Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
N.H. patents through June 27
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from June 20 to June 27. *** University of New Hampshire Assigned Patent for Opto-Coupler with Field-Shaping End Caps The University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, has been...
5,000 tons of concrete to help submarines float into dry dock
From AP: A $158 million project that’s part of the Navy’s plan to make Portsmouth Naval Shipyard more efficient and less dependent on tides took a big step forward Monday with the arrival of a key component. The 5,000-ton precast concrete entrance for one of the...
Old copper mines are polluting the Upper Valley
It's taken 20 years and $96 million or so to clean up a closed copper mine in tiny Strafford, Vermont. Two other closed mines in the region are still a problem. The Valley News has a story here. Old mines can be a real environmental disaster. Yet another thing that...
N.H. considers regulations for sidewalk delivery robots
By MIKE DUNBAR/ Citizens Count HB 116 is a such bill that would regulate how ground-based delivery robots would be allowed to operate in New Hampshire. New Hampshire wouldn’t be the first state to invite delivery robots to our sidewalks. Last week in Austin, Texas,...
Powerline inspection by drones shows why drones aren’t everywhere yet
When electric drones came on the scene they seemed to be one of those technologies that were going to change everything because they’re so cool. But reality isn’t science fiction; quadracopter air taxis and drone pizza delivery remain far off. The main impact I’ve...
Vaccination rate is close to stalling in N.H.
The vaccination rate is getting close to stalling out in New Hampshire: only about 4% of the state population has become fully vaccinated so far this month by the state’s reckoning and barely 1% got their first shot. Even viewed from the most optimistic angle, looking...
Is energy ‘peak shaving’ really useful or just a shell game?
New Hampshire Bulletin is a new reporting group in the state, featuring some very experienced former Concord Monitor reporters among the small staff. I figured it would be all-politics-all-the-time, because that's the easiest high-impact topic, but they're also doing...
N.H. patents through June 20
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from June 13 to June 20. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for Paging Optimization for VeNB Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 11,039,419,...
Ransomware hits New Hampshire businesses all the time; just don’t ask for details
There’s a pretty good chance that right now, as you’re reading this, at least one business owner in New Hampshire is freaking out over ransomware. “Yeah, it’s happening daily here – weekly for sure,” said Jason Golden, a partner at Manchester cybersecurity firm...
Dartmouth cheating/not-cheating mess is another algorithm failure
Dartmouth's medical school accused 17 students of cheating during remote exams based on data from Canvas, a software package used by lots of colleges to handle online courses. Then they said oops, sorry, Canvas misinterpreted data and dropped all the claims. Expect...
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