by David Brooks | Jul 19, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Every week I link to the Monitor’s list of patents issued to New Hampshire firms and people and to be honest, most of them are pretty boring. Then there’s Patent 10,344,760, by Dean Kamen (yes, him) and a Brookline man, assigned to Kamen’s firm DEKA...
by David Brooks | Jul 19, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
A Maine company called Ocean renewable Power Co. says its in-river turbines, which look sort of like egg beaters with the axis perpendicular to the river flow, can produce hydropower without requiring dams or interfering with fish runs. The system will get a test in a...
by David Brooks | Jul 18, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Computer geeks need to picket their local DMV office: The state has ruled that FOOBAR cannot be a vanity license plate. Presumably they confused it with FUBAR, meaning “effed-up beyond all recognition” – whereas FOOBAR is, of course, placeholder...
by David Brooks | Jul 17, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
I’ve always wondered how much of the crowd that shows up for Science Cafe NH events is there for the food and beer. Last night we had a natural experiment: I moderated a special SCNH in the Discovery Center, without edibles or drinkables, and filled the hall...
by David Brooks | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Last year the squirrels and chipmunks ran rampage all over New Hampshire, as you’ll recall. They ate everything in our garden and berry bushes before we could stop them – it was the first time in 20 years we picked no raspberries. This year? We’re...
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