Technology

Santa Fe Children’s Museum Selected For STEM Education Partnership With Cummins Inc.

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SFCM News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Children’s Museum (SFCM) has announced its selection as one of 20 children’s museums to participate in a STEM education initiative funded by Cummins Inc. and administered by the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM).

Through this partnership, Santa Fe Children’s Museum will receive $10,000 to develop and deliver innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programming (STEM) designed to inspire the next generation of problem-solvers and innovators in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico.

This initiative supports Cummins READY™, Read More

LAHS Robotics Team GO For Houston

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Team 4153 in Fort Worth, Texas. Courtesy/LAPS

Project Y Robot 4153 on the Competition Field. Courtesy/LAPS

By EMILY XU
LAHS Student

Los Alamos High School’s Robotics Team 4153, “Project Y”, has been hard at work since January designing and building a custom robot to compete in FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) district events.  Led by CEO John Kang, Project Y competed twice recently in both Fort Worth and Amarillo, Texas, and earned the District Points and ranking status to advance to the FIRST in Texas District Championships. 

From March 19-21, they competed at Fort Worth, achieving second Read More

County: Internet Outage Affecting Eco Station

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Environmental Services is experiencing an internet and phone service outage at the Eco Station today, Monday, April 6.

The Eco Station remains open and is providing services manually, but may not be able to respond to email or receive phone calls.

Staff is asking for the public’s patience as services may take an additional few minutes when checking in at the entry scale.

Environmental Services first noticed the outage on Saturday afternoon, April 4. County Information Management is trying to determine the cause.

In addition to the Eco Station, TA-3, and the Smart Read More

Mobile Command Technology Supports Chimayó Pilgrimage

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DoIT enginner Nate Wiesner arrives Wednesday to set up a mobile emergency dispatch center outside Chimayo. Courtesy/NMDIT

NMDIT News:

CHIMAYÓ — Tens of thousands of pilgrims will gather in Chimayó this Good Friday, where public safety teams will rely on a mobile command setup to strengthen coordination and response. 

New Mexico Department of Information Technology (DoIT) technicians deployed Wednesday and will be supporting the system throughout the pilgrimage, equipping a Santa Fe County Fire Department command vehicle with laptops running dispatch software, audio interface modules, Read More

Thousands In Sierra County Gain Access To Broadband

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CONNECT NM News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Nearly 3,000 locations, including homes, businesses, and farms in Truth or Consequences and Williamsburg, now have access to high-speed fiber internet, following the completion of a broadband infrastructure project funded by the state’s Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE).

The project was completed ahead of schedule and under its $14.5 million total budget.

“I am so pleased that the days of sporadic and unreliable internet service seem to be over. I have already received calls of improved service, fewer outages, and better affordability,” Truth Read More

NNSA Issues Final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement And Record Of Decision For Expanded Operations For Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) today issued its Final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision to implement an Expanded Operations Alternative to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the coming years.

The Record of Decision accompanies completion of LANL’s Sitewide Environmental Impact Statement, which followed the National Environmental Policy Act to evaluate potential environmental impacts of three options for continuing LANL Read More

New Mexico Jury Delivers $375 Million Verdict Against Meta In Landmark Case

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Feliz Rael
President
New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association

From New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association:

          • Lawyers Fight and Win for Kids to be Protected From Meta
          • New Mexico Jurors Are the Heroes

SANTA FE — In a major victory for consumers and families, a jury has awarded a $375 million verdict against Meta, finding the social media giant failed to disclose the potential mental health harms its platforms pose to minors.

The case, brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez in partnership with nationally recognized trial firm Motley Rice LLC, resulted in $187.5 million in damages for each of Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Continuously Monitors Air

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Map of all LANL’s air-monitoring locations. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) routinely measures the composition of matter in the ambient atmosphere at the Lab and in the community.

LANL has 68 radiological air sampling locations that continuously monitor the air, making it among the most thoroughly monitored environments in the world.

Details

  • 43 ambient air-monitoring stations;
  • 25 monitored exhaust stacks from Lab facilities; and
  • 8 meteorological towers.

During events such as wildfires, the Laboratory conducts extra sampling to perform specialized Read More