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::RECENT AND UPCOMING MEETINGS::

DateSubject & DescriptionConfirmedContact
Jan 7, 2026Potpourri
* 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)
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)
Jan 14, 2026LHS Seniors share the process of making their AI Chatbot (Jerry Xu et al)
Meeting Summary
N e x t . M e e t i n g
Jan 21, 2026Brian Green interviews Kip Thorne, part 1 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.
Jan 21 Meeting Summary
Jan 28, 2026Brian Greene interviews Kip Thorne, part 2
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Feb 4, 2026IoT and your home wi-fi network Seth S
Feb 11, 2026Space Update George G
Feb 18, 2026AI: Real Time Exploration of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity Dick
Feb 25, 2026Potpourri
Jerry S - Presentation technologies
Mar 4, 2026RUMP – Who, What, Where, When and How John D
Mar 11, 2026GASP Planning session Please join and help us plan future meetings.  Can you speak on a topic? Do you know someone who would like to?
Mar 18, 2026Hearing Aids update George G
Mar 25, 2026Tesla self-driving video Seth S
Apr 1, 2026Microplastics video John R
Apr 8, 2026Potpourri
Apr 15, 2026AI Prompting John D
Apr 22, 2026
Apr 29, 2026
May 6, 2026
May 13, 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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::RECENT MEETINGS::

January 8, 2025Dick Wagner on Sociobiology
Talk based on Sociobiology (The New Synthesis) by Edward O. Wilson © 1975 watch the presentation . chat messages . Meeting Summary . slides
January 15, 2025Potpourri
Continuation of Sociobiology slides . watch the presentation
Elon Musk's optimistic views of the future . Meeting Summary
January 22, 2025Practical Fusion Power Update and Challenges: breeding and handling Tritium (TedK)
Meeting Summary . watch the presentation
January 29, 2025Potpourri. Egg Drop from Space (Mark Rober) . How does a computer mouse work? (12m) . Astrophysicist Explains Gravity in 5 Levels of Difficulty
February 5, 2025Sabine Hossenfelder day
Videos we watched: Did DeepSeek burst the AI bubble or will the Stargate Project make it worse?
AI Super Agents are coming. Allegedly. What does this mean? . The Case for String Theory Just Got Stronger
How close is the bird flu to human transmission? Status update. . Is the Universe Infinite or Finite?
What is “gravitic propulsion” and could the US government hide it?
February 12, 2025Modular 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) slides . Paper on status of SMR . Meeting Summarywatch the presentation
February 19, 2025Potpourri, showing: Time travel in fiction (8m)How time travel is possible (9m)
The time travel paradox you never heard of (10m)New office math (1m)
Why can't anything go faster than the speed of light? History of speed of light part II (12m)
The best and worst ways to board a plane (9m)Solving the three-body problem (16m)Large and small views (3m) . chat messages
February 26, 2025Curated interesting video shorts, including Hossenfelder & Veritasium. Videos presented and discussed:
(25m) What if all the world's biggest problems have the same solution? (Vertasium)
(7m) What Everyone Gets Wrong about AI (Hossenfelder)
(35m) The problem with Sabine Hossenfelder
Meeting Summary . chat messages
March 5, 2025GASP planning session
March 12, 2025Brian Greene day. We saw:
Intro slides
Code to Cure: AI and the Future of Health
I Am Not a Robot:2025 Academy Award Winner
March 19, 2025Videos we viewed: 3D Houses 60 Minutes (22m))11 Lies about printing houses (15m)
Printing Cheap Clay Houses(4m)Why 3D Printing Buildings Leads to Problems (16m)
How Cement is Made (7.5m)CBS News on printing homes after a disaster (2m)
Other videos on the topic we did not view: Larry Sass TED (19m)How Concrete Homes Are Built with a 3D Printer (6m)
3D Printed Concrete House, Printed in 48 hours (3m)Move In Ready 3D Printed House in Germany (11m)
Inside a 3D Printed House That's Actually (kind of) Affordable (9m)
March 26, 2025Potpourri
Asteroid Risks (John Rudy) slides
Gamota's suggested astronomy videos What's beyond the observable universe?Breakthrough cosmic filament connecting galaxies finally detected plus
Can you fool a self-driving car? (Yes you can fool some.)
