N.H. patents through Sept. 21
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Sept. 17. *** Malicious Homoglyphic Domain Name Detection and Associated...Science Cafe on Flight Safety
Science Cafe NH is back in Nashua next week: Topic is “Safety in Flight: How Safe Are We?” Thursday, September 21, 2023 from 6:30 – 8:00pm at The Millyard Brewery, 25 E Otterson St, Nashua, NH It starts slightly later than it used to. Ss always,...Cheaper rents help bring biotech to Keene
An interesting Dutch biotech firm is looking to set up in Keene for clinical trials of a bacterial-detection system for diseases, reports the Keene Sentinel. What brought them to southwest N.H., not exactly a biotech hotbed? Space and expertise at Keene State...Daytime fishers, nighttime bobcats – wildlife changes when humans spread into the woods
From UNH: As Granite Staters move out of New Hampshire cities into more suburban communities, it’s led to increased development in previously rural areas, transforming them into exurbs — area outside the city that are less densly populated than suburbs, but more dense...
Rooftop solar stars: All of New England except guess who
If you measure installed “small-scale solar” per capita, says the federal Energy Information Agency, you’ll find five of the six New England states in the top 10. No prizes for guessing who is left out. CleanTechnica article is here. EIA says...
Return to the Concord MonitorAbout 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.