Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Dartmouth: Tackling social problems, one dataset at a time
Dartmouth has an article about its Program in Quantitative Social Science, "which launched as a major in 2015 and brings together scholars and students interested in examining social science questions through the application of statistical and mathematical tools. The...
Why is an autonomous-helicopter startup in Nashua, of all places?
Small companies are encouraged to start up near potential customers. So why is Rotor, which hopes to turn small helicopters into autonomous crop-dusting machines for big farms out west, based at Nashua Airport and testing prototypes from a private airstrip in...
Managing forests for carbon is, sorry to say, a financial problem
Whenever I read an online discussion about building devices to remove carbon from the air, somebody will always pop up to comment, “That technology already exists – they’re called trees!” and then high-five themselves for being clever. They never stick around for the...
Those fake Biden calls came from an AI startup
Kevin Landrigan in the Union-Leader reports: Fake robocalls that appropriated the voice of President Joe Biden to encourage New Hampshire voters to stay away from the polls have been traced to ElevenLabs, a successful startup company in the field of artificial...
Dueling EV bills in NH: Some pro, some con
Seacoast Online has a story (here it is) about diametrically opposing bills in the legislature regarding electric vehicles. This divide is reflected in seven bills filed this session in the New Hampshire Legislature, some of which conflict with each other: for...
NH patents through Jan. 28
(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 Jan. 28. *** Footwear TBL LICENSING LLC, Stratham, New Hampshire has been...
The science of ‘lost person behavior’ helps rescuers
Every Monday, especially in winter, New Hampshire Fish and Game sends out anywhere from three to 10 press releases about rescues of lost hikers that occurred over the weekend. Plenty of times those rescues involved hours of hiking and searching for somebody in the...
Should we be testing wastewater for measles, too?
Testing wastewater for signs of viral or bacterial disease has become pretty routine, one of the good things to come out of the pandemic. With measles making a comeback - is there no end to the damage Andrew Wakefield's fraud is doing to us? - maybe we should add that...
NH comes up empty in federal EV-charging grants
When it comes to electric vehicle charging, some New Hampshire fans have this quiet hope that the Biden administration will save us from ourselves, giving us the money to do what the gasoline-loving state government won't. Alas, no New Hampshire applications are among...
More confirmation that climate change is de-winterizing our winters
From NHPR, another story confirming what we all know about our winters: "A new study from Dartmouth, focused on snowpack in the last 40 years across the Northern Hemisphere, shows human-caused warming is having a big impact on winter. In New England, the researchers...
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