by David Brooks | Feb 4, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
In South Burlingtin, Vt., this year they’re building a vertical agrovoltaics array on 3.7 acres, with 3 rows of vertical solar panels with 30 feet gap between, with cultivation of vegetables and saffron between the rows. Not a big array – 50 kw – but...
by David Brooks | Feb 2, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Dartmouth has an article about its Program in Quantitative Social Science, “which launched as a major in 2015 and brings together scholars and students interested in examining social science questions through the application of statistical and mathematical...
by David Brooks | Feb 1, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Small companies are encouraged to start up near potential customers. So why is Rotor, which hopes to turn small helicopters into autonomous crop-dusting machines for big farms out west, based at Nashua Airport and testing prototypes from a private airstrip in...
by David Brooks | Feb 1, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Whenever I read an online discussion about building devices to remove carbon from the air, somebody will always pop up to comment, “That technology already exists – they’re called trees!” and then high-five themselves for being clever. They never stick around for the...
by David Brooks | Jan 30, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Kevin Landrigan in the Union-Leader reports: Fake robocalls that appropriated the voice of President Joe Biden to encourage New Hampshire voters to stay away from the polls have been traced to ElevenLabs, a successful startup company in the field of artificial...