Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Drat – HydroQuebec line through NH gets yanked
National Grid has decided not to go ahead with the 211-mile Twin States Clean Energy Link, yet another plan to bring hydropower down from Quebec through New Hampshire. IndepthNH has a good story about it (here) with comments from Consumer Advocate Don Kries that (a)...
Science on Tap: Sharing cities with pollinators
The SEE Science Center is holding a Science on Tap discussion on Tuesday, March 12. Science on Tap events are informal discussions with local scientists and experts on a particular topic. 2023-2024 is the eleventh season of Science on Tap On March 12 the topic will...
NH patents through March 3
(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 March 3. *** Firing Pin Lock SIG SAUER, INC., Newington, New Hampshire has...
2 NH colleges in Solar Decathlon Design Challenge
The 9th Solar Decathlon Design Challenge held by the Department of Energy is ongoing, with the final competition next month. Two UNH colleges are among the 37 schools with finalist teams, some from as far as Pakistan, Peru and South Korea. The goal is to "create...
Maine is of two minds about digging up a whole bunch of lithium
There are 10 different bills being considered by the Maine legislature right now about the state's laws against large (over 3 acre) open-pit mining. The reason: There's a whole bunch of lithium available near the New Hampshire border. One problem, as I learned from an...
Why you can’t afford a house – in one number
A housing/development site called Realtyhop.com took data from 2022 and data from the 1970 census to compare median house prices with median household income to create a "multiplier". The higher the figure the harder it is to buy a house. The full study is here. Data...
Dartmouth professor creates a chatbot teaching assistant
The key to a chatbot's usefulness is the data it is trained on. A professor at Dartmouth's business school demonstrates that by creating a chatbot TA to answer student questions. First, Shumsky created a knowledge base in Cody—an AI coding assistant, or online...
Mud season is here: Early but not record early
On Monday, Feb. 26, N.H. Department of Transportation began posting state highways, limiting heavy trucks on roads to reduce breakup of pavement from frost heaves. Those nasty bumps are created when water freezes and thaws in a warm/cold cycle, the same pattern that...
The ‘wisdom of crowds’ is often the ignorance of mobs
From Dartmouth Health: A case of misidentification and rush to judgment on social media has led to false accusations of racism and threats of violence against an innocent New Hampshire doctor and his family. Andrew R. Spector, MD, a highly respected Dartmouth Health...
NH patents through Feb. 25
(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 Feb. 25. *** *** Snap to Grid Bracket for a Sprinlker Support Assembly ASC...
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