Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
As tourists turn to EVs, the state’s charging gap could cost us
From Energy News Network (whole article is here) A coalition of tourism organizations representing more than 3,300 businesses throughout the state is now backing legislation that would help ramp up charging infrastructure by making chargers less cost-prohibitive to...
Rolling your eyes at ‘teaching science through art’? Maybe you shouldn’t
Pardon me for sounding cynical but over the years I have become dubious about claims that art can bring science to the masses. It seems to me that translating the quantitative into the qualitative usually creates little insight for the general public. But even if that...
N.H. patents through Jan. 29
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Jan. 29. *** Hybrid Air and Liquid X-Ray Cooling System Comprising a Hybrid Heat-Transfer...
An anniversary to be proud of, I guess
I'm not sure whether to brag about this or be embarrassed, but wikipedia tells me today is the 20th anniversary of my first edit on that unexpectedly effective website. According to their stats, I have made 40,438 edits over those decades, from creating entire...
Vineyard Wind hopes AI will reduce impact on whales
Interesting story about Vineyard Wind, the big offshore-wind project being developed south of Cape Cod, trying to track whales via their blowhole emissions among other things to reduce the wind farm's impact on them. Vineyard Wind is looking to capture something much...
N.H. claims two crypto firms defrauded investors
New Hampshire is going after two cryptocurrency companies that it says defrauded New Hampshire residents, as regulators continue to wrestle with how to oversee digital assets using legal systems that were created for very different types of investments. The Secretary...
Snow totals seem straightforward, but no
Now that winter in New Hampshire is finally looking like winter in New Hampshire, we can indulge our favorite pastime of asking “How much snow did you get?” to everybody in sight, while hoping that we got more. Alas, I’m here to tell you that the only correct answer...
Earthquake or fat jogger? Only Raspberry Shake knows for sure
A citizen science project called Raspberry Shake is allowing a few in New Hampshire to tune into the “unheard symphony of the planet” – as well as things that aren’t quite so symphonic. “I can tell when vehicles are driving by on the road. And it picked up a jogger...
No ice runway in NH this year
The Alton Bay Runway on Lake Winnipesaukee, the only FAA-sanctioned ice runway in the Lower 48, is not opening this season due to warm weather. Although it's snowing to beat the band as I write this, the winter has been a dud so far and doesn't look like it will...
Hospitals are jammed but it’s not just COVID – it’s everything
There's COVID, there's the “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses, there's years of pandemic stress and overwork, there's a shortage of healthcare alternatives, there's drugs overdoses, car crashes and an aging, overweight society. There are no shortage of possible...
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