Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Burning wood for heat can reduce emissions if done the New England way
This is an opinion piece from Sam Evans Brown, executive director of Clean Energy New Hampshire and Joe Short is vice president of the Northern Forest Center. Within the growing clean energy community, advocates agree that transitioning away from fossil fuels must be...
How much rice can rice cookers cook if rice cookers also play music?
I'm an old grump who snorts derisively at the term "art installation" because it didn't exist when I was young (that's usually why old grumps snort derisively) but I'll make the occasional exception. Playing a concert on rice cookers hacked with Arduinos that also...
N.H. food composting may get a boost now that meat, dairy can join the mix
There is something about rot and decay – the organic kind, not the political – that I can’t resist. It’s not just the “circle of life” celebration of microbes turning yesterday’s lunch into tomorrow’s topsoil. It’s also the satisfaction of keeping stuff out of the...
N.H. patents through April 24
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from April 17 through April 24. *** Galvion Assigned Patent for Helmets Including Spray on Materials Galvion, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been assigned a...
Joining the plant-based meat/dairy replacement bandwagon, sort of
Start-ups always face unexpected issues when developing new products. Some issues are more surprising than others. “It took us a while to find the right hand soap,” said Adam Hamilton, co-founder of Nuttin’ Ordinary, a small New Hampshire company making a creamy...
PCR-test-in-a-box for COVID being manufactured in NH
A New Hampshire factory is ramping up to make thousands of machines that can detect COVID-19 virus from people’s spit rather than mucus gathered from their nostrils, now that the FDA has given emergency approval to the Virginia company that developed the process....
Car tires are a huge pollution problem that recycling can barely touch
The Valley News has a good story about the difficulty of dealing with all the used tires that our transportation-happy economy produces. Burning, reusing, landfilling - all have problems - and the cost is rising. The story is here. Tires are a significant stream of...
N.H. patents through April 17
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from April 10 through April 17. *** BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent for Link 16 Time Base Approach for Long Ranges...
A golden age of wildlife in New England?
"Science-based wildlife management, based on a set of principles developed in the 19th century, brought New England wildlife from its darkest days into an era in which state agencies are pleading for hunters to eat more animals." That's a line from this Boston Globe...
Electric plane startup at Burlington Vt. airport
The New York Times has a long article about a startup called Beta at Burlington International Airport (Canadian flights make it sound bigger) that's developing an electric piloted airplane with the idea of carrying cargo on short trips (batteries don't last that long)...
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