by David Brooks | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog
ISO-New England, the folks who run the power grid for the six-state region, issued a report yesterday about the state of the system. It emphasized the growing importance of natural gas, and noted that in winter, coal and oil are making something of a rebound as...
by David Brooks | Jan 26, 2016 | Blog
The 1988 book “The Society of Mind” by MIT’s Marvin Minsky was my first introduction to the world of artificial intelligence – and judging from this piece in BoingBoing, I’m not alone. Minsky died Monday at age 88 (obit here). Even if AI...
by David Brooks | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog
From Lori Wright, UNH News Service: Researchers with the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire have invented a low-cost method to monitor lakes for dangerous airborne toxins that have been linked to liver problems. Jim Haney, professor...
by David Brooks | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an obscure-sounding ruling from the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency that is a big deal for re-jiggering the entire electric grid and helping us use resources more efficiently, as I learned from Politico via New Hampshire...
by David Brooks | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog
The Monitor’s new Ag & Eats blog explores a “permaculture” farm in Chichester, where agriculture and social activities mix and mingle: During the winter, the pigs and ducks, plus geese and chickens, all live in a shed together. The pigs provide...
by David Brooks | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog
A bitcoin vending machine (not an ATM) has been set up at Murphy’s Taproom in Manchester, reports Free Keene. A year or two ago I would have thought we were beyond being surprised by such announcements, since bitcoin machines were the hot new thing, but this...
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