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The Dull Men's Club wizards subgroup is for discussions of a scientific nature. This list is mostly for setting up topics for future meetings. Topics for Future Meetings Replacing cell towers with Satellites. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_mtAPpqzPM State of the art battery technology Chip Design process and equipmwnt ASML Health Topis Boston Life Science Clinical Trials for Macular Degeneration using Yamanake Genes Drug discovery using AI I have been studying how AI is used in drug discovery. It would interesting to describe AI tools developed by David Baker of Washington State where he and the Google Deep Mind people won the Noble Prize in 2016. Not sure how to present this but we can then describe the drugs discovered and the diseases they solved. It would show progress using this technology. U of Washington and David Baker have made software tools like Foldit that are available for people to test ideas in genetics. Basically, when protein is made the way it folds determines it function. Alzheimers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhwNcH1zKXE Just some ideas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7NHWj8JEzE Deep Learning for Protein Engineering Primer (AlphaFold 2, ProteinMPNN, RFDiffusion) Aug 2026 update on Voyager 1 and 2. more than 55 years of operation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWww7z4h22E Anyway, other topics might be: -How AI is changing engineering work(for example in script writing) -Semiconductor technology for Flash Memory or High Bandwidth Memory DRAMs HBM for GPUs -Progress in Health for seniors. Cancer and other disease progress. For example, Moderna and Merck have announced new cancer treatments. The increasing use of Lithium for Alzheimer's. This is more biology but Wizard may be interested in improving their health. -Also, what we can do personally to improve our health. On youtube many health professionals offer services to guide people. After all doctors have a tough time keeping up with the number of patients. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Wizards Archives.
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