No dickory or dock, but hickory trees could (should?) be making a resurgence
The Valley News has a story about small efforts to get farmers and others to look at hickory trees, especialy the Yellowbud variety, as a potential nut crop as well as a tree that’s resilient in the face of the climate emergency. (The full story is here) Taking...NH patents through Nov. 12
(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 Nov. 12. *** Hockey Stick With Variable Geometry Shaft and Paddle BAUER...Only half of overdose deaths get autopsied in NH due to shortage of pathologists
New Hampshire Bulletin has a good piece about how a shortage of pathologists means that only half of overdose deaths in the state get an autopsy. The full story is here. Why is an accurate cause of death so important? Death certifications have public health and data...
Small N.H. firm taking first orbital step for autonomous satellite robots
If you were told that a New Hampshire startup launched its first payload Saturday en route to creating autonomous robots that can fix satellites in orbit, where would you think it was located? Probably with the tech firms in Nashua or Manchester. Perhaps alongside...Grafton County gets (finally!) fiber optic network
Grafton County – the often overlooked one that’s next to Vermont, north of Dartmouth and south of Coos County – is getting a slew of optical fiber to hubs. Nearly $12 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration will be...
Return to the Concord MonitorAbout Granite Geek
Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on WGIR-AM radio..
Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you’ll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.