Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire 

NH patents through Oct. 26

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 through Oct. 26. *** Infusion Pump Assembly DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,...

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UNH has a clean room bigger than my first apartment

From UNH News Service: The University of New Hampshire has unveiled a new 950 square foot cleanroom at UNH’s John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center. The new ISO7 cleanroom was donated by Airtho and will help strengthen UNH’s role as a leader for emerging research...

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‘Eat the invaders’ – green crab edition

The idea of eating invasive species - plants, animals, even bugs - is appealing. Reduce the bad thing and get "free" food! Win-win! As a way to reduce invasive populations, however, it rarely works due to economics. Once the species becomes popular to eat, it's...

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NH bill would unleash Bitcoin – a terrible idea

If Shakespeare were a modern techbro, he’d look at a proposed New Hampshire law, House Bill 639, and write something along the lines of “Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of Bitcoin.” The bill, proposed by six state representatives and one senator, all Republicans,...

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Rural trauma crisis involves falls more than crashes

There’s a crisis in trauma care for rural areas, including those in New Hampshire, but it’s not the crisis you think it is. “Most people’s perception of trauma, from the news and TV, is car crashes, stabbings,” said  Dr. Steve DeWitt, an emergency department...

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NH patents through Oct. 19

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 through Oct. 19. Delivery Device Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods DEKA PRODUCTS...

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About Granite Geek

Dave Brooks has written a weekly science/tech newspaper column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on geekish topics in and around the Granite State. He discusses the geek world regularly on WGIR-AM radio, and moderated the monthly Science Cafe NH sessions when they were still a thing. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.

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, Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau (of all places) and his 2024 induction into the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame.

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