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 <fs large>Recently recorded meeting videos you can watch now:</fs> <fs large>Recently recorded meeting videos you can watch now:</fs>
  
 +  * [[https://youtu.be/ZptaFNJ9lM0|Alan Turing and AI]] with comments from “Alan Turing” 11/5/2025
   * [[https://youtu.be/1QcmpPk2QRg|Volcanic Activity studies]] 8/13/2025 (TedK's last presentation)   * [[https://youtu.be/1QcmpPk2QRg|Volcanic Activity studies]] 8/13/2025 (TedK's last presentation)
   * [[https://youtu.be/kipMl3DG-Us|Antarctic Ice-Crack Growth and Iceberg Formation due to Global Warming]] 7/2/2025   * [[https://youtu.be/kipMl3DG-Us|Antarctic Ice-Crack Growth and Iceberg Formation due to Global Warming]] 7/2/2025
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-|Sep 3, 2025|Robots in Everyday Life \\ [[:lctgmeetingsummary20250903|Meeting Summary]] . [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250903|chat messages]]| |JohnR| +|Oct 1, 2025|<fs x-small>(YK eve)</fs> Windows Power Toys [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251001|Meeting Summary]] {{lctg:20251001_power_toys.pdf|slides}}|
-|Sep 10, 2025|AI and Copyright Law, and CRISPR update \\ [[:lctgmeetingsummary20250910|Meeting Summary]] . [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250910|chat messages]]| |Dick| +
-|Sep 17, 2025|GASP Planning session| | | +
-|Sep 24, 2025|Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain: We will pay attention to the //tech// behind the curtain. <fs x-small> \\ (RH day2)</fs> \\ - The Tech Behind Cruise Control, Crash Prevention and Lane Detection [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/the-tech-behind-cruise-control-crash-prevention-and-lane-detection/7CEADC87-B070-4266-8EAF-2EA8ED91DE0D?mod=WSJvidctr__pos2|link]] \\  - How Wireless Charging Is Advancing to Make Power Cords Obsolete [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-wireless-charging-is-advancing-to-make-power-cords-obsolete/4C7E1BF7-7268-4562-9EDC-0A590F7C9851?mod=WSJvidctr__pos4|link]] \\  - How shazam Makes Unique Audio Fingerprints to Identify Songs [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-shazam-makes-unique-audio-fingerprints-to-identify-songs/9D7E86B7-73EF-4B92-8726-162E62B0EA3A?mod=WSJvidctr__pos7|link]] \\  - How Noise-Canceling Headphones Remove Background Sound [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-noise-canceling-headphones-remove-background-sound/C150E958-1E2B-483D-87C4-01A33F1D19D9?mod=WSJvidctr__pos8|link]] \\  - The Tech Behind How Concert LED Light Wristbands Work [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/the-tech-behind-how-concert-led-light-wristbands-work/EAA54145-D07A-4100-8153-2EAF8D671921?mod=WSJvidctr__pos9|link]] \\  - The Tech That Powers Tap-to-Pay [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/the-tech-that-powers-tap-to-pay/F5C2DBC2-7CEB-4D03-BA48-E58580F05D20?mod=WSJvidctr__pos10|link]]| | | +
-|Oct 1, 2025|<fs x-small>(YK eve)</fs> Windows Power Toys [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251001|Meeting Summary]]|+
 |Oct 8, 2025|Susan Liebman and //The Dressmaker's Mirror// [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251008|Meeting Summary]]| | |Oct 8, 2025|Susan Liebman and //The Dressmaker's Mirror// [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251008|Meeting Summary]]| |
 |Oct 15, 2025|Potpourri \\ Federal Science Priority Update (George) \\ Why is there no methylene in methylene blue? (Jerry) [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251015|Meeting Summary]] [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20251015|chat messages]]| | | |Oct 15, 2025|Potpourri \\ Federal Science Priority Update (George) \\ Why is there no methylene in methylene blue? (Jerry) [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251015|Meeting Summary]] [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20251015|chat messages]]| | |
 |Oct 22, 2025|Edwin Land [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k2XVoJDS_0|Mr. Polaroid]] | |Oct 22, 2025|Edwin Land [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k2XVoJDS_0|Mr. Polaroid]] |
