Concord’s July was the wettest on record for a couple definitions of “wettest”
People love weather extremes, so the frequent heavy rains we’ve gotten in New England mean everybody wonders: “Is it a record?” The problem with that question is how do you measure it? Total precipitation over some arbitrary period is the usual...N.H. patents through Aug. 1
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from July 18 to Aug. 1 *** BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent for Circular Patch Array for Anti-Jam GPS BAE Systems Information and Electronic...
Redstone missile in little NH town is (finally) historic
The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources maintains a State Register of Historic Places, and every year it adds a few more. Items are almost always buildings – town halls, chapels, schools, barns – but sometimes they’re different. This year...
Why we’re not known as The State That Birthed Segway
When the Segway came out from inventor Dean Kamen in 2001, for a brief moment it seemed like New Hampshire would finally have something to brag about other than the presidential primary. But as you know, the Segway fizzled and turned into something of a joke. Kamen...Time magazine (yes, it still exists) takes a deep look at Vermont’s changing power grid
Time magazine has a big spread on the push by Green Mountain Power, Vermont’s electric utility, to remake itself. This month is should become the first U.S. utility-built community microgrid able to run on renewable energy without a fossil-fuel backup. The home...
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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 WGIR-AM 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.