by David Brooks | Dec 1, 2015 | Economy-Business, None
New England has more than enough capacity to meet electricity demands this winter, but the organization that oversees the regional grid continues to warn that the region needs more reliable supplies of natural gas to avoid future problems. ISO New England, which...
by David Brooks | Dec 1, 2015 | Blog
Dean Kamen and a bunch of folks associated with his Manchester R&D firm Deka have received a patent that seems to allow you to operate a Segway-like vehicle by leaning the handlebars back and forth, as shown in one patent illustration above, or perhaps by twisting...
by David Brooks | Dec 1, 2015 | Blog
I learned from Green Car Reports, via Reuters, that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration missed a November deadline to produce rules requiring electric and hybrid cars to emit noises to warn pedestrians. An earlier proposal called for vehicles “to...
by David Brooks | Dec 1, 2015 | Blog
A report from the Globe’s STAT health-and-science section: “Hundreds of scientists are convening in Washington today for an international summit on genome editing, fueled by the development of the technology called CRISPR. The technology, which...
by David Brooks | Dec 1, 2015 | None, Science-Technology
In 1975, a bright young man named Joseph Arsenault patented a lug strap for a Concord company that made industrial products out of leather, especially power transmission belts for machinery – a fading technology even then in the face of direct-drive motors and...
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