chat messagesMeeting Summary
April 2, 2025Listen up: Hearing Aids - The Newest Technology Available Now (Gamota).
slides chat messagesMeeting Summarywatch the presentation
Videos we viewed in the presentation:
Hearing Aid Types and How to choose
Dr. Cliff: How to Decide Which Hearing Aid Technology Level is Right for You
Costco's Best Hearing Aids 2025
After 2 Years of Reviews: My Top 3 OTC Hearing Aids 2024
didn't have time to show:
Use of Gimbels - gyros in Hearing Aids
Hearing Aid Bluetooth LE Audio Explained
Auracast Bluetooth for Hearing aids, everything you need to know explanation
April 9, 2025Electrified mobility and its effect on the town. Popular models, price trends, accessibility benefits, and safety risks. Discuss the adoption of e-bikes and scooters in town over the past couple years and its impact (e.g. proposals for a formal speed limit on the commuter bikeway, debates over the creation of dedicated / mixed use paths when redesigning local roads). (Rich Moffitt suggests)
slides chat messagesMeeting Summary
* Why are people talking about “micromobility” now?
* What are e-bike classes (1, 2, 3) and what are the tradeoffs / restrictions?
* What's the risk of battery fires on these things and how can I manage the risks?
* Why are they popular now? (mainly because motor costs have come way down and reliability has gone up, see video of hub motor production: E-Bike Hub Motor Factory Tour in China ELECTRICBIKE.COM )
* Is it feasible to DIY build (sometimes, with considerations)		 Rich Moffitt
April 16, 2025The Entire Universe - BBC, History of Universe
Philomena Cunk vs Prof Brian Cox		 Ted
April 23, 2025Potpourri, including
Portable Software (Drew)
Protopage, 1TB 1GB/s Thumb drive, BackMarket, CamelCamelCamel.com, UptimeRobot, and Free Movies online no login no fees (SteveI)
chat messagesMeeting Summary, with links to mentioned apps
April 30, 2025Lexington's 250 Drone Show: How They Pulled It Off (What goes into producing a fantastic drone show) Meeting SummarySlides: click on slideshow buttonThe paperWatch the presentation
May 7, 2025Heat pumps in Lexington – trends and options, pitfalls to watch out for. (Moffitt) Meeting Summarychat messageswatch the presentation
May 14, 2025Space Junk and How To Manage It - EU's Space Claw (Bob) Meeting Notes with video links chat messagesMeeting Summary
May 21, 2025(1h18m) Richard Feynman Lecture -- “Los Alamos From Below”
May 28, 2025Potpourri, including:
Space Junk part 2 (~30m)
Extend your display (Drew)
What did China see on the other side of the moon? linkchat messagesMeeting Summary
June 4, 2025Selected Nobel Prizes in Medicine chat messages . Meeting Summarywatch the presentation; captions available
June 11, 2025Comparison of the most popular AI engines. Which is best for this or that. chat messages . Meeting Summarywatch the Beyond Generative presentationBeyond Generative slides
June 18, 2025GASP Planning session Meeting summary
June 25, 2025Fusion Update Meeting Summarywatch the presentation
July 2, 2025Oliver Marsh: Crack growth and iceberg formation on a dynamic ice shelf. (Oliver is a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey) Abstract: Ice shelves around Antarctica are critical to slowing the rate of sea level rise. This talk addresses new technology used to monitor cracks in ice shelves during polar winter, including GNSS precise point positioning, and ground-based and satellite radar systems. Three major iceberg calving events have occurred on the Brunt Ice Shelf since 2021, with new high-precision data used to inform models of fracture propagation and ice shelf stability. Meeting Summary . watch the presentation
July 9, 2025History of Space Travel: Venus and MarsComplete History of Space Exploration Beyond Our Earth5 Fascinating Missions in Space
July 16, 2025Drones. The background of drones and the technology behind them; Using drones in photography and examples of image chat messages . Meeting Summary . watch the presentation
July 23, 2025Basics of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Radio Telescopes used in imaging black holes Meeting Summary . watch the presentation - not ready yet
July 30, 2025(59m) A Hackers Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules and How to Bend Them Back (Bruce Schneier) a Harvard Science Book Talk Series Lecture chat messages
Aug 6, 2025Potpourri
(31m) Solving Wordle using information theory . chat messages. Meeting Summary
and/or Ground Based Deep Space Telescope accomplishments (?)
