by David Brooks | Jan 4, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
A professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth has an interesting use for large language models: Using them to role-play patients for medical students. (Full story from the school is here) Medical schools often employ people who act as patients based on a...
by David Brooks | Jan 3, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The SEE Science Center in Manchester is holding a Science on Tap discussion on January 9th. Science on Tap events are informal discussions with local scientists and experts on a particular topic. 2023-2024 is the eleventh season of Science on Tap . On Tuesday...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
EDIT: The bill was killed. When I posted on reddit that two bills seeking to get NH to use gold and silver as currency were the dumbest proposed bills in the New Hampshire legislature this year, I was pointed to this chemtrail gem (HB1700): AN ACT prohibiting the...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
As the region’s aviation community anxiously awaits the annual yes-or-no decision about whether the Alton Bay Ice Runway will open, here’s a tidbit to consider: Keeping Cessnas and Beechcraft from crashing through as they land isn’t why officials have to wait until...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Dec. 24. *** Trailer for Autonomous Delivery DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Note: The Monitor puts out an annual “Impact Statement” about the past year and I was asked to write something about the Granite Geek column. Here it is: Granite Geek has been a weekly newspaper column since early in the first Bush administration (not W...
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