by David Brooks | Aug 1, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through July 30. *** Medical Pump DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Manchester,...
by David Brooks | Jul 31, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The big two of renewable energy – solar and wind – are weather-dependent on a minute-by-minute basis and the other big one, hydropower, is dependent on it over the course of weeks and months. So it makes sense that ISO-New England, which runs the six-state...
by David Brooks | Jul 31, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Perhaps my favorite of all the columns I’ve written in three decades concerns the visitor who complained that New Hampshire’s hiking trails were too rough and that we should smooth them out. Here it is from 2017. New Hampshire Bulletin, the excellent...
by David Brooks | Jul 29, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
A big article in Saturday’s Times about the arrival of robots in industrial settings talks about C&S Wholesale Grocers, which is based in Keene (it’s owner is the state’s richest person, although you don’t hear about him much). The company...
by David Brooks | Jul 28, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
With massive floods to the west of us, huge wildfires to the north and continuing sea-level rise to the east, New Hampshire homeowners would be wise to prepare for the worst. They can start by checking their home insurance. That’s the message from the New Hampshire...
by David Brooks | Jul 27, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
No New Hampshire angle here, but I am fascinated by this study which shows that placebos – fake medicine that patients think is real – work better if they are presented as being tailored specially for the individual. Our minds are wondrous things. Check it...
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