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Library Selection for June Meeting
April 16, 2019
Our library selection for the June meeting is Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, by Andrew Maynard (Mango, 2018).

Andrew gave a great talk at our December meeting that ranged from genetic engineering (Jurassic Park) and brain-enhancing drugs (Limitless) to human augmentation (Ghost in the Shell), and artificial intelligence (Ex Machina).
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Fun With Kroger, Hyundai Teams with Tencent on AVs, Robots Get Touchy-Feely with Trash
April 12, 2019
TTI/V would like to thank the Cincinnati Reds for winning their second game of the young season and long time member Kroger for a remarkable visit to their Store of the Future. We saw innovations in ultrawide-aspect 4K rear projection display technology, cameras, and temperature sensors, and an integration of it all into an efficient, big-data-powered grocery store experience. Thank you Brett Bonner and your outstanding team! Thank you members who traveled to join us. It would not have been the same without you. We’ll let you know when Nancy Kleinrock’s write-up is posted in the archives.

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Malware Via Patch, Plant Detectors, NYC is Cheap
April 05, 2019
How can we improve the collaboration between young, start-up companies and older, more-established organizations? Let’s find out together. Please complete our brief TTI/Vanguard: Start-Up and Large Organization Collaboration Survey. Participants will receive our research findings and contribute to the growing synergy among organizations.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/F376QGX
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Gray Goo. Gender Bias in Spacesuits, FCC Frees Up Millimeter Waves
March 29, 2019
Our California colleagues have been enjoying the Superbloom. And soon our Washington, DC, community will have its turn. According to the National Parks Service, peak Cherry Blossom bloom will be next week, April 3–6th!
www.nps.gov/subjects/cherryblossom/index.htm
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Ghidra Open-Sourced, Voting Open-Sourced , Computing with DNA
March 22, 2019
The NSA has open-sourced Ghidra, a tool it developed to reverse-engineer compiled code back into program instructions. (Armando Solar-Lezama, Washington, D.C., Sep 2018)
www.wired.com/story/nsa-ghidra-open-source-tool/
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Unsafe at any speed? 787 Max, Huawei, and Amazon Under Scrutiny
March 15, 2019
Is the Boeing 737 Max 8 unsafe at any speed? Much of the world, including the U.K., Canada, China, much of Europe, and, finally, the U.S., have suspended flights. (Bob Charette, Washington, D.C., Oct 2014; MITRE field trip, Oct 2015). Steven Cherry would have been taking one next week on a Caribbean vacation and says he was more worried about sunburn.
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Google Killing the Password, Corning Kills Joule's Law of Ohmic Heating, AVs Don't Kill Pedestrians
March 01, 2019
Elvis Cao, who’s speaking next week in Berkeley, isn’t the only one trying to turn carbon dioxide into energy. As reported in Science, researchers in Australia are working on a scheme to turn CO2 into coal—which seems self-defeating but in fact is a proxy for taking it out of the atmosphere and turning it into a solid that can be buried
www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/liquid-metal-catalyst-turns-carbon-dioxide-coal
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Folding Phones, Oceans of Data, Putting Wikipedia in Balance
February 22, 2019
“Oceans of data” is usually a metaphor, but scientists are now mining ocean data to advise fishermen where to fish for the best catch, and where not to fish to avoid sea turtles and other protected species. (Sampriti Bhattacharyya, San Francisco, Dec 2018)
www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/02/04/big-sea-bigger-data-how-analytical-biologists-are-making-peace-between-fishermen-turtles/
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Opportunity's Epic Run, JPM Launches Blockchain Currency, End of the Superjumbos
February 15, 2019
Amazon announced this week that it had changed its mind and will not build a half of a half of a headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. The company blamed local politicians and activists. Apparently, $3 billion dollars in government subsidies and incentives wasn’t enough for the company, which said it needed “positive, collaborative relationships with state and local elected officials who will be supportive over the long-term."
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Zillow Prize, Beat the House, Jenga Bot
February 08, 2019
Care to try your hand at a $1 million Zillow prize to improve Zestimate? The competition will be one of the largest to be held on Kaggle (Anthony Goldbloom, San Francisco, Dec 2018 and Dec 2013).
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