by David Brooks | Jun 25, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
I haven’t been warm-weather hiking in the White Mountains this year because first they were closed and then they were overwhelmed by (ooh, yuck) Massachusetts people, but I’ve been above treeline enough to know that it’s a whole different world. That’s the appeal, of...
by David Brooks | Jun 23, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
For a little while in 2001 New Hampshire was the center of the geek world when Dean Kamen and his Manchester-area R&D firm DEKA introduced the Segway, the self-balanced vehicle. It was like magic, using sensors and intelligent electric motors to stay upright. I...
by David Brooks | Jun 23, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The New England Power Generators Association, the industry group for 90% or so of the region’s electricity-producing plants, has released a report backing a carbon tax of $25 to $70 a ton as a way cut greenhouse gas emissions. Basically this would raise the...
by David Brooks | Jun 23, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The above map from the USGS streamflow site (waterdata.usgs.gov) tells the story of our dry conditions. Red means a water level lower than 10 percent of recordings for that moment over the past eight decades or so (measurement time scales differ for different sites)....
by David Brooks | Jun 23, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from June 14 to June 21. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for Dynamic Public Warning System for In-Vehicle eNodeB Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a...
by David Brooks | Jun 22, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The Concord Monitor is keeping track of four measurements often cited as indicators of how the COVID-19 pandemic is progressing. This is our third weekly update. When all four measures are met consistently we’ll have a good argument that the pandemic is under...
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