by David Brooks | Jun 6, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Timing is everything and the time to keep the technologies called A.I. from spinning out of our control is now. That’s the argument that Jim Isaak makes, and I’m afraid I agree with him. The technologies known as artificial intelligence are so powerful and developing...
by David Brooks | Jun 5, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through June 4. *** Devices, Methods and Systems for Wireless Control of Medical Devices DEKA PRODUCTS...
by David Brooks | Jun 5, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The Valley News has a story (here) about a Lyme-based center that raises cubs that have lost their mothers “either due to being killed by firearms or being struck by vehicles” 137 of the American black bear yearlings being released this spring back into...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Interesting Scientific American article (here) about biometric study of people in cities, with this conclusion: Our research group at Tufts University has conducted a number of facial analysis and eye-tracking studies, and sifting through these data we see that people...
by David Brooks | Jun 2, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
It could be a tough year for New Hampshire fruit-lovers. A mid-May frost following unusual early spring warmth has clobbered New Hampshire’s apple orchards following the brutal cold snap in February that pretty much wiped out our peach crop whidamaged berries...
by David Brooks | Jun 1, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The nation’s first real right-to-repair law – a pretty limited one covering instructions for cars, but it’s a start – went into effect in Massachusetts on Thursday. The Boston Globe reports (full story here): The opposition arguments (safety!...