by David Brooks | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
A bunch of University of Vermont students are trying to resurrect an old dam that was swamped by Hurricane Irene and make it the hydropower centerpiece of a local microgrid. Interesting project – details from the UVM magazine are here. Other groups of...
by David Brooks | Aug 18, 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 Aug. 20. *** Shoe COLE HAAN LLC, Greenland, New Hampshire has been assigned...
by David Brooks | Aug 16, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
(Funny how things come in batches. Often the newsletter is all climate-tech but this week it’s COVID-o-rama) From Dartmouth Health: In collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Belgium-based viral vector manufacturer Exothera, a team of...
by David Brooks | Aug 15, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Considering they sit at the top of the tallest buildings around and are designed to be easily visible, the hundreds of big town hall and church clocks around New England face an odd problem. “They’re out of sight, out of mind,” is how Philip D’Avanza puts it. D’Avanza...
by David Brooks | Aug 15, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
If you should make lemonade when life hands you lemons, what should you do when life hands your big project a pandemic lockdown? Make ventilation. “We had broken ground and one week later everything shut down. We literally put up a (construction) fence and a week...
by David Brooks | Aug 15, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
You don’t want to hear this, I know, but there are signs that we’re headed for something of a COVID resurgence. On Thursday, the New Hampshire Hospital Association reported more COVID-19 patients than at any time since April. Alice Peck Day Hospital in Lebanon...