Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Here’s an interesting idea: A utility for stormwater, not wastewater
New Hampshire Bulletin has a story about the city of Dover may become the first place in New Hampshire to have a separate utility for stormwater, the stuff that runs off parking lots and roofs into sewer systems when it rains. The whole story is here. Property owners...
Local man finds Gmail bug & Google bows down
(I don't get to write "local man" headlines very often! They're a local-newspaper staple) NHPR has the story of a Manchester cybersecurity worker who alerted Google that scammers were bypassing the blue checkmark on Gmail that's supposed to signify authenticity. At...
Nature hates us: Disease bacteria helps ticks survive cold weather
An analysis of the spread of several species of disease-carrying ticks included this depressing finding: the bacteria that causes the disease anaplasmosis in mammals when ticks bite them also helps the ticks survive extreme cold snaps. It's like a nastiness two-fer:...
We need to get control over AI while we can
Timing is everything and the time to keep the technologies called A.I. from spinning out of our control is now. That’s the argument that Jim Isaak makes, and I’m afraid I agree with him. The technologies known as artificial intelligence are so powerful and developing...
When Southwest turned Manchester airport into a real player
You can forgive folks at Manchester airport for feeling nostalgic Wednesday morning as they celebrated the 25th anniversary of the most important event in its recent history: The 1998 arrival of Southwest Airlines. “That changed the dynamic overnight,” said...
NH patents through June 4
(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 June 4. *** Devices, Methods and Systems for Wireless Control of Medical Devices DEKA PRODUCTS...
May frost clobbered NH apples as well as oak and beech trees
It could be a tough year for New Hampshire fruit-lovers. A mid-May frost following unusual early spring warmth has clobbered New Hampshire's apple orchards following the brutal cold snap in February that pretty much wiped out our peach crop whidamaged berries and...
Local graduation story, but with bears
The Valley News has a story (here) about a Lyme-based center that raises cubs that have lost their mothers "either due to being killed by firearms or being struck by vehicles" 137 of the American black bear yearlings being released this spring back into the wild by...
Cars ruin cities, the biometrics version
Interesting Scientific American article (here) about biometric study of people in cities, with this conclusion: Our research group at Tufts University has conducted a number of facial analysis and eye-tracking studies, and sifting through these data we see that people...
Mass. right-to-repair law is in effect despite carmakers’ efforts
The nation's first real right-to-repair law - a pretty limited one covering instructions for cars, but it's a start - went into effect in Massachusetts on Thursday. The Boston Globe reports (full story here): The opposition arguments (safety! unintended consequences!...
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