Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Moose are big but it’s still hard to count them all
Like all good tourists our family once went to "Moose Alley" - the section of Route 3 from Pittsburg to the Canadian border where you're most likely to spot the enormous gangly beasts wandering along or near the road. We did see several moose, so all was good....
N.H. isn’t as much of an EV laggard as I suspected
New Hampshire has more electric vehicles registered per 1,000 people than Maine, Rhode Island or New York state, to my surprise, according to this report from CleanTechnica. With 7.13 registrations per 1,000 we're still behind Massachusetts (9.54), Connecticut (8.07)...
Any NEXTGEN TV users out there?
Loyal readers, I have a request. Do you have a TV that can make use of NEXTGEN TV, the new over-the-air digital technology, and have you tried it? Some stations in Boston have begun broadcasting with it (but not New Hampshire's WMUR, at least not yet) and I’d like to...
N.H. patents through Feb. 26
(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 Feb. 26. *** *** Command Center Storage System GIGUNDA GROUP, LLC, Portsmouth, New Hampshire...
To keep staff, employer is building 44 tiny homes
A New Hampshire company that kept losing staffers because they couldn’t afford to live nearby is tackling the problem in an unusual way – using a special zoning program in Dover to build 44 tiny homes on less than 4 acres. The project, a modern twist on the old...
Power out? Forest threats are part of the problem
All the threats to northern forests - invasive bugs like EAB, wooly adelgid, Asian longhorn beetle; invasive plants like bittersweet vine, deer eating all the new shoots, changing climate affecting growth patterns - are also a threat to our electricity, says...
NH may get a sweeping data-protection law (but probably won’t)
Lawmakers are contemplating a sweeping data-protection bill in New Hampshire, reports New Hampshire Bulletin: The whole story is here. Sponsored by Sen. Sharon Carson, Senate Bill 255 would give consumers the right to confirm whether their data is being collected and...
2022 was hard on motorcyclists in NH, but not pedestrians
In the middle of last year I wrote a piece concerning higher-than-normal deaths of everybody using NH roads, including pedestrians and bicyclists. The pattern, however, didn't continue: Here's the year-end summary: More motorcyclists died on New Hampshire roads in...
Some 21st century energy ideas considered by NH legislature
Two new-energy bills amid the avalanche of proposals being considered by the state legislature have caught my attention: one to boost various 21st century ideas like vehicle-to-grid and “transactive energy,” and another to boost “green hydrogen.” The hydrogen bill...
Chasing STEM via outdoor recreation
Have you ever thought “I’m just not a math person”? If so, how are you at fixing snowmobiles? The connection between backwood winter transportation and the quadratic equation may not be obvious to you, but some people would like to change that. “Hopefully we’re...
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