by David Brooks | Feb 1, 2016 | Blog
Any news about drones is interesting. Any news about raptors is interesting. Any news about a government body approaching a difficult problem in thinking-out-of-the-box ways in interesting. So this story hits the trifecta: Dutch Police Training Eagles To Take Down...
by David Brooks | Feb 1, 2016 | Blog
The Chicago Transit Authority* has tested electric buses and found that they work great, and is ordered a couple dozen with 300-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery packs, which the CTA says provides a range of 80 miles. It claims overnight charging takes just 3 to 5...
by David Brooks | Feb 1, 2016 | Blog
Want to escape the Iowa caucus results tomorrow night? Come to The Draft Sports Bar for Science Cafe Concord, a Q&A session titled Bitcoin & Beyond – discussing not just the confused state of the cyber-currency, but the incredible promise in its...
by David Brooks | Jan 31, 2016 | None, Science-Technology
Recent patents issued to New Hampshire companies and individuals include: Multinational Resources, Newfields, N.H., has been assigned a patent (9,240,291) developed by two co-inventors for a rugged keypad. The co-inventors are Christopher Wolfe, Derry, N.H., and Steve...
by David Brooks | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
Today I am writing stories about the Zika virus and tainted city drinking water, so a variant of the chorus from the cheezy song “Everglades” is stuck in my head: “If the skeeters don’t get him then the lead-pipes will.” (No, I...
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