by David Brooks | Jan 9, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The design and construction of beehives seems like a long-solved problem. Aside from occasional tweaks, there’s nothing left to figure out. That’s roughly what John Rocheleau of Sandwich thought when he set up his first hive three years ago as an extension of his...
by David Brooks | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Jan. 3 to Jan. 10. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for Base Station Power Management Using Solar Panel Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No....
by David Brooks | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Sorry to bring politics into Granite Geek again, but I’m writing this the day after Trump incited bands of punks to storm the U.S. Capitol in a last-gasp attempt to keep hold of power and attention. It failed because of his lifelong inability to plan and execute...
by David Brooks | Jan 6, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The Vermont statehouse has 250 kW of li-ion batteries for backup power, replacing an old diesel generator. It appears to be the first installation in any statehouse. Unlike a generator, which just sits there most of the time, they’ll also be available to store...
by David Brooks | Jan 6, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
As I write this, Massachusetts is deciding on a state dinosaur joining the many states that already have one. New Hampshire doesn’t have a state dinosaur because of our geology – we’re so igneous/metamorphic that no fossils (which are only preserved...
by David Brooks | Jan 5, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Many people in New England have long-term memories of electric heat being expensive thanks to our prices and, if you suffered through ’80s-era heat pumps, ineffective. So it’s no surprise to read from Axios that Northern New England has the lowest rate of...