N.H. claims two crypto firms defrauded investors
New Hampshire is going after two cryptocurrency companies that it says defrauded New Hampshire residents, as regulators continue to wrestle with how to oversee digital assets using legal systems that were created for very different types of investments. The Secretary...Vineyard Wind hopes AI will reduce impact on whales
Interesting story about Vineyard Wind, the big offshore-wind project being developed south of Cape Cod, trying to track whales via their blowhole emissions among other things to reduce the wind farm’s impact on them. Vineyard Wind is looking to capture something...Snow totals seem straightforward, but no
Now that winter in New Hampshire is finally looking like winter in New Hampshire, we can indulge our favorite pastime of asking “How much snow did you get?” to everybody in sight, while hoping that we got more. Alas, I’m here to tell you that the only correct answer...
Granite Geek classic: “Windshield wipers up or down?”
As long as I’m using this excellent snowstorm as an excuse to avoid thinking of new articles – I mean, to rerun popular classics – let’s dust this one off from 2015. Winter brings many vital issues to the fore, perhaps none more contentious...
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Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on WGIR-AM radio..
Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you’ll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.