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Scenes From ‘Toast To Technology At Demo Day’ As Part Of 2023 Los Alamos ScienceFest At Fuller Lodge

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As part of Los Alamos ScienceFest 2023, Scott Ziegler of Space Kinetic Corp. in Berkeley, Calif., is presenting a talk this morning at Toast to Technology at Demo Day that runs until 6 p.m. today at Fuller Lodge. All types of innovators and entrepreneurial-minded people are invited to attend this day of deep-tech presentations and roundtable conversations with Lab experts, area entrepreneurs investors and government leaders. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from Toast to Technology at Demo Day that runs until 6 p.m. today at Fuller Lodge as part of Los Alamos ScienceFest 2023. Read More

Mega Hiring Event At Intel’s Rio Rancho Facility July 28

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Rio Rancho Event Center. Courtesy/EDD

EDD News:

RIO RANCHO — Intel in New Mexico is working with the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and the New Mexico Economic Development Department to host a MEGA Hiring Event, providing numerous growth opportunities for individuals interested in joining the semiconductor manufacturing sector.

The event will take place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 28 at the Rio Rancho Event Center, at 3001 Civic Center Circle NE.

In 2021, Intel announced a $3.5 billion expansion in New Mexico, enabling the manufacturing of cutting-edge semiconductor packaging Read More

State Covering Bill For First Responder Radio Service

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DoIT News:

SANTA FE — At the direction of New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the state will pay monthly subscriber fees for radio service for federal, local, and tribal first responders.

The decision comes following the failure of a bill in the last legislative session that would have reimbursed public safety agencies for the cost of the subscription.

The statewide system is managed and operated by the state Department of Information Technology.

Senate Bill 409, sponsored by Senators William Burt and Brenda McKenna and Rep. Joshua Hernandez, would have reimbursed first responders from Read More

DPS Forensic Lab Continues International Accreditation

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DPS Cabinet Secretary Jason R. Bowie

NMDPS News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Public Safety’s (NMDPS) Forensic Laboratory Bureau achieved international reaccreditation in the disciplines of forensic biology (DNA and serology), firearms and toolmarks, controlled substance analysis, methamphetamine quantitation and latent prints under the International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC 17025:2017) standards. 

The NMDPS Forensic Laboratory Bureau supports all New Mexico law enforcement, criminal justice, and Read More

Catch Of The Week: DDoS Hacktivist Attack On AO3

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

This week popular fan-fiction site, Archive of Our Own, was taken offline intermittently for a day due to a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. What is a DDoS attack? From CloudFlare; a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic.

Archive of Our Own is a website hosting a wide collection of fan-fiction for various fandoms, including Harry Potter, Star Wars, Marvel Read More

Scenes Of Tibbar’s ScienceFest Presentation On DP Road

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Dan Karmgard leading a tour Sunday during Sciencefest. He is talking about a prototype fusion rocket being developed in this lab at Tibbar Plasma Technologies, Inc. at 274 DP Road. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Young visitors check out a 3D printer Sunday at Tibbar Plasma Technologies, Inc. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

John Martinez sits in front of a flow cytometry, which he helped develop. The cytometer is an instrument for making measurements in biological samples. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Tibbar CEO Richard Nebel speaks about the company and its mission Read More

Luján, Cassidy, Trahan Reintroduce ‘Terms-Of-Service Labeling, Design And Readability’ Act To Increase Online Transparency

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan (MA-03) reintroduced the Terms-of-service Labeling, Design and Readability (TLDR) Act to require commercial websites and mobile apps to create a simple, readable, and accessible summary of their terms-of-service agreements.

“Consumers deserve the ability to make informed decisions online without wading through confusing pages of legal jargon,” said Sen. Luján, Chair of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Read More

Los Alamos ScienceFest Events, SALA Oppenheimer Festival

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Los Alamos MainStreet & Creative District News:

Los Alamos ScienceFest, produced by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District, continues through next Tuesday, July 18. Check out upcoming events as well as information about SALA’s Oppenheimer Festival!

Los Alamos ScienceFest Events for Tuesday, July 11

Tuesdays at the Square – Central Park Square, TONIGHT 6-8 pm 
Los Alamos Jazz Project headlines our ScienceFest-themed Tuesday concert.
 
The Night Sky in July – Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium, 7pm
Hear about what you can see in the night sky during July! Register on the Read More

Scenes Of Discovery Day At Los Alamos ScienceFest 2023

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A young scientist turns the crank on a Van de Graaff generator at the LA Bootery and Mesa Top Games booth. A Van de Graaff generator is an electrostatic generator, which uses a moving belt to accumulate electric charge on a hollow metal globe on the top of an insulated column, creating very high electric potentials. It was invented by American physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff in 1929. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

The solar powered car race was exciting as young racers started the cars they built and got to see whose was the fastest. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

More than Read More

‘FEMeeting: Women In Art, Science And Technology’ Converging In Taos Sharing Ground-Breaking Work And Research In Bio-Art July 24-28

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Courtesy photo

FEMeeting News: 

TAOS — An international community of 81 women from nine countries working in diverse disciplines will converge in Taos for “FEMeeting 2023: Women in Art, Science and Technology” July 24-28 with public talks July 29-30 in Taos and Santa Fe to foster international collaboration and knowledge-sharing.

Hosted by FEMeeting founders, Portuguese bio-artist Marta de Menezes, 2023 Fulbright Scholar at University of New Mexico, and media scholar Dalila Honorato, with local coordinators, New Mexico artists Agnes Chavez (Taos) and Andrea Polli (Santa Fe), speakers Read More