Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire 

How did UNH become a space-weather hotbed?

I posted the press release about the latest NASA award to UNH last week. This is my follow-up column in the Monitor. New Hampshire is known for a lot of things: Mt. Washington, the presidential primary, our slightly alarming motto. And then there’s heliophysics...

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Science on Tap: Hurricanes

Science on Tap, the Manchester science cafe series, will discuss hurricanes at their next session on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The ‘official’ hurricane season is coming to a close. Join us to discuss how this season stacked up to predictions and what new insights it has...

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NH patents through Nov. 3

(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 Nov. 3. *** Autonomous Underwater Beacon Locator AJC INNOVATIONS, LLC,...

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Deep in space, UNH to help monitor solar explosions

Deep in space, UNH to help monitor solar explosions

The University of New Hampshire was awarded $24.3 million to build sensors for a high-priority alert system that will monitor the effects of space weather and the solar wind—caused by explosions on the sun—for potential interruptions to satellite communications,...

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The seamy side of those fun ‘ballot selfies’

The seamy side of those fun ‘ballot selfies’

Eleven years ago an amusing little controversy arose around New Hampshire elections: Whether the novel act of posting “selfies” online (this was 2013, remember) could legally be applied to pictures of your completed ballot inside the voting booth. The issue went to...

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NH patents through Oct. 27

(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. 27. *** Batch Processing Signal Acquisition BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION...

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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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