Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Keeping track of New England’s offshore wind
The New Bedford Light has an excellent summary of the status of all the offshore wind projects for New England and New York, which should be going great guns but is - well, you know. The summary is here. New Bedford, Mass., has a stake in the game since they would be...
New England continues to eke out small population gains due to in-migration (except Vermont)
This story is New Hampshire-specific but the regional stuff is in there: New Hampshire continues to gain population slowly, according to the latest Census Bureau estimates, but as has been the case for the past decade, this is entirely due to people moving into the...
Dartmouth is going whole hog on A.I.
Dartmouth Engineering is expanding its artificial intelligence offerings in both undergraduate and graduate programs, which is says is "creating new pathways for students to develop expertise and earn credentials in a world increasingly impacted by A.I.-driven...
A.I. is the latest example of new tech letting people expand the way they can be horrible
The continuing stories about A.I. systems creating sexualized images of real people is just the latest example of new technology allowing people to be horrible in new ways. Except that as New Hampshire knows from a 2007 legal case, people have been using similar tech...
NH patents through Jan. 25
inks to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name. By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire in the week through Jan. 25. Combined Neural Network KAYAK SOFTWARE CORPORATION,...
Composting dead people is a rarity: It gets bipartisan approval in Concord
It looks like we may have found something that New Hampshire's legislators can agree on: Composting dead people. So says New Hampshire Bulletin in this story. One of those methods is “natural organic reduction,” sometimes called “human composting.” In this process, a...
Snowfall arithmetic: 4.5 + 13 = 16
I had 4 1/2 inches on the ground at the start of the storm (which isn't done, although now at 8 a.m. it has stopped for the moment). Then I got 13 inches of new snow. But I have only 16 inches of snow on the ground. That's because, obviously, overnight the more recent...
If the 13th exit is 39 miles from the border, should it be Exit 13 or Exit 39?
Those of you who can never remember which Interstate 93 off-ramp in Concord is Exit 13, which is Exit 14 and which is Exit 15, take note: You’re actually supposed to be confused about which is Exit 39A, which is Exit 39B and which is Exit 40. That's the beginning of a...
Surprise uptick in births doesn’t keep NH from seeing ‘natural decrease’ (more deaths) for 9th year in a row
New Hampshire saw a jump in the number of newborns last year according to preliminary figures, with the most in-state births reported in 14 years except for a short post-COVID spike. However, that mini baby boom doesn't mean trends in New Hampshire's population have...
NH patents through Jan. 18
Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name. By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire in the week through Jan. 18. Modular Position and State Sensing System and Method...
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