by David Brooks | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
valley News had a great story about the unveiling of ECFiber, a fiber-optic ISP around White River Junction, Vermont. ECFiber’s story has been through many chapters during its history: the initial 500 investors who kicked in $7.5 million in seed capital; nearly...
by David Brooks | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Vertical indoor farms – growing leafy greens indoors in tall buildings – have many advantages (less water usage, less land occupied, growing close to consumers, faster plant growth) but have all failed financially because of the cost of powering lights to...
by David Brooks | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s a new bachelor’s degree in music being offered at Plymouth State University, but it’s a music degree with a 21st century twist: You don’t have to know how to play an instrument or even read music. “We have a whole group of musicians that I refer to as...
by David Brooks | Jun 27, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
After spending an hour recently with Jeff Moore of Windswept Maples Farm in Loudon as he demonstrated an automated gate system for beef cattle, I came to a realization: Farming is an optimization problem. Optimization problems are common in computing and economics....
by David Brooks | Jun 26, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
From NH Aviation Museum: On July 31, 1973, a flight carrying 83 passengers and six crew members departed Manchester for Boston’s Logan airport, where it crashed into a seawall while attempting to land in dense fog. Of those on board, all but two died instantly. One...
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