by David Brooks | Jul 6, 2016 | Blog
Daylight saving time – advancing clocks an hour during summer so evening daylight lasts an hour longer – is one of those geeky-ish ideas that has been adopted by society, to much consternation. Every year (twice a year, actually) there is debate in the...
by David Brooks | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog
The Nashua bus system is using Google Translate on a tablet computer to help drivers deal with non-English-speaking riders. Brilliant idea. NHPR has the story. Speaking as somebody who has tried and failed to learn a second language most of my life – I...
by David Brooks | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog
An algorithm based on “robust hashing” of video images, developed by digital-image-forensics expert Hany Farid at Dartmouth, is being touted as a new way to limit the spread of violent recruitment videos online. Basically, once a video is identified by a...
by David Brooks | Jul 2, 2016 | Blog
Goodness knows we need some upbeat news these days, so how about this, from Quartz: In 2014, scientists and activists alike panicked after Monarch population numbers reached record lows the year prior. Since then, North American leaders have been cooperating to save...
by David Brooks | Jul 1, 2016 | Blog
New Hampshire kids will have to get a shot in the arm this year to vaccinate against the flu – the state isn’t buying the nasal-spray version after the CDC said that in the past two years it basically hasn’t provided any protection. The nasal spay...
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