by David Brooks | May 12, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
In 2018 I wrote about a company called Freight Farms that had grew lettuce for Concord’s Marriott Hotel inside one of its hydroponic trailers. It was one of several indoor-crop-growing startups that garnered a lot of attention at the time. Alas, it just went...
by David Brooks | May 12, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
The weekly list of New Hampshire-related patents has been on hold because of problems caused by Doge team’s uninformed “efficiency” (ha!) drive amid federal agencies. Targeted News Service has fixed the problem. (Links to each patent can be found...
by David Brooks | May 9, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
A team of UNH undergrads built an electric ultralight plane. UNH News reports “the team worked on the aircraft over the past year – about 5,000 to 6,000 man hours – to design and build the full-scale ultralight piloted electric aircraft. All the...
by David Brooks | May 8, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Over 30 years, the average coldest temperature reached during the year in Concord – a cloudless night in mid-winter, usually – has risen more than 7 degrees Fahrenheit, one of the fastest increases in the country, reports Axios Generate. (full story here)...
by David Brooks | May 7, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
A decade ago the idea that the state could invest in bitcoin would have been exciting. But years of watching cryptocurrency serve only to dodge taxes, launder money and delude small investors, providing no actual use that helps society, makes me realize it is at best...
by David Brooks | May 7, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
The SEE Science Center’s twelfth season of Science on Tap discussions concludes on Tuesday, May 13. Science on Tap events are informal discussions with local scientists and experts on a particular topic. On Tuesday the topic will be: Something’s Afoot...