By Ron Latanision and John Brown On November 14, author Joe Simonetta spoke about the truth, which is under siege in our contemporary world; and on November 28th Wilson Forum Historian Vincent Dixon spoke about a central debate of our time, the purposes and evolution of government. By Ron Latanision
The Wilson Science & Technology Forum at The Jenks Center in Winchester By Ron Latanision and John Brown Tales from the AI Frontier On October 10, Dr. Eddie Robins spoke about the human-machine interface in the expanding presence of artificial intelligence (AI) in our lives. The rapidity with which AI
By Ron Latanisian In September, Michael Garjian spoke about An Alternative to Corporate Capitalism in Managing the Socio-economic Risks of Emerging Technologies and Jagadeesh Moodera spoke about The Evolution of Quantum Computers An Alternative to Corporate Capitalism The introduction of any new technology into the marketplace and into our social
By Ron Latanision, John Brown, and Walter Hubbard In June, Marv Goldschmitt added the perspective of a technological philosopher to The Artificial Intelligence Revolution and Professor Amit Goyal spoke about High Temperature Superconductors Artificial Intelligence - Wrap Up for the 2024-2025 Forum Season On June 27, our season wrap-up, The
In January MIT’s Professor Srinivasan Chandrasekar spoke about the forerunner of modern toughened glasses, and Dr. Albert Moussa addressed hydrogen in aviation at the David Wilson Science and Technology Forum. By Ron Latanision, John Brown, and Walter Hubbard Prince Rupert’s Drops: 400-year-old Mystery Revealed On February 14, Professor
By Ron Latanision, John Brown, and Walter Hubbard Emeritus Professor Ron Ballinger of MIT’s Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering spoke in January about recent interest on the part of Big Tech in Restarting Decommissioned Nuclear Power Plants. The growing demand for electricity stimulated by EVs, data-intensive cryptocurrencies (especially
By John Brown, Ron Latanision, and Walter Hubbard In December Patrick Roche of Good Energy discussed the state of renewable electricity on the New England grid and how this aligns with Massachusetts’ ambitious climate goals, with particular emphasis on how this works here in Winchester. Good Energy manages community choice
By John Brown, Ron Latanision, and Walter Hubbard On Nov. 8, Peter Ciriscioli spoke with seniors at the Jenks over Zoom about Autonomous Vehicle Policy Issues. Public road Autonomous Vehicle (AV) testing poses safety problems. Autonomous Vehicle developers have reported “miles driven” by their cars, but the number of injuries
By Ron Latanision, John Brown, and Walter Hubbard We led off our new Wilson Forum season in September with An Introduction to and Test Drive of Generative AI, developed by Marv Goldschmitt of AIUpdate, Paula McConnell of Seva Digital and Innovation Toronto’s Ron Smith. This session began with Marv’
By Walter Hubbard, Ron Latanision, and John Brown While commercial air travel is an extremely safe mode of transport, accidents involving fire or explosion have occurred. Though very infrequent, they can have catastrophic consequences. These accidents are the driving force behind all safety recommendations by the National Transportation Safety Board,
By Ron Latanision, John Brown, and Walter Hubbard On Friday, May 10, Peter Baldwin, Past President of Ramgen Power System (Ret.), offered his perspective on evolving Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) opportunities. Ramgen Power Systems had successfully developed a supersonic CO2 compression technology with support from DOE-NETL and Dresser-Rand, intended
