by David Brooks | Mar 29, 2016 | None, Science-Technology
As New Hampshire contemplates its energy future, maybe we should include a bit of energy past that has never quite succeeded. That’s the idea behind an intriguing proposal from Dean Kamen’s research firm, DEKA. It wants to power a state-owned building with a Stirling...
by David Brooks | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog
The Monitor just got a joking email – at least, I hope it’s a joke – speculating that the recent small earthquake in Warner was caused by sap being pulled out of maple trees as part of sugar season. Fracking causes earthquakes by pumping water into...
by David Brooks | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog
I started reading science fiction around the time the first Earth Day was created, so climate-related disasters have always been part of the mix. But with real climate-related disaster on the horizon, that mix is getting more potent and is getting the message across...
by David Brooks | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog
The NY Times has a story about federal approval of some Midwestern wind-power transmission lines, which shows how long and powerful they are – think Northern Pass times three or four. I’ve swiped their map above, which makes our massive proposal look kind...
by David Brooks | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog
By Targeted News Service: DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned an ornamental design patent (D751,690) developed by four co-inventors for an ornamental design for an “apparatus to control fluid flow through a tube.” The co-inventors are Bob D. Peret,...