f you want to stay a skeptic about the various technologies misleadingly called “artificial intelligence,” you probably shouldn’t chat with Greg Dorfman during an A.I. presentation. “It’s a real tool and I’m hoping to make it a better tool,” Dorfman told me in no...

The news that New Hampshire is very close to 100% broadband penetration marks the culmination of decades of government and private investment to spread online connections throughout the state, work that goes back to the days of dial-up modems. However, uncertainty...

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 Sept. 28. *** Reciprocating Diaphragm Pumps for Blood Treatment Systems and...

Cleantechnica reporter (here) that "Alaskan cargo airline Ryan Air in Alaska (not the same Ryanair Europeans are familiar with) has placed an order for a BETA Technologies Alia electric plane and committed to install up to ten of BETA’s Charge Cube charging stations....

The New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute has been doing some interesting studies about the state lately. This is from their most recent, concerning the way people get to work: About 16.0 percent, or 121,000 New Hampshire residents age 16 or over who were working in...

One of the tenets of journalism is that there are no stupid questions, so I guess I'm not embarrassed to ask this: Why hasn't the Merrimack River run out of water? Think about it. We've had almost no rain for two months - this summer was officially the driest on...

A slightly edited press release: This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS), a nationally recognized institution dedicated to the education and advancement of cartooning and graphic storytelling located in White River Junction,...

I've attended more than a dozen Ig Nobel presentations down in Boston and you can't imagine anything more light-heartened and goofy in an intellectual sort of way, as if a bunch of Gary Larsen cartoons taped to research lab doors came to life. But right now nothing is...

As if you needed confirmation as you watch your lawn turn brown, the National Weather Service says the state just experienced the driest summer since records began in 1895, and also one of the hottest. During June, July and August the state received 7.5 inches of...