by David Brooks | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
(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 Jan. 7. *** System and Method for Aerial to Ground Registration DEKA...
by David Brooks | Jan 8, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Back in December I was clinging to hope – irrationally, but isn’t all hope irrational at heart? – that we would dodge the winter COVID surge. No such luck. As of Thursday, the New Hampshire Hospital Association says more people are in its beds with COVID-19 than at...
by David Brooks | Jan 4, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
A professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth has an interesting use for large language models: Using them to role-play patients for medical students. (Full story from the school is here) Medical schools often employ people who act as patients based on a...
by David Brooks | Jan 3, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The SEE Science Center in Manchester is holding a Science on Tap discussion on January 9th. Science on Tap events are informal discussions with local scientists and experts on a particular topic. 2023-2024 is the eleventh season of Science on Tap . On Tuesday...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
EDIT: The bill was killed. When I posted on reddit that two bills seeking to get NH to use gold and silver as currency were the dumbest proposed bills in the New Hampshire legislature this year, I was pointed to this chemtrail gem (HB1700): AN ACT prohibiting the...