Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
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!...
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...
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