New Hampshire patents
The Concord Monitor runs a list of patents that have been issued recently to companies or individuals in New Hampshire. Here it is: http://www.concordmonitor.com/Keyword?keyword=patents If you’re in a patent-hunting mood, check it out. They’re compiled by...
Is biomass power good or bad for the environment? The answer is …
As you may have heard, there is great debate at the moment about how and whether to support biomass energy, a fancy term for burning chopped-up trees to generate heat and power. The debate centers on a complex tangle of economic questions involving jobs and costs. But...Manufactured home coop in Upper Valley to get 132 KW solar array
Note; This is a lightly edited version of a press release from Vermont Law School – I cut out the gratuitous quotes – but it seems pretty legit. Mascoma Meadows, a 50-unit resident-owned manufactured-home cooperative in Lebanon, N.H., will soon use solar...Biocontrol seems to have solved the winter moth problem in Massachusetts
Want some good environmental news? Sure you do! How about this: “After 14 years of effort, we have successfully converted winter moth, a major new defoliator invading eastern New England, into a non-pest, presumably on a permanent basis. … We have averted...
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Science Cafe NHAbout Granite Geek
Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 - yes, that long - and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on New Hampshire Public Radio.
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 and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.