Kids say the darndest things – live from space edition
Judging from the audience reaction, if you ever get a chance to ask a question of an astronaut floating around on the International Space Station, ask about dental hygiene. “How do you keep from making a mess when you brush your teeth?” asked Luke Morrow, one of 21...Why just read my words when you can listen to them, too?
While I realize it’s a joy and a delight to read the words I create via my quite impressive typing skills, don’t forget that it’s also a delight to listen to me blather on about the subjects of my column and other articles. You can do this by...
New Hampshire patents
The Concord Monitor runs a list of patents that have been issued recently to companies or individuals in New Hampshire. Here it is: http://www.concordmonitor.com/Keyword?keyword=patents If you’re in a patent-hunting mood, check it out. They’re compiled by...Now makerspaces have to wonder if their 3-D printers will be used to make guns
MakeIt Labs in Nashua, the oldest and probably biggest makerspace in New Hampshire, says it won’t let anybody make guns on their 3-D printers. (WMUR story is here.) I imagine the same issue is being chewed on by any place with an accessible 3D printer, including...
NH apartment building says it can be net-zero energy with just solar panels
An agency that helps create affordable housing in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont has started construction on a 29-unit development in Lebanon that it says will be net-zero energy usage, including heating, from solar panels. So far as I can tell from...Links
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Granite Geek on NH Public RadioAbout 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 New Hampshire Public 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.