Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
UNH InterOperability Lab tackles Internet of Things security weaknesses
The InterOperability Lab at UNH has a national, even international, reputation as a good place for testing and certification of network devices and helping the development of standards. So I'm happy to see that they've begun a program focusing on security testing for...
Why is a computer board maker on Main Street, below a bookstore? To lure engineers
Everybody knows the sort of companies you find on a downtown main street: Funky retailers, novel eateries, bars, music venues and professional offices. In Concord, you can add something of a surprise: Makers of very high-end computer boards. That's the start of my...
Greenland is melting and it’s going to take our beaches
Dartmouth researcher Erich Osterberg is researching surface melting in Greenland via ice cores and other fieldwork. I talked to him about his work for my Monitor column today, which you can read right here. Trigger warning: It is realistic about climate change, which...
The first all-electric Chevy Bolt is sold – check Science Cafe Concord in January to learn more
Science Cafe NH takes December off, but when we return in January the Concord event will discuss electric cars. The prod for that topic is the arrival of the Chevrolet Bolt, the first mass-market electric car from a U.S. automaker (Tesla, while a wonder to behold,...
Digital forensics (think Sherlock, targeting jpegs) wins Dartmouth professor an Inventor Fellowship
Hany Farid, a Dartmouth professor whose work on image analysis and digital forensics has been the subject of plenty of well-deserved media reports over the years (including several from me, some as recently as last June), has been named a Fellow of the National...
Why is the earliest sunset (and latest sunrise) not on the winter solstice?
Tonight (Dec. 8) will see the earliest sunset of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, even though the shortest day of the year won't happen for almost two weeks. Equally confusing, the latest sunrise of the year won't happen until almost two weeks after the winter...
A vital winter question: Wipers up, or wipers down?
You can't say I avoid the tough issues: My Monitor column today ponders whether to put your windshield wipers up when you park and a storm coming, or leave them down. You can read it here and then tell me why I'm an idiot.
Warmer ocean = more tainted oysters in New England
From the Associated Press: "Scientists are recognizing that a waterborne disease sickening tens of thousands of people each year is associated with warmer waters of the Gulf of Mexico moving northward, partly due to climate change. The problem is extremely rare in New...
Despite the rain (and snow) we’re still in a drought – especially underground
Despite all the recent rain, Concord and many other New Hampshire communities are still asking people to conserve water, and two-thirds of the state is still listed as suffering from “severe drought,” although that’s a bit of an improvement from the “extreme drought”...
Why didn’t Makerbot create a 3-D printing home revolution?
The November Science Cafe Concord discussed 3-D printing and had the subtitle "Has it lived up to its promise?" The panelists, from printer-manufacturer SolidScape in Merrimack, Technology Education Concepts in Concord and Manchester Makerspace, made a convincing...
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