Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Trees too small to sell might be turned into “nanocellulose”
A research project in Madison, Wisconsin, is trying to take trees too small to be sold for lumber or energy biomass and turn them into a marketable product via "nanocellulose", reports USDA' Forest Products Laboratory (story here): Scientists are working with local...
Parasitic wasp might be – that’s “might be”, not “is” – attacking ash borer larva
Reports UNH Cooperative Extension (full item here): Two years ago, in May 2014, the N.H. Division of Forests and Lands released parasitic wasps at three sites in Concord and Canterbury in an attempt to control emerald ash borer (EAB) populations with natural predators...
Miss the Science Cafe on self-driving cars? Now you can watch it
Concord TV has posted a condensed (30-minute) version of the most recent Science Cafe Concord, concerning autonomous cars. If you missed it, check it out right here.
My brilliant idea: Rent a raptor to attack annoying drones
This morning I was a guest on the NH Public Radio talk show "The Exchange," talking about state and federal response to drones, when I had a brilliant idea. We were discussing how to react if a drone does something illegal, like hover in front of your bedroom window...
The success of AlphaGo has gotten me worried about the future of humanity
(This is my column in the Concord Monitor today): When a computer beat one of the world’s best players at the ancient Asian board game known as Go last month, a lot of people around the world were excited, but a surprising number were dismayed. Count me among the...
Why not a “fact box” of risks and successes for drugs, like nutrition factboxes on food?
Ideas to help Americans get healthier don’t usually spring from sugary breakfast cereals. But there are always exceptions, and a new company formed by a pair of Dartmouth professors is one. “We were trying to figure out how to do this and the answer came at...
Recent patents in New Hampshire
The following federal patents were assigned recently to companies or individuals in New Hampshire. TomTom North America, Lebanon, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,301,099) developed by James Alan Witmer, Lebanon, N.H., for a “method of analyzing points of interest...
Your best chance today to read about a yeti and a “symbolic penis”
There's a great story in the Concord Monitor today about a small town's debate over the statue of a Yeti-like creature. It's not really geeky, but it's too good to miss. So click through and start reading:...
Tiny N.H. company to help develop gameshow-meets-videogame hybrid
Robot Loves Kitty, a husband-and-wife indie game studio based in Manchester, is partnering with game investor Execution Labs on "Upsilon Circuit, a game that is like a combination of The Price is Right game show and The Hunger Games movie," reports VentureBeat (full...
NH is odd-man-out in coalition combating climate change
While New Hampshire works with other states on climate change legal matters, the attorney general’s office typically avoids joining coalitions outside of actual litigation, said Allen Brooks, senior assistant attorney general. That's from today's Concord Monitor story...
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