Calvin Hennick

Boston

Business Writer at Freelance

Articles

Burgeoning Boot Renaissance Provides One Writer With a Whole New Style Identity

3 weeks ago | nshoremag.com | Calvin Hennick

My obsessions sneak up on me. One day, I’m tracking the price of gold; the next, I’m geeking out over the water resistance specs of automatic watches; and then, without any warning, I’m stalking vintage baseball cards on eBay, bidding at the last possible second to try and snipe a killer deal on a 1956 Topps Don Mossi.
How Can AI Support the Senior Care Workforce?

1 month ago | healthtechmagazine.net | Calvin Hennick

Givens Communities Tests AI Solutions With ‘Guardrails’Richard Foor, vice president of IT at Givens Communities, which operates four senior communities in North Carolina, says that “AI is still marinating.”“It’s really hard to find use cases that actually provide a financial or even an intangible benefit on a large scale. We’re trying to figure out where it’s going to take off and cause us all whiplash,” he adds.
Agencies Embrace Agile Development for Success

1 month ago | fedtechmagazine.com | Calvin Hennick

May 28 2025 Management Officials achieve development goals by optimizing operations. Historically, agencies have sometimes struggled to deliver software projects on time and under budget. The traditional waterfall development approach — where all requirements were defined at the beginning of a project, everything was built at once and testing only happened at the end — often produced applications that were buggy and bloated.
How Three Universities Developed Their Chatbots

1 month ago | edtechmagazine.com | Calvin Hennick

In January 2024, UC Irvine launched ZotGPT, a free AI tool for students, faculty and staff built using resources from Azure AI, Amazon Web Services and open web technologies. The platform offers access to multiple large language models, as well as API access for researchers, and it has attracted 15,000 unique users. The university is testing a handful of additional AI tools, including ZotGPT Creator, which will allow users to create their own customized AI chatbots.
Ipswich is Transformed Into a Set for Ed Sheeran's Newest Music Video With the Help of North Shore Vendors

1 month ago | nshoremag.com | Calvin Hennick

Peter Nikolakopoulos, owner of the Newburyport-based food truck Beefie Boys, had never served smiley fries before.But in the scramble to prepare a special menu for a mystery client—who turned out to be Ed Sheeran, the superstar singer/songwriter behind hits like “Shape of You” and “Bad Habits”—Nikolakopoulos found himself ordering McCain Smiles frozen mashed potato shapes to plate up alongside fish and chips, sliders, and grilled cheese sandwiches.
Summer at the Edge of the World

2 months ago | bostonparentspaper.com | Calvin Hennick

Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club in Brewster offers a luxe-yet-lowkey launchpad for a family getaway to Cape ... Poisonings can be prevented by following a few simple steps Most poisonings occur in the kitchen, bathroom or ... Vaccines are Essential for Your Child's Health All of us strong and healthy adults once started off as small ... As escooters and ebikes become more popular both riders and pedestrians need to keep safe. Escooters and ebikes ...
Real-Time Crime Centers Help Solve Cases and Secure Communities

2 months ago | statetechmagazine.com | Calvin Hennick

Apr 16 2025 Security Police departments integrate video surveillance and other data into centralized hubs. In Cobb County, Ga., outside of Atlanta, members of an organized theft ring ran out of a store with armloads of expensive athletic wear, hopped in a getaway car with a covered license plate and sped off out of the county’s jurisdiction. Thanks to the Cobb County Police Department’s real-time crime center (RTCC), the suspects were in custody within an hour.
K-12 Experts Share How to Best Embrace AI in Schools

2 months ago | edtechmagazine.com | Calvin Hennick

Skip to main content Apr 15 2025 Management As artificial intelligence tools become ubiquitous, districts must make critical decisions that could reshape teaching and learning for years to come. As recently as the 2022-2023 school year, only 10% of teachers had used generative artificial intelligence tools in their classroom, according to HMH.
Taking the “training wheels” off clean energy

2 months ago | news.mit.edu | Calvin Hennick

Renewable power sources have seen unprecedented levels of investment in recent years. But with political uncertainty clouding the future of subsidies for green energy, these technologies must begin to compete with fossil fuels on equal footing, said participants at the 2025 MIT Energy Conference. “What these technologies need less is training wheels, and more of a level playing field,” said Brian Deese, an MIT Institute Innovation Fellow, during a conference-opening keynote panel.
How To Achieve Secure, Easy Access With Elegant Identity and Access Management

Mar 28, 2025 | biztechmagazine.com | Calvin Hennick

Mar 28 2025 Security Three organizations have found the right balance between ease of use and network protection. When Trane Technologies’ technicians are in the field, they need instant access to their IT applications to serve the company’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning customers.