Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
It’s not just salmon and lobster that are fleeing warm water
From the University of Glasgow: The majority of fish populations in the sea are responding to global warming by relocating towards colder waters nearer the north and south poles, according to the latest research on the impact of climate change on our oceans. Analyzing...
An edible Lyme vaccine for mice is on its way!
The USDA has given the green light to a vaccine against the bacteria that causes Lyme: The vaccine isn’t a rodent-sized injection, which wouldn’t work for targeting large populations quickly. Instead, it’s coated onto edible, nutrition-free pellets that mice gobble...
N.H. sits and watches as the EV revolution takes off
When George Saunderson of Loudon was thinking about a new car recently, he reflected on his son’s enthusiasm for his electric Hyundai. Intrigued by the thought of getting an EV, he went to a nearby dealer. “I said, ‘Can you show me one?’ And they said, ‘Nope, they...
A video outlining why knowledgeable people are worried about A.I.
I am alternately panicking and fascinated by the exponential change in the technologies called A.I. An engineer I know pointed to this video from Center for Humane Technology. It's a couple of talking heads who are alarmed by the speed the technology is changing...
Study: Lots more heavy rainfalls are coming our way
From Dartmouth News: With a warmer climate creating more humid conditions in the Northeast, extreme precipitation events - defined as about 1.5 or more inches of heavy rainfall or melted snowfall in a day - are projected to increase in the Northeast by 52% by the end...
Dartmouth professor gives microscopes a digital makeover
From Dartmouth (article with pictures is here): Microscopes are employed every day by pathologists who magnify slivers of tissue to detect telltale signs of infection, blood disorders, and cancers. Now, instead of using samples mounted on glass slides, a new smart...
Objective Adorableness Algorithm ™
There wasn't a Granite Geek newsletter last week because I was visiting my first grandchild, a baby girl. I figured I should approach grandfatherdom with a properly geeky attitude, so I crafted an Objective Adorableness Algorithm. I used such measurements as ratio of...
Carmakers do last-ditch effort to stop Mass. right-to-repair law
Massachusetts voters passed a law telling automakers who sell cars in Massachusetts provide consumers and independent repair shops with wireless access to the car’s “telematics” — digital information needed to diagnose the vehicle’s performance. With access to the...
Invasive green sunfish, probably released from aquariums, is spreading in N.H.
An invasive fish known as the green sunfish has been confirmed in the Piscataquog River downstream from the Weare Reservoir, also known as Horace Lake, and at Waukewan Lake. This is an expansion of the range: In 2022, biologists at the NH Department of Environmental...
N.H. patents through May 28
(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 May 28. *** Product Dispensing System DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Manchester, New...
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