Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
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...
N.H. patents through Jan. 22
(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. 22. *** Automated System for Projective Analysis INKBLOT HOLDINGS, LLC, Windham, New...
Lebanon, NH, to require EV charging at new developments
As I was putting together the newsletter I heard that the town of Lebanon has approved amendments to the city's Zoning regulations that will require some electric vehicle charging at new developments - one of the first such moves in the state (Edit: Dover has done...
NH commission on crypto has lots of questions but few answers (just like everybody else)
Digital assets like bitcoin and its underlying blockchain technology are potentially useful for New Hampshire, a state commission has concluded, but are so new and different that nobody’s sure how the state can harness that potential – or even whether it should. “With...
Science Cafe in Nashua discusses crypto tonight
Science Cafe NH is returning to Nashua this year on Thursday evenings in a new venue. Please join us for a free, open conversation about Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and NFTs THURSDAY, January 19, 2023 6:00-8:00 PM The Millyard Brewery - 25 E Otterson St, Nashua This is...
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