by David Brooks | Aug 14, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The always reliable Tux Turkel has a piece in the Portland Press-Herald about the tentative arrival of electric boats along the Maine coast. (Read it here) This quote sums it up, I think: “I think we’re in the early, Tesla stages,” he said, making a car analogy. “It’s...
by David Brooks | Aug 12, 2022 | Newsletter
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by David Brooks | Aug 11, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
A hill known as Grandpa’s Knob near Rutland, Vermont, is generally considered to have been the site of the first large (1 MW) electricty-generating wind turbine, back in 1941. (VPR story here) A truly historic accomplishment that New England should be proud of....
by David Brooks | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and SHELBY LUM, Associated Press: Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years. While a vaccine for dogs has long been available, the only Lyme vaccine...
by David Brooks | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: Good things can indeed come in small packages, especially when it relates to satellite technology. Scientists at the University of New Hampshire have found that innovative miniature CubeSats, usually no larger than a box of tissues, can be just...
by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Video of a test can be seen here. From UNH News Service: Researchers at the University of New Hampshire will receive a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and test social assistive robots to aid in the care of...