Technology

LWV’s Lunch With A Leader: Hari Viswanathan Feb. 20, 2025

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Senior Scientist Hari Viswanathan

LWV News:

The League of Women Voters of Los Alamos  (LWV) February Lunch with a Leader community event is noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall on Sage.

The featured speaker is Hari Viswanathan who will be presenting a Non-Technical Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Viswanathan was born in Suffern, N.Y. and moved to Los Alamos in 2nd grade in 1977 with his parents VK and Selvi Viswanathan who still live in Los Alamos. He graduated from Los Alamos High School 1989. He holds advanced degrees in chemical and environmental Read More

McQuiston: Hidden Costs Of High-Tech Features In Cars

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

New cars are packed with cutting-edge technology designed to enhance safety, convenience, and entertainment. From advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) to massive touchscreen displays, today’s vehicles feel more like computers on wheels. But while these features add luxury and innovation, they also come with a hefty hidden cost—one that most buyers don’t fully consider until it’s too late.

The Price Tag of High-Tech Features

Car manufacturers are quick to advertise the benefits of their latest tech, but they

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Heinrich, Moran Introduce Legislation To Create Pathways To Stable Careers, Expand Access To Apprenticeships & Technical Education

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Apprenticeship Pathways Act, legislation to create pathways to high-demand careers for high school students by expanding access to apprenticeships and technical education. Heinrich introduced the bill with U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.).

Apprenticeships and technical education offer a direct path to acquiring in-demand skills, and early exposure to industries can encourage more students to pursue careers in those professions. Expanding apprenticeship programs for high school students can Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Fuel Cell Commercialization Program Issues Call For Partners

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The L’Innovator 2.0 program pairs Los Alamos innovation with resources to help commercialize fuel cell technology. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

            • L’Innovator 2.0 Program offers access to catalyst and electrode structure intellectual property

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is issuing a Call for Commercialization Partners to join its L’Innovator 2.0 program, which seeks to accelerate the commercialization of cutting-edge hydrogen and fuel cell innovations. The program works on a collaborative model, as commercial partners develop minimum viable products through a Cooperative Read More

State Broadband Office Urges Lawmakers To OK Funding

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Acting Director Drew Lovelace

OBAE News:

          • Legislative proposals expand broadband access; complete major infrastructure projects

SANTA FE – The Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) will present two key proposals Friday to the New Mexico House Appropriations and Finance Committee, seeking approval for initiatives that would connect nearly 100,000 locations and ensure the completion of essential broadband projects. 

OBAE Acting Director Drew Lovelace will testify before the Committee on two vital initiatives.

“These proposals are key to bridging the digital divide in our Read More

Tales Of Our Times: Optimizing The Use Of Low Cost Air Sensors

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Tales Of Our Times

By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water

Optimizing The Use Of Low Cost Air Sensors

Notable remedies for public conflicts begin with new information. New approaches lead to better answers to perennial problems.

Yet, contentious times bring all manner of outcomes when we choose a topic and line up two speakers from different entities for a public program. Legions of talks set out to dispute contradictory facts. At the end, the dispute stands where it began. Loads of talks are pep talks for one side of an issue, which offer nothing new.

Talks that help a breadth Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Artificial Intelligence Algorithms Used To Tune Particle Accelerators

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LANL research and development engineer Alexander Scheinker and the project’s lead – shown here at the HiRES compact accelerator for ultrafast electron diffraction at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for which AI tools are being developed. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Training data means real-time, effective tuning to ensure accelerator precision

Accelerators — machines that speed up particles such as protons — are useful in nuclear and high-energy physics as well as materials science, dynamic imaging and even isotope production for cancer therapy. A Los Alamos National Laboratory-led Read More

Community Invited To Celebrate Engineers Week With Public Lecture By Pramod Khargonekar Of UC Irvine Feb. 19

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Pramod Khargonekar

The community is invited to celebrate Engineers Week with a public lecture by Pramod Khargonekar of the University of California, Irvine, 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos.

Khargonekar, the vice chancellor for research and professor of electrical engineering and computer science, will present “Future of Work and Workers in the AI Era”. As automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies continue their remarkably rapid development, it is expected that many facets of work and lives of workers will be impacted. In this Read More

State Agencies Collaborate In Centralizing IT Purchasing To Streamline Operations

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NMDIT News:

SANTA FE — The General Services Department and the Department of Information Technology will consolidate information technology (IT) purchasing to streamline and improve government operations through its State Purchasing Division starting Jan. 17. 

The move transitions all IT purchasing and contracts processes from the Department of Information Technology (DoIT) to the General Services Department (GSD)—creating a one-stop shop for all state purchasing. 

“I am committed to ensuring a seamless transition of purchasing and contracts to GSD is seamless and will be a significant Read More