by David Brooks | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
From ISO New England: (whole release is here) On a sunny, mild Sunday afternoon last spring, demand for electricity from the region’s power grid fell to the lowest level ever seen by ISO New England’s system operators. May 1 was a day for the record books,...
by David Brooks | Feb 13, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
When bitcoin and blockchain appeared on the scene I, like a lot of non-technical people, was fascinated. That fascination translated into positive reporting – to be honest, “naive” isn’t too strong a word for some of my stories – about...
by David Brooks | Feb 13, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Feb. 12. *** Watch Band Changing Cradles for Smart Watches SURFS UP, LLC, Rye, New Hampshire...
by David Brooks | Feb 9, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
One of the many (seemingly endless) ways that humans are damaging the atmosphere, land and water is by growing lots of food and then wasting a lot of it, as much as a third in the U.S., by some estimates. This is not only stupid but harmful and a lot of people are...
by David Brooks | Feb 8, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
During the brutal cold that hit last weekend (my house got down to minus-19, coldest in my three decades here), the dirtiest fuels were important in keeping the New England grid going, says the US Energy Information Agency. To help meet demand, grid operators called...
by David Brooks | Feb 7, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
In the latest twist of the borrow-things-rather-than-own-them movement, Concord Public Library has unveiled a novel program in which they’re lending out stuff as varied as ukuleles, soil analyzers and paper shredders. At least, I thought it was novel. Turns out...