by David Brooks | May 4, 2017 | Newsletter
There are many things that need to be worked out before automated cars will be common in New Hampshire, legislators were told Wednesday – including improving digital maps of backcountry roads, teaching computers what a seagull is, and coping with the dreaded problem...
by David Brooks | May 3, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
I have a story in today’s Monitor about a project between Eversource Energy (PSNH to us NH old-timers) and Plymouth State University to extend and improve a project that Eversource has with Univ. Connecticut to focus weather forecasting to better predict power...
by David Brooks | May 2, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH news service: UNH’s Broadband Center of Excellence (BCoE) has awarded two grants to UNH researchers: one to a team that will bring the Internet of Things to water quality monitoring in the city of Nashua, and one to researchers who will create sensors to...
by David Brooks | May 2, 2017 | Newsletter
New Hampshire Public Radio has a program asking for listeners to suggest story topics. One recent suggestion was a gem: “On the on-ramp on I-93, there’s supposed to be a 1magnetic phenomenon1 where you go uphill when in neutral. Is it real?” Alas,...
by David Brooks | May 1, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Most of the forests in northern New England stopped being logged in the early 20th century, so all the trees tend to be relatively uniform in age – like a city where everybody is 30 years old. This isn’t great for environmental diversity and, it turns...
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