by David Brooks | Nov 2, 2016 | Newsletter
I’m not quite sure why I’m so fascinated by the “tiny house” fad, since they’re basically an upscale mobile home, but I am. I like the way they bring interesting design elements to maximize usage, things you normally can find only in...
by David Brooks | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
The national Science Foundation’s online magazine gives a tip of the hat to a UNH-led project putting many sensors on the Memorial Bridge between Portsmouth, NH, and Kittery, Maine. Ultimately, a suite of 40 sensors will create a self-diagnosing, self-reporting...
by David Brooks | Nov 2, 2016 | Newsletter
It’s not good to ridicule other people’s errors … but sometimes you can’t resist. A woman drove from Rochester, New York to Vermont last week and climbed Mt. Ascutney, despite six inches of snow on the ground and 20 degree temperatures, because...
by David Brooks | Oct 26, 2016 | Newsletter
Welcome to a weekly mashup of sci/tech-y stuff around New Hampshire, from David Brooks of the Concord Monitor and GraniteGeek.org. As always, send me thoughts or suggestions: dbrooks@cmonitor.com. If you want a free subscription, go here.
by David Brooks | Oct 26, 2016 | Newsletter
The biggest story in New Hampshire in the past week, from a certain point of view, was the DDOS attack on Dyn, the domain name service provider that has become such a presence in Manchester’s Millyard. I wrote about it in my column and discussed it on NHPR this...
by David Brooks | Oct 26, 2016 | Newsletter
Several years ago, tired by the annual newspaper ritual of writing stories about the color of New Hampshire’s autumn leaves, I decided to write about their number instead. I decided to answer the question: How many “peepable” leaves – the ones...
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