by David Brooks | Jan 7, 2016 | Blog
From NH Fish & Game: Residents in northern New Hampshire may spot a helicopter overhead in the coming weeks as approximately 45 moose cows and calves are collared for the third year of a six-year study of moose mortality and productivity. (You can see a video...
by David Brooks | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog
You’ve probably been hearing a lot lately about tiny houses – houses smaller than 1,000 square feet houses on individual foundations or trailers, usually built on site unlike manufactured housing and with more attention to energy efficiency and internal...
by David Brooks | Dec 31, 2015 | Blog
In pre-computer days, there were many variations of the slide rule. These were portable devices of varying shapes, with various scales (often logarithmic), that had different sliding or turning markers. They were used to simplify conversions or calculations, and their...
by David Brooks | Dec 31, 2015 | Blog
Although NASDAQ says a recent share transaction was the first private securities issuance documented with a blockchain (the technology underlying bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies), this Quartz piece notes that it is more of a PR stunt than anything wildly...
by David Brooks | Dec 31, 2015 | Blog
A $20,000 grant will be used by the Maine Department of Marine Resources to buy a soft bottom inflatable boat that can maneuver more safely and effectively when Maine Marine Patrol respond to entangled whales. “Often, responders have to pull alongside an entangled...
by David Brooks | Dec 30, 2015 | Blog
Interesting article in the Boston Globe today about an idea from the Charles River Watershed Association: Develop lots of relatively small sewage-processing systems instead of a few really big ones, and combine them with food waste composting to produce electricity...
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