and/or (1h8m+30m Q&A) new results from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), from the team that brought us the first-ever image of a black hole, from 5/16/2022
Aug 13, 2025Volcanic activity studies Meeting Summary . watch the presentation
Aug 20, 2025Hearing 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?) George's slides . Charlie's Slides . Meeting Summary . chat messages . watch the presentation
Pertinent videos
Phonak Audeo Sphere (28m)
Jabra 30 (13m)
Best Costco Hearing Aids 2025 (58m)
Non-Costco provider, onlinehearing.com
Aug 27, 2025Using 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 Chance and Necessity Portal for this talk. Meeting Summary
Sep 3, 2025Robots in Everyday Life
Meeting Summary . chat messages
Sep 10, 2025AI and Copyright Law, and CRISPR update
Meeting Summary . chat messages
Sep 17, 2025GASP Planning session
Sep 24, 2025Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain: We will pay attention to the tech behind the curtain.
(RH day2)
- The Tech Behind Cruise Control, Crash Prevention and Lane Detection link
- How Wireless Charging Is Advancing to Make Power Cords Obsolete link
- How shazam Makes Unique Audio Fingerprints to Identify Songs link
- How Noise-Canceling Headphones Remove Background Sound link
- The Tech Behind How Concert LED Light Wristbands Work link
- The Tech That Powers Tap-to-Pay link
Oct 1, 2025(YK eve) Windows Power Toys Meeting Summary slides
Oct 8, 2025Susan Liebman and The Dressmaker's Mirror Meeting Summary
Oct 15, 2025Potpourri
Federal Science Priority Update (George)
Why is there no methylene in methylene blue? (Jerry) Meeting Summary chat messages
Oct 22, 2025Edwin Land Mr. Polaroid
Oct 29, 2025Drew on image backups, recovery to virtual machines, and temporarily pausing your Windows updates (caveat emptor)
and other topics of note chat messages Meeting Summary
Nov 5, 2025LCTG AI Research Group
Turing's paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” with a live discussion with “Alan Turing” slides
Meeting Summary . watch the presentation . visualization of the presentation
Nov 12, 2025Potpourri
* The installation of the vacuum vessel where the ions will collide and produce energy
* How Google Translate Uses Math to Understand 134 Languages
* How Google Remapped the World
* Large Language Models Explained
* The world depends on a collection of strange items; they're not cheap.
chat messages
Nov 19, 2025Open Source and Creative Commons Licensing (also copyright, copyleft (sic), public domain, and more!) Meeting Summary notes . slides
Nov 26, 2025Thanksgiving eve - Happy Thanksgiving! - no meeting
Dec 3, 2025High School Chatbot Project (Wei Ding) Meeting Summary slides
Dec 10, 2025What are Wifi 6, 6E, and 7? What's new/improved? What do you get? Meeting Summary slides Bob, Drew
Dec 11, 2025 Th2pm: Rump session, the impact of AI on cognitive Skills (John Day). See link for info and the link to this online meeting.
Dec 17, 2025GASP Planning session
Dec 24, 2025'twas the night before Christmas - no meeting Don't forget to clean your chimney and set out the cookies and milk!
Dec 31, 2025'tis the night before the beginning of 2026 - no meeting Do your tax prep before the stroke of midnight!

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