Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Bat Counts project hints (but only hints) that our bat population may have stopped shrinking
It’s a sad reality that most wildlife projects for citizen scientists are created to quantify bad news, usually by counting the shrinking numbers of some plant, animal or bug struggling against climate change and habitat loss. So let’s celebrate the New Hampshire Bats...
Da Vinci’s machines in Vermont
This blog doesn't usually mention science-museum exhibits because there are too many of them but this one at Montshire Museum in Norwich, Vermont, sounds intriguing*: Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion is a interactive experience with full-size machines, using the...
N.H. patents through May 29
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from May 22 through May 29 . *** BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent for Neural Network Kernels BAE Systems Information and...
Operator, please! Antique phone booth goes in the State House
I have a pleasant little story in the Monitor today (and goodness knows we need a few pleasant little stories) about a historic old phone booth installed in the State House thanks to my favorite New Hampshire museum, The Telephone Museum in Warner. Check it out here -...
In the Cold War, Russians couldn’t visit southern N.H. (but could visit Lynn, Mass.)
It sometimes seems that all of the unpleasant politics from my youth is being resurrected, both domestic and international - from the neo-John-Birch-Society wing overtaking the GOP (I recently saw a "better dead than Red" sticker, for crying out loud) to Vladimir...
Weather station tested on Mt. Washington is reporting from Mt. Everest
That automated weather station tested on Mount Washington (as noted here in Nov. 2020) has been placed on Mount Everest and is reporting weather data, as National Geographic notes in a story with some excellent video. It's worth clicking through to check it out: here.
CO2 monitor can help gauge indoor COVID risk
One of the (many) unsettling things about COVID-19 and other contagious diseases is that they're invisible. You walk into a room and have no idea whether it's safe or teeming with SARS-CoV2 virus particles floating on invisible aerosol droplets. One way to make an...
Biocontrol won’t save our ash trees but it’s still worth it
Last week’s news that the destruction of ash trees by an invasive beetle has driven a 168-year-old New Hampshire company to close was sad to hear, but since there are three different biocontrol species being released in the state, the problem will soon be fixed....
Looking for innovation in ways to use the forests
As the saying goes, build a better feller-buncher and the forestry world will beat a path to your door. But that’s assuming you can get financing, technical help and development space — exactly the issue that a four-month program is trying to tackle this summer. “The...
N.H. patents through May 22
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from May May 8 through May 22. *** Allegro MicroSystems Assigned Patent for Sensors having Dynamic Phase Compensation Allegro MicroSystems, Manchester, New Hampshire,...
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