by David Brooks | Dec 22, 2015 | Gov-Local, None
Monday’s official launch of the federal registration database for drones has intensified the push to get regulations in order before the Christmas rush puts tens of thousands of new aircraft in the sky, a push that has raised questions for small airports such as...
by David Brooks | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog
Car batteries, those lead-acid beauties, are 12-volt and have been for my entire life. They changed from 6-volt during the first half-century of car design, as engines got more complicated and batteries got better; the higher voltage allowed various improvements,...
by David Brooks | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog
The legal situation for the crowdsourced taxi firm Uber in Concord is a little squishy, as it is in many parts of New Hampshire, but the service is slowly expanding anyway, reports the Concord Monitor: Local cab companies have only noticed a minimal Uber presence so...
by David Brooks | Dec 20, 2015 | Blog
Terrafugia, the Woburn, Mass. firm that wants to make a flying car (“roadable aircraft” is their preferred term) has gotten FAA approval to test fly a one-tenth-sized model of their next-generation effort. This is not their original design, now called the...
by David Brooks | Dec 19, 2015 | Gov-Local, None
The gleaming solar panels at Proctor Academy that sit atop the Maloney Hockey Rink, the Alan Shepard Boathouse and next to the school’s ski area are technically complex, but financial complexity is what really brought them to life. “What’s great about it for the host...
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