbdbd>30</color>|
 +|August 10, 2022|Ukraine: The Real Truth (George Gamota)|[[https://youtu.be/SD2XdUhzTaQ|watch the presentation]]|<color #bdbdbd>36</color>|
 +|August 17, 2022|Weather Models (Matt Belk) {{lctg:20220817_weather_models.pdf|slides}}|[[https://youtu.be/liTvQbtNnA0|watch the presentation]] |<color #bdbdbd>47</color>|
 +|August 24, 2022|Potpourrri\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuIlsN32WaE|The Mathematics of Weight Loss]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOuEJf8Dr_4|25 Chemistry Experiments in 15 Minutes]] | |<color #bdbdbd>32</color>|
 +|August 31, 2022|Fusion part II (Ted Kochanski)|[[https://youtu.be/akmg2mQ5Gik|watch the presentation]] |<color #bdbdbd>29</color>|
 +|Sept 7, 2022|Personal Stories, potentially including:\\ * Alan Millner\\ * Dan Kleppner| |<color #bdbdbd>28</color>|
 +|Sept 14, 2022|Mega Planning Meeting| |<color #bdbdbd>27</color>|
 +|Sept 21, 2022|Gravitational Wave Astronomy (LIGO) -- some future, and a little pedagogy about the field. Rainer Weiss (via Charlie Holbrow)|[[https://youtu.be/G6g3r8qxWcM|watch the presentation]] |<color #bdbdbd>35</color>|
 +|Sept 28, 2022|Prion Diseases: What They Are and How They're Caused (Dick Wagner)|[[https://youtu.be/M-eFxsEKQuI|watch the presentation]] |<color #bdbdbd>35</color>|
 +|<fc #a0a0a0>Oct 5, 2022</fc>|<fc #a0a0a0>//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. (Drew King){{lctg:20221012_win11.pdf|slides}}\\ Windows Must-Haves (important applications and tools) (Peter Albin) {{lctg:20221012_musthaves.pdf|slides}} |[[https://youtu.be/NhlDobQ9eGY|watch the presentation]]|<color #bdbdbd>33</color>|
 +|Oct 19, 2022|Potpourri -- several videos shown\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMojC4-xilA|history and making m&ms]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8g9wfI9nGI|Secret Hiding Place Behind My Office]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsxao9ptdmI|Beating Arcade Games with Science]]\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Ci_2bN_zc|Dropping a penny from Empire State Bldg]]| |<color #bdbdbd>26</color>|
 +|Oct 26, 2022|The project to generate oxygen from Carbon Dioxide on Mars surface (Mike Hecht/Lincoln Labs Haystack Observatory) | {{lctg:20221026_moxie_mars_o2.pdf|slides}} [[https://youtu.be/56-xpi3hEvc|watch the presentation]] |<color #bdbdbd>43</color>|
 +|Nov 2, 2022|IgNobel Awards| |<color #bdbdbd>33</color>|
 +|Nov 9, 2022|Facial Recognition (John Rudy) {{lctg:20221109_facial_recognition.pdf|slides}}|[[https://youtu.be/6eupcUxqggU|watch the presentation]] |<color #bdbdbd>37</color>|
 +|Nov 16, 2022|John Belcher - Voyager Spacecraft Update, Lessons Learned\\ //John Belcher is an MIT professor of physics emeritus.  He received his PhD from CalTech in 1971 and as a postdoc at MIT, helped write the proposal to put a plasma experiment on the Voyager missions, launched in 1977, and is still sending back data.  See: [[https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/]]// {{lctg:20221116_voyagerspacecraftupdate.pdf|slides}}|[[https://youtu.be/ox2wl0E_PH8|watch the presentation]]|<color #bdbdbd>36</color>|
 +|Nov 23, 2022|//day before thanksgiving// no meeting|
 +|Nov 30, 2022|Planning Meeting.| |<color #bdbdbd>23</color>|
 +|Dec 7, 2022|Potpourri\\ Why Use Radians as Angular Measure? (Charles Holbrow)\\ Nuclear Energy Update (David Kahan) {{lctg:20221207_nuclear_power_update.pdf|slides}}\\ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HEfIJlcFbs|World Record Domino Robot]] Setting up 100,000 dominoes in 24 hours\\ [[https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/|nuclear bomb effects on a city]] and [[https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/nukemap/|about these nuclear maps]]| |<color #bdbdbd>37</color>|
 +|Dec 14, 2022|Cognition, Affect, and Learning: The Role of Emotions in Learning – Barry Kort |[[https://youtu.be/sf2JL3zwrmg|watch the presentation]] |<color #bdbdbd>??</color>|
 +|Dec 21, 2022|Early Digital Computers from late 1930's to around 1950 (Carl Lazarus)\\ |[[https://youtu.be/a1KN0KiOnMs|watch the presentation]] |<color #bdbdbd>39</color>|
 +|Dec 28, 2022|//between Christmas and New Years - no meeting//|
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