by David Brooks | Dec 28, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Thanks to digital mapping, it’s possible to calculate how grid-like any city’s street layout can be. This story in The Economist explains it: Geoff Boeing of the University of Southern California created a measure of city “entropy”, looking at how...
by David Brooks | Dec 27, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Dec. 25. *** Pre-Assembled Coupling Assemblies With Pipe Fitting ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS,...
by David Brooks | Dec 23, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
(The Union-Leader has more details here, although you may hit the paywall) Associated Press: A New Hampshire man was convicted Thursday of running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business and laundering over $10 million in proceeds of romance scams and other internet...
by David Brooks | Dec 21, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Northern New England should be going whole-hog into production of biochar from low-grade wood – it’s the perfect replacement for the shrinking pulp and paper mill industry. I’ve written about a Maine operation in the past – MaineBiz has an...
by David Brooks | Dec 21, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Two hunters in New Hampshire have become infected with a tapeworm found in dogs, apparently the first time it has been found in people: The tapeworm that the hunters had been infected with was identified as the species Echinococcus granulosus, also known as the...