by David Brooks | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
The electric grid is all about technology – you can argue that it’s the biggest, most complicated machine ever made – but regulations and finance are at least as important to its operation. That’s why I wrote a story about (take a deep breath)...
by David Brooks | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog
Open source fans are excited by a judge’s ruling in major software-patent spat (Intellectual Ventures, a patent troll, vs. Symantec et al) that some are saying could spell the end of many, if not most, software patents. Wording like this has them psyched up:...
by David Brooks | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog
Well-drilling companies are having a field day in this drought, as I discuss in today’s Monitor. The story includes a Geoff Forester photo down an empty dug well that will send shivers down the spine of many a worried homeowner.
by David Brooks | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog
Every week the Monitor prints a list of patents issued to New Hampshire individuals or companies; here’s the most recent list. I had the idea to feature one patent each week in this newsletter, but unfortunately most parents are really dull – or, at least,...
by David Brooks | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog
I usually write about brine – a mix of salt and water that has a lower freezing temperature that plain old water – as part of its use clearing roadways in winter. But today in the Monitor, I get to write about it as the technology that lets you ice-skate...
by David Brooks | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog
Roads are a big problem for wildlife movement, as any driver knows who has swerved around a bunch of wild turkeys or a deer leaping out from the woods suddenly. Roads slice up even our rural North Country into relatively small chunks of land where wildlife can feel...
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