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-|Oct 1, 2025|<fs x-small>(YK eve)</fs> Windows Power Toys [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251001|Meeting Summary]] {{lctg:20251001_power_toys.pdf|slides}}|
+|Jan 7, 2026|Potpourri\\ * Email encryption: what is it, why you need it, how to use it, free and paid choices (Drew) \\ * A new use for your old smart phone (other than as a paperweight) (Steve)\\ [[:lctgmeetingsummary20260107|Meeting Summary]]\\ \\ for a future meeting:\\ //* Some considerations on buying a pc nowadays (Bob)\\  * Hearing Aids update (CharlyS)\\ * Buying refurbished (one reliable and cost-effective option) (Steve)//|
-|Oct 8, 2025|Susan Liebman and //The Dressmaker's Mirror// [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251008|Meeting Summary]]| |
+|Jan 14, 2026|LHS Seniors share the process of making their AI Chatbot (Jerry Xu et al)\\ [[:lctgmeetingsummary20260114|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 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]] | | |
-|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]]|
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-|Dec 10, 2025|All about Wifi 6 and Wifi 7. What's new? What do you get?| |Bob, Drew|
+|Jan 21, 2026|Brian Green interviews Kip Thorne, part 1 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTs--eFrzGo|the 2hr+ interview]]\\ //Brian Greene is a theoretical physicist and bestselling author known for making complex physics accessible to the public through books like The Elegant Universe and his work as co-founder of the World Science Festival, where he regularly hosts conversations with leading scientists.\\ Kip Thorne is a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist whose groundbreaking work on gravitational waves led to the detection of these ripples in spacetime by LIGO in 2015, and who also served as scientific consultant and executive producer for the film Interstellar.//\\ [[:lctgmeetingsummary20260121|Jan 21 Meeting Summary]]|
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+|Jan 28, 2026|Brian Greene interviews Kip Thorne, part 2|
-|Dec 11, 2025 Th|2pm: Rump session, the 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. |||
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-|Dec 17, 2025|<bg yellow>GASP Planning session</bg>| | |
+|Feb 4, 2026|IoT and your home wi-fi network| |Seth S|
-|Dec 24, 2025|//'twas the night before Christmas - no meeting// | | |
+|Feb 11, 2026|Space Update | |George G |
-|Dec 31, 2025|//New Year's Eve - no meeting// | | |
+|Feb 18, 2026|AI: Real Time Exploration of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity| |Dick|
-|Jan 7, 2026|Tentative: Automatic Driving. Waygo, Tesla, others. (Justin and ?)| |Steve|
+|Feb 25, 2026|Potpourri\\ Jerry S - Presentation technologies | | |
-|Jan 14, 2026|Potpourri| | |
+|Mar 4, 2026|RUMP – Who, What, Where, When and How| |John D |
-|Jan 21, 2026|AI: Real Time Exploration of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity| |Dick|
+|Mar 11, 2026|GASP Planning session //<ff serif>Please join and help us plan future meetings.  Can you speak on a topic? Do you know someone who would like to?</ff>//|
-|Jan 28, 2026|One or more of:\\ Whatsa Wiki: how to spell it, what you can do with it, using the group's wiki as an example and creating your very own wiki (all at no added cost) \\ Securing your life and technology - what you can do on a small budget\\ Installing a VM running Linux on your Macbook| |Steve|
+|Mar 18, 2026|Hearing Aids update| |George G|
-|Feb 4, 2026| | | |
+|Mar 25, 2026|Tesla self-driving video| |Seth S|
-|Feb 11, 2026| | | |
+|Apr 1, 2026|Microplastics video| |John R|
-|Feb 18, 2026| | | |
+|Apr 8, 2026|Potpourri|
-|Feb 25, 2026| | | |
+|Apr 15, 2026|AI Prompting| |John D|
-|Mar 4, 2026| | | |
+|Apr 22, 2026|
-|Mar 11, 2026|
+|Apr 29, 2026|
-|Mar 18, 2026|
+|May 6, 2026|
-|Mar 25, 2026|
+|May 13, 2026|
-|Apr 1, 2026|
+|May 20, 2026|
+|May 27, 2026|
+|June 3, 2026|
+|June 10,2026|(tentative) One or more of:\\ Whatsa Wiki: how to spell it, what you can do with it, using the group's wiki as an example and creating your very own wiki (all at no added cost) \\ Securing your life and technology - what you can do on a small budget\\ Installing a VM running Linux on your Macbook| |Steve|
+|June 17, 2026|
+|June 24,2026|
+|July 1,2026|
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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]]| | |
 |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 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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 |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]] {{lctg:20251001_power_toys.pdf|slides}}|
+|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 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]] | | |
+|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}}|
+|Dec 10, 2025|What are Wifi 6, 6E, and 7? What's new/improved? What do you get? [[:lctgmeetingsummary20251210|Meeting Summary]]  {{:lctg:20251210_wifi_6_7.pdf|slides}}| |Bob, Drew|
+|Dec 11, 2025 Th|2pm: Rump session, the 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. |||
+|Dec 17, 2025|GASP Planning session||
+|Dec 24, 2025|//'twas the night before Christmas - no meeting// //<ff serif>Don't forget to clean your chimney and set out the cookies and milk!</ff>// |||
+|Dec 31, 2025|//'tis the night before the beginning of 2026 - no meeting// //<ff serif>Do your tax prep before the stroke of midnight!</ff>//|||
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