by David Brooks | Jan 11, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The open-source software worked well but the hardware had a few issues. That’s the conclusion from audits of a new ballot-counting machine that was tested in three New Hampshire towns during the November election. The device, developed by a nonprofit called...
by David Brooks | Jan 11, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire, as you know, blocked the Northern Pass line to bring roughly a Seabrook Station’s worth of Quebec hydropower into New England, then Maine probably blocked a similar attempt there. We’re perfectly happy to burn natural gas carried on big,...
by David Brooks | Jan 10, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
If you’re looking for an industry that is adapting to the pain that accompanies climate change, take a walk in a hardwood forest until you find plastic tubing stretching off into the distance. That’s the tradition-bound maple syrup industry tossing tradition aside....
by David Brooks | Jan 9, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
There are approximately 500,000 utility poles in New Hampshire, plus or minus 100,000 or so (as I noted in 2016) and every year roughly 1/20th of one percent of them are knocked down by cars. That’s my conclusion based on data from Eversource New Hampshire, the...
by David Brooks | Jan 9, 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 Jan. 8 *** C-Arm With Integrated CT System DEDICATED2IMAGING, LLC., Portsmouth, New Hampshire...
by David Brooks | Jan 6, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
As regular readers know, there are two ongoing efforts to restore the American chestnut tree to our forests after it was virtually exterminated by disease. One cross-breeds it with resistant Chinese chestnut trees, the other uses genetic modification and is getting...
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