 |Oct 29, 2025|Drew on image backups, recovery to virtual machines, and temporarily pausing your Windows updates (caveat emptor) \\ //and other topics of note// [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20251029|chat messages]] [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251029|Meeting Summary]] | | | |Oct 29, 2025|Drew on image backups, recovery to virtual machines, and temporarily pausing your Windows updates (caveat emptor) \\ //and other topics of note// [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20251029|chat messages]] [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251029|Meeting Summary]] | | |
-|Nov 5, 2025|//LCTG AI Research Group// \\ Turing's paper ”Computing Machinery and Intelligence” with a live discussion with “Alan Turing” [[https://jhnday.github.io/AI-Research-Collective/turing_presentation_outline|slides]]\\ [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251105|Meeting Summary]]| +|Nov 5, 2025|//LCTG AI Research Group// \\ Turing's paper ”Computing Machinery and Intelligence” with a live discussion with “Alan Turing” [[https://jhnday.github.io/AI-Research-Collective/turing_presentation_outline|slides]]\\ [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251105|Meeting Summary]] . [[https://youtu.be/ZptaFNJ9lM0|watch the presentation]] . [[https://jhnday.github.io/AI-Research-Collective/AlanTuringLCTG|visualization of the presentation]]|  
 +|Nov 12, 2025|Potpourri\\ * [[https://blog.cfs.energy/half-of-sparcs-heart-a-48-ton-steel-vessel-arrives-at-cfs/|The installation of the vacuum vessel where the ions will collide and produce energy]]\\ * [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-google-translate-uses-math-to-understand-134-languages/5E6035BC-36E2-4681-B71A-2E549B634665?mod=WSJvidctr__pos3|How Google Translate Uses Math to Understand 134 Languages]]\\ * [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-google-remapped-the-world-the-tech-behind/8D9A4088-3A5A-40CA-8BC9-5C8D7CF9017D?mod=WSJvidctr__pos12|How Google Remapped the World]]\\ * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZh9BOjkQs|Large Language Models Explained]]\\ * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esQyYGezS7c|The world depends on a collection of strange items; they're not cheap.]]\\ [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20251112|chat messages]]| 
 +|Nov 19, 2025|Open Source and Creative Commons Licensing (also copyright, copyleft (sic), public domain, and more!) [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251119|Meeting Summary]] {{lctg:20251119_OpenSourceLicensing.pdf|notes}} . {{lctg:20251119_OpenSourceLicenses_Revised.pdf|slides}}| 
 +|Nov 26, 2025|//Thanksgiving eve - Happy Thanksgiving! - no meeting// | | | 
 +|Dec 3, 2025|High School Chatbot Project (Wei Ding) [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251203|Meeting Summary]] {{:lctg:20251203_wei_ding.pdf|slides}}|
 |@#9999ff:<fs small>N e x t . M e e t i n g </fs>|||| |@#9999ff:<fs small>N e x t . M e e t i n g </fs>||||
-|Nov 12, 2025|Potpourri\\ * How to tell the difference between a real human response and one produced by AI (video (steve))\\ * The installation of the vacuum vessel where the ions will collide and produce energy: [[https://blog.cfs.energy/half-of-sparcs-heart-a-48-ton-steel-vessel-arrives-at-cfs/|link (~10m)]]\\ and more?| | |+|Dec 10, 2025|All about Wifi 6 and Wifi 7What's new? What do you get?| |Bob, Drew|
 |@#9999ff:<fs small> . </fs>|||| |@#9999ff:<fs small> . </fs>||||
-|Nov 19, 2025|Open Source and Creative Commons Licensing (also copyrightcopyleft (sic), public domain, and more!)| |Bob & Dick| +|Dec 11, 2025 Th|2pm: Rump sessionthe impact of AI on cognitive Skills (John Day). See [[https://jhnday.github.io/AI-Research-Collective/AIRCPortal|link]] for info and the link to this online meeting. ||| 
-|Nov 26, 2025|//Thanksgiving eve// | | | +|Dec 17, 2025|<bg yellow>GASP Planning session</bg>| | |
-|Dec 3, 2025|All about Wifi 6 and Wifi 7What's new? What do you get?| |Bob, Drew+
-|Dec 10, 2025|<bg yellow>GASP Planning session</bg>| | | +
-|Dec 17, 2025|Potpourri| | |+
 |Dec 24, 2025|//'twas the night before Christmas - no meeting// | | | |Dec 24, 2025|//'twas the night before Christmas - no meeting// | | |
 |Dec 31, 2025|//New Year's Eve - no meeting// | | | |Dec 31, 2025|//New Year's Eve - no meeting// | | |
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 |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]]| | | |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 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 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 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]]| | | |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]]| | |
