N.H. patents through Sept. 25
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Sept. 25. *** En Technology Assigned Patent for Digital Audio Communication, Control in Live Performance Venue En Technology, Keene, New Hampshire, has been...Study finds some N.H. beaches can withstand storms better than others
By Rebecca Irelan, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space: After a particularly raucous bout of weather in April 2019, Rick Cliche and his wife, Leslie, pulled up to Hampton’s North Beach and found, to their utter surprise, ancient peat moss and weathered...In the pandemic era, 3 1/2 more NH residents have died every single day
As we debate whether the COVID-19 pandemic is “over,” whatever that means, here’s a number to consider: Three and a half people each day. This is the number of excess deaths that have occurred in New Hampshire during the pandemic era. This counts all deaths, not just...Keep in touch
If you’ve been forwarded this newsletter and want to subscribe, add your email at the Granite Geek blog: granitegeek.concordmonitor.com Suggestions or comments? Drop me a line: dbrooks@cmonitor.comNH gets a cool new monument to video games
As I’m sure you know, the late Ralph Baer of Manchester led the team that developed the first home video game while working at Sanders Associates in Nashua. That’s the state’s big moment in the video game arena, memorialized in a life-size statue of...
Return to the Concord Monitor
Science Cafe NHAbout 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.