by David Brooks | Mar 23, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
I wrote about (but didn’t visit – such is reporting in the COVID era, sigh) the telemedicine hub at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in the Monitor. Telemedicine was going to be the topic of this week’s Science Cafe, so I turned it into a story...
by David Brooks | Mar 21, 2020 | Blog
From New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, March 21: As COVID-19 becomes more common in our communities, testing every person presenting with mild symptoms of fever or respiratory illness becomes impractical and does not change how a person’s illness...
by David Brooks | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
I’m going through books on my shelf, looking for things to discard. Reading Rudy Rucker’s “Mind Tools” I came across this tidbit, driving home how tiny viruses are: “The Earth’s diameter is about 10^7 meters, and a virus is about...
by David Brooks | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
UPDATE: Since I posted this two days ago, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy is asking people to stay off the AT, even for day hikes. Hiking the Appalachian Trail might seen like a perfect way to get through the COVID shutdown of life – I’m laid off, so...
by David Brooks | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
At least one New Hampshire member of the Makerspace community – Adam Shrey, one of the leaders of MakeIt Labs in Nashua, the state’s first makerspace – is involved in an effort to create open-source medical equipment. I talked to Ja’dan Johnson in...
by David Brooks | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Tomorrow (Friday, march 20) the New Hampshire Tech Alliance will hold a webinar on “options available to New Hampshire businesses struggling with many sudden changes. This webinar is free and open to all. It will also be recorded and immediate available to...
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