by David Brooks | Aug 4, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
To be honest, back in March, I thought COVID-19 would be calming down by now. I knew the disease wouldn’t be gone – that will take effective vaccines – but I figured warm weather and months of experience would reduce its impact on our lives. Instead, the coronavirus...
by David Brooks | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
A Seacoast Online story about tensions about crowding on the state’s ocean beaches starts with the line “New Hampshire’s Atlantic coastline, the smallest in New England, is just 13 miles long, or 18.5 miles if you include inlets,” which made me sit...
by David Brooks | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from July 26 to Aug. 2. *** BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent for Cyber Warning Receiver BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration...
by David Brooks | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
On Mondays in the Concord Monitor I run a weekly update of four COVID-related measures in New Hampshire – average number of new cases, whether that number is going down, number of tests per capita and percentage of tests that are positive. If you’re a...
by David Brooks | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
I’ve been reporting about New Hampshire’s connection to flying cars a.k.a. roadable aircraft for almost a decade, thanks to Terrafugia developing a folding-wing car over the border in Massachusetts. It’s was the topic of one of the last in-person...
by David Brooks | Jul 28, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The fact that this column is named “Granite Geek’ might give you a clue about my certain bias when solving complicated problems, such as how best to keep indoor spaces safe during the pandemic. I want the solution to be geeky! Social distancing and wearing masks and...