by David Brooks | Sep 19, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
I thought I was pretty clever to pursue a state historical marker for the creators of the BASIC computer language (as I note elsewhere), but I’ve been one-upped by the group that wants to recognize Ralph Baer, who led the team that created the first home video...
by David Brooks | Sep 18, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
You’ll be happy to know that I have sent off an official application to the N.H. Division of Historical Resources to create a highway historical marker honoring the creation of BASIC and the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System. I’ll keep you posted. Baffled?...
by David Brooks | Sep 18, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Hurricane Florence was large played out by the time it made it to New Hampshire on Tuesday, but still dumped an impressive amount of rain. The best graphic representation is seen above: An automated streamflow gauge run by the U.S. Geological Survey recorded it at the...
by David Brooks | Sep 18, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH Today: UNH will lead a five-year EPSCoR project funded by the National Science Foundation to develop innovative approaches in the development of biomaterials, such as those used in implants and tissue engineering, which hold the potential to save patient...
by David Brooks | Sep 18, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Remember when carbon was just another listing on the periodic table that nobody mentioned unless they were geeks making a “carbon-based life form” joke? Ah, those were the days. Now we can’t move without bumping into news about carbon dioxide or carbon equivalents or...
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