Dartmouth: Lasers from drones can spot underwater robots
Keeping track of underwater robots is hard since GPS doesn’t travel far through water. Dartmouth researchers say drones can spot them using nothing more than laser light. One key issue was the low intensity of the light that came back to the drone. It was too...
Powerline inspection by drones shows why drones aren’t everywhere yet
When electric drones came on the scene they seemed to be one of those technologies that were going to change everything because they’re so cool. But reality isn’t science fiction; quadracopter air taxis and drone pizza delivery remain far off. The main impact I’ve...
UNH says drones & multispectral pictures *can* see the forest for the trees
From UNH News Service: In a new study, University of New Hampshire researchers have concluded that when assessing forest imagery collected by unmanned aerial systems, an alternative method of delineating individual forest tree crowns within those images is more...Living on Mars (well – Utah) with 3-D printers and drones
If you were looking to set up a geek trifecta, you could do worse than to combine 3D printing, drones and a mission to Mars. Erika Rydberg, a Concord resident and 3D printing expert with the interesting job title of Digital Creation Technologist at Plymouth State...
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Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on WGIR-AM radio..
Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you’ll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.