Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
First Car Guys, now Mythbusters – good shows are ending
I guess 14 years of blowing stuff up in interesting ways was enough: Mythbusters will wind up in 2016 after 248 episodes and 2,950 experiments. But "Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman have secretly known the end was coming all year and have been crafting an explosive final...
Who in NH is going to be hurt by climate change first? The coast, of course
There's a big and interesting-looking summit coming to Hampton this weekend, called Rising Tides, to discuss ways that coastal communities can cope with rising sea levels and more violent, if not necessary more frequent, storms. It's invitation only and already...
Uber driver charged in N.H. is a grandmother and Uber thanks its lucky stars
In a move that must make Uber officials weep with joy at their good luck, the first police citation given for being an Uber drier in Portsmouth, maybe in the state, went to a 63-year-old grandmother who goes to church in town and has already been registered to drive a...
Carbon nanotubes found in children’s lungs – how much of a problem is that?
Carbon nanotubes - rolled-up tubes made of carbon atoms at the billionth-of-a-meter scale - are the poster child of nanotech, since they are very strong, very light, and they conduct electricity, making them a very interesting material to work with. Concord's Nanocomp...
Statewide “ranked choice voting” (instant runoff) considered in Maine
By PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press: Maine could become the first state in the country to use ranked choice voting for state and federal elections if voters approve of a proposed ballot question about the idea that went before state officials Monday. A group of...
And now I’ll eat a little leaf-peeping crow
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column and blog lamenting how climate change / global warming was likely to make our leaves less eye-poppingly gorgeous in years to come. As part of it I talked about how the warm September was delaying leaf change this year, which...
That drone you want for Christmas? You might have to register it
Some time in the near future, drones will have to be registered with the U.S Department of Transportation. The news was announced Monday morning but plenty of details need to be worked out such as how and when and exactly what's involved. Will you have to get a sort...
State’s first makerspace moving to bigger, better digs
MakeIt Labs, the state's first makerspace/hackerspace, is moving from 6,000 square feet in a crummy old factory building in Nashua to 20,000 square feet is a much less crummy old factory building nearby. The Nashua Telegraph has the story. Much to my surprise, nobody...
FairPoint in NH cited as example of data centers spreading across the country
A website with the incredibly specific name of DataCenterFrontier.com has a big article about how data centers are springing up in places outside the "big six" - New York, D.C., Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco and Los Angeles. One example it cites is: In many local...
The only good Batman meme is an algebra Batman meme
There are umpty-gazillion* versions online of a panel from a 1965 comic book in which Batman slaps Robin (this post explains where it comes from), so I thought Granite Geek should have one, too. * in either long-scale or short-scale numerical naming systems.
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