Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
UNH researchers hone in on oyster-tainting bacteria
By UNH News Service: DURHAM, N.H. – University of New Hampshire scientists are one step closer to being able to predict when oysters in the Great Bay Estuary may be at risk of being infected with a bacteria that has sickened consumers throughout the Northeast. UNH...
Sometimes the Mt. Washington webcam is not all that exciting
They should get some serious show in the Presidential range today. I've never gone snow-shoeing in October ... hmmm .... This screenshot is from the webcam on the observation desk of the Mount Washington Observatory, which can be really interesting. Or not.
Deep radioactivity means Conway is New Hampshire’s best bet to become a geothermal power
NOTE; This item was in last week's Granite Geek newsletter. If you have a free subscription, you've seen it already. If not, get one! It lands in mailboxes today (Thursday). One of the candidates for some state office recently told the Concord Monitor's edit board...
Closed college in Chester may become a Chinese-owned high school
The Boston Globe has a story that I had completely missed: The closed Chester College in Chester, N.H., has been bought by Busche Academy, a Chinese private school that plans to bring as many as 300 Chinese students here, perhaps next year, to get an American high...
Maybe the Dyn attack was scarier than I thought – maybe it’s a practice run for a cyberwar
I discussed the DDOS attack by Manchester's Dyn with NHPR yesterday - it was the subject of my Monitor column - and I thought I had been pretty realistic about how bad the malware-infected Internet of Things could be. But a Slate piece (here it is) puts me to shame:...
When the Internet of Things becomes The Walking Dead, we’re in trouble
The attack on Dyn in Manchester over the weekend was a reflection of how the Internet of Things has been slapped together in a really insecure way, which is Not A Good Thing. Not good as in, say, ransomware in your implanted insulin pump - pay up or you'll die. I...
November’s Science Cafe NH topics: The drought (our plot to sell more beer during the session) and 3-D printing
The topics are set for the two - yes, two! - science cafe series in New Hampshire: In Nashua on Nov. 2 we'll discuss the causes and effects of our drought, while in Concord on Nov. 15 we'll discuss 3-D printing, and whether it is living up to its promise. As always,...
I found a software license printed on a 107-year-old metal plunger
NOTE: Subscribers to my free newsletter saw this last week. You can subscribe via a webform at bit.ly/monitornewsletters Don't you just hate software licenses and the way they mean you don't really own the things you buy? Of course you do, and you also think...
It’ll be a quiet week in Lake GraniteGeek, my home blog …
I'm going to be tied up (figuratively, not literally) for the next four days so the blog will be quiet. You can take this moment to subscribe to my free newsletter, which comes out Thursdays. This week's edition will have two items written just for it, concerning a...
UNH researcher finds a rogue black hole destroying everything in its path – no, that’s not an election joke
By Beth Potier, UNH News Service: It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: researchers discover a massive black hole wandering at the edge of a galaxy about 4.5 billion light years away. But it’s science fact, and the discovery of this unusual phenomenon is key to...
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