by David Brooks | May 23, 2016 | Blog
By Targeted News Service The following patents were recently issued to individuals and companies in New Hampshire. DEKA Products, Manchester, N.H., has been assigned an ornamental design patent (D755,975) developed by David E. Collins, Groveland, Mass., for an...
by David Brooks | May 23, 2016 | Blog
Back in September 1999 I saw Dean Kamen demonstrate the IBot in the DEKA offices in the Manchester millyard. The IBOT is – was? – a wheelchair that could stand upright and climb stairs using a variation of the technology that two years later fueled the...
by David Brooks | May 20, 2016 | Blog
The new fast-charging system unveiled Friday at a popular campground in Lancaster, in the part of the state known as North of the Notches, is the first such public facility in the North Country and the first non-Tesla Level 3 charger available in the state for the...
by David Brooks | May 20, 2016 | Blog
Outside/In, a podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio, takes a look at the reality of sea rise and how it will affect coastal communities in its most recent session. The podcast focuses on the extremely vulnerable community of Nahant, Mass. (the aerial photo above...
by David Brooks | May 19, 2016 | Blog
If you’re psyched by “deep drawing, hydroforming, and electromagnetic forming” processes, or finite element analysis modeling or “biaxial tensile testing equipment and portable and non-contact strain measurements using digital imaging...
by David Brooks | May 18, 2016 | Blog
Wired has a great story about the difficulty of engineering good tires for electric cars, a subject I’d never thought of. Great-handling tires don’t last. Durable tires are loud. Quiet tires can’t handle. The rubber wrapped around the wheels on every new car is...
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