by David Brooks | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
March 8, 2022, marks the 100 th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Henry Baer in Pirmasens, Germany. Baer would go on to create seminal electronic devices, toys, and gadgets., including his groundbreaking conceptualization and work in what was to become the modern...
by David Brooks | Mar 8, 2022 | Newsletter
Chances are pretty good that you, dear reader, are slowly – or maybe quickly – “moving on” from the pandemic as the state’s COVID-19 numbers keep improving. Unless, that is, you live with a rug rat or two. The lack of a vaccine for under-5-year-olds has parents and...
by David Brooks | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
When my wife and I got a Prius a half-dozen years ago we became those annoying people who pay very close attention to their gas mileage, and we quickly realized that New Hampshire winters do a number on MPG. On average, the January mileage in our gas-electric hybrid...
by David Brooks | Mar 7, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Feb. 27 to March 6. *** DEKA Products Assigned Patent for Pressurized Vapor Cycle Liquid Distillation DEKA Products, Manchester, New Hampshire, has been...
by David Brooks | Mar 3, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
In the name of science and of informing you, dear reader, I spent a half-hour last week walking up and down my yard dragging an old towel embroidered with Big Bird’s face. The goal of this inelegant activity, done before Friday’s snowstorm, was to test a statement...
by David Brooks | Mar 2, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The insect Lymantria dispar formerly known as Gypsy Moth is now the Spongy Moth. It will not, alas, be any less of a problem. From phys.org: The ESA Governing Board voted unanimously last week to approve the addition of “spongy moth” to...
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