Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Unfortunately, it’s sensible these days to be a one-subject voter
Pretend it’s 1944, deep in World War II, and you’re sizing up a candidate for state representative, or executive council, or Congress, or local planning board – any office at all. Just like you may be doing in 2024. You talk about taxes and roads and regulations, then...
This Maine wind-power move is interesting. I have no idea what it means.
You can't know everything, so the sensible thing to do is to decide what topics you will ignore completely, saving your mental energy for everything else. Long ago, I decided that for me, large-scale finance is one of those topics. When complex financial agreements or...
Protecting backends from hackers is important, especially when toilets are involved
Considering that he’s one of the state’s most important cybersecurity folks whose organization is helping to secure vital government facilities, there are times when Jason Sgro gives some unexpected advice. “We’ve run into wastewater and drinking water facilities that...
Comcast adds Starlink connection
Comcast Business is trying a new way to reach customers aside from through its cables, collaborating with the Starlink satellite-Internet service from SpaceX. Comcast currently reaches 118 New Hampshire communities in much of southern New Hampshire and the Lakes...
NH patents through July 21
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through July 14. *** Realtime Electronic Countermeasure Assessment BAE SYSTEMS...
Broken blade halts work on Vineyard Wind
Vineyard Wind, the big offshore wind farm being built south of Nantucket Island, is on hold after one of the blades broke and pieces washed ashore on that island of millionaires. One of many stories here. Not good news but hardly fatal to the industry. It should be up...
Rock from NH’s deepest drilled hole finally gets a home
One of the most unusual bits of New Hampshire geology - 19 tons of rock core from the deepest hole ever drilled in the state - have found a final resting place after years of uncertainty. The core was transferred last year (I'm a bit late on this) to Rutgers IODP Core...
NH AI ‘tutor’ is great and also worrisome, for a couple of different reasons
The decision by New Hampshire to allow AI-powered software as a “tutor” in public schools is a great reminder that the technology we call “artificial intelligence” is both wonderful and worrisome at the same time. It’s also a reminder that handing public services to...
Landowners join big, interesting ‘smart forestry’ project in Maine
From New England Forestry Foundation: NEFF has selected six landowners to pilot climate-smart forestry practices on commercial lands under NEFF’s $30-million USDA Climate-Smart Commodities Partnership Project. Robbins Lumber Company, Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands,...
NH patents through July 14
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through July 14. *** Night Vision System NOCTURN INDUSTRIES LLC, Exeter, New...
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