by David Brooks | Mar 2, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
OK, that’s not what they proved – but who can resist a reddit joke? Not me! Here’s what they actually did: “Dartmouth researchers have built an artificial intelligence model for detecting mental disorders using conversations on Reddit, part of...
by David Brooks | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Three pilot projects by utilities in Massachusetts will connect ground-source heat pumps to heat and cool entire neighborhoods: “Massachusetts’ major gas utilities, facing the eventual demise of fossil fuels under the state’s decarbonization mandate, are...
by David Brooks | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Lebanon is installing a system to get electricity from the methane produced by its landfill. It costs more than $5 million but “even conservative estimates show that it will be revenue positive during its first year, earning enough to cover the city’s bond...
by David Brooks | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
(Note: I put this up on the New Hampshire chapter of reddit, and the barrage of “they were old and sick and would have died anyway!” and “did they die OF covid or WITH covid – what about that?!?!?” denial would have been funny if it...
by David Brooks | Feb 24, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
When Loring Air Force Base in Maine closed, part of it was taken over by the local MicMac tribe for farming. But years of firefighting and tests has filled the soil with PFAS, as is the case in so many places. Now the tribe is experimenting with using hemp plants to...
by David Brooks | Feb 24, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Feb. 20 to Feb. 27. Magic Leap Assigned Patent for Diagnosing, Treating Presbyopia Magic Leap, Plantation, Florida, has been assigned a patent (No....