by David Brooks | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog
Tuesday will be the first New Hampshire election in which it is legal to take a ballot selfie – to shoot a picture of your completed ballot inside the voting booth and share it online. All well and good, but that poses a potential problem from pushy relatives,...
by David Brooks | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
Geeks love the idea of changing our voting from “first past the post” to a system that allows voters to rank/choose multiple candidates. It feeds into geeks’ basic belief that there exist algorithms that can change messy human behavior into something...
by David Brooks | Nov 2, 2016 | Newsletter
The best invasive-species story of recent years – maybe the only good one – has involved gypsy moths, which used to be a real menace in New England, chomping away on trees. They have virtually disappeared in recent years because of biocontrols, including a...
by David Brooks | Nov 2, 2016 | Newsletter
I’m not quite sure why I’m so fascinated by the “tiny house” fad, since they’re basically an upscale mobile home, but I am. I like the way they bring interesting design elements to maximize usage, things you normally can find only in...
by David Brooks | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
The national Science Foundation’s online magazine gives a tip of the hat to a UNH-led project putting many sensors on the Memorial Bridge between Portsmouth, NH, and Kittery, Maine. Ultimately, a suite of 40 sensors will create a self-diagnosing, self-reporting...
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