by David Brooks | Dec 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Gov. John Sununu says he thinks the FCC ruling overturning net neutrality was a good move – ““Overregulation protects monopolies and hurts consumers” he said in a statement – so New Hampshire won’t be joining other states, including...
by David Brooks | Dec 19, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Snowfall on a major summit in North America’s highest mountain range has more than doubled since the beginning of the Industrial Age, according to a study from Dartmouth College, the University of Maine, and the University of New Hampshire. The research not only finds...
by David Brooks | Dec 18, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Most patents are dull. Some are less dull. Case in point: Patent No. 9,840,315, issued this month to some of the folks at DEKA R&D in Manchester (but not Dean Kamen, whose name is often found on DEKA patents) for an intriguing contraption that would be attached to...
by David Brooks | Dec 18, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
(A video of the putting-beer-into-cans operation can be seen here) The obvious way to check on the growth of the craft brewery business in New Hampshire is to drink a craft brew. A less obvious way is to watch that brew being put into cans. “In 2013 we started as one...
by David Brooks | Dec 18, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: In the first long-term study of New Hampshire’s bumblebee population, researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found three of the state’s most important bumble bee species have experienced drastic declines and range constriction over...
by David Brooks | Dec 13, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Remember the Mirai botnet that walloped Dyn in October of 2016 and took some major websites offline? The venerable Krebs on Security reports that two men have pleaded guilty: Jha and White were co-founders of Protraf Solutions LLC, a company that specialized in...