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 |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?) {{:lctg:20250820_ha_addition.pdf|George's slides}}  . {{:lctg:20250820_hearingaidappliances.pdf|Charlie's Slides}}  . [[:lctgmeetingsummary20250820|Meeting Summary]] . [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250820|chat messages]] . [[https://youtu.be/RfW7JGTR8JQ|watch the presentation]] \\  Pertinent videos \\  [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ0-aZHwOE4|Phonak Audeo Sphere (28m)]] \\  [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEXt8BwJy_Q|Jabra 30 (13m)]] \\  [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnoGiSNxVd0|Best Costco Hearing Aids 2025 (58m)]] \\  [[https://onlinehearing.com|Non-Costco provider, onlinehearing.com]]  | | | |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?) {{:lctg:20250820_ha_addition.pdf|George's slides}}  . {{:lctg:20250820_hearingaidappliances.pdf|Charlie's Slides}}  . [[:lctgmeetingsummary20250820|Meeting Summary]] . [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250820|chat messages]] . [[https://youtu.be/RfW7JGTR8JQ|watch the presentation]] \\  Pertinent videos \\  [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ0-aZHwOE4|Phonak Audeo Sphere (28m)]] \\  [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEXt8BwJy_Q|Jabra 30 (13m)]] \\  [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnoGiSNxVd0|Best Costco Hearing Aids 2025 (58m)]] \\  [[https://onlinehearing.com|Non-Costco provider, onlinehearing.com]]  | | |
 |Aug 27, 2025|Using AI Tools and Techniques to Explore Molecular Biology Findings by Monod \\ Covering: Monod's contributions to molecular biology and Demonstrating AI tools and techniques \\ Using the AI Group's [[https://jhnday.github.io/Chance-and-Necessity/ChncNeccPortal|Chance and Necessity Portal]] for this talk. [[:lctgmeetingsummary20250827|Meeting Summary]]| | | |Aug 27, 2025|Using AI Tools and Techniques to Explore Molecular Biology Findings by Monod \\ Covering: Monod's contributions to molecular biology and Demonstrating AI tools and techniques \\ Using the AI Group's [[https://jhnday.github.io/Chance-and-Necessity/ChncNeccPortal|Chance and Necessity Portal]] for this talk. [[:lctgmeetingsummary20250827|Meeting Summary]]| | |
 +|Sep 3, 2025|Robots in Everyday Life \\ [[:lctgmeetingsummary20250903|Meeting Summary]] . [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250903|chat messages]]| 
 +|Sep 10, 2025|AI and Copyright Law, and CRISPR update \\ [[:lctgmeetingsummary20250910|Meeting Summary]] . [[https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=2025lctgmeetingchats#section20250910|chat messages]]| 
 +|Sep 17, 2025|GASP Planning session| 
 +|Sep 24, 2025|Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain: We will pay attention to the //tech// behind the curtain. <fs x-small> \\ (RH day2)</fs> \\ - The Tech Behind Cruise Control, Crash Prevention and Lane Detection [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/the-tech-behind-cruise-control-crash-prevention-and-lane-detection/7CEADC87-B070-4266-8EAF-2EA8ED91DE0D?mod=WSJvidctr__pos2|link]] \\  - How Wireless Charging Is Advancing to Make Power Cords Obsolete [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-wireless-charging-is-advancing-to-make-power-cords-obsolete/4C7E1BF7-7268-4562-9EDC-0A590F7C9851?mod=WSJvidctr__pos4|link]] \\  - How shazam Makes Unique Audio Fingerprints to Identify Songs [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-shazam-makes-unique-audio-fingerprints-to-identify-songs/9D7E86B7-73EF-4B92-8726-162E62B0EA3A?mod=WSJvidctr__pos7|link]] \\  - How Noise-Canceling Headphones Remove Background Sound [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/how-noise-canceling-headphones-remove-background-sound/C150E958-1E2B-483D-87C4-01A33F1D19D9?mod=WSJvidctr__pos8|link]] \\  - The Tech Behind How Concert LED Light Wristbands Work [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/the-tech-behind-how-concert-led-light-wristbands-work/EAA54145-D07A-4100-8153-2EAF8D671921?mod=WSJvidctr__pos9|link]] \\  - The Tech That Powers Tap-to-Pay [[https://www.wsj.com/video/series/tech-behind/the-tech-that-powers-tap-to-pay/F5C2DBC2-7CEB-4D03-BA48-E58580F05D20?mod=WSJvidctr__pos10|link]]|
  
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