by David Brooks | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
The electric grid is all about technology – you can argue that it’s the biggest, most complicated machine ever made – but regulations and finance are at least as important to its operation. That’s why I wrote a story about (take a deep breath)...
by David Brooks | Oct 11, 2016 | Newsletter
A Dartmouth project called ‘DarkLight’ is said to have demonstrated for the first time how visible light can be used to transmit data even when the light appears off. NewElectronics article here. This is the stupidest example of “putting WiFi where it...
by David Brooks | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog
Open source fans are excited by a judge’s ruling in major software-patent spat (Intellectual Ventures, a patent troll, vs. Symantec et al) that some are saying could spell the end of many, if not most, software patents. Wording like this has them psyched up:...
by David Brooks | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog
Well-drilling companies are having a field day in this drought, as I discuss in today’s Monitor. The story includes a Geoff Forester photo down an empty dug well that will send shivers down the spine of many a worried homeowner.
by David Brooks | Oct 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
By UNH News Service: The University of New Hampshire’s School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering (SMSOE) has received a federal government contract worth up to $6.5 million to study ocean ecosystems through underwater acoustic research. “The funding will...
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