Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
N.H. patents through Feb. 20
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Feb. 13 to Feb. 20. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for VoIP, Native Carrier Call Integration Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been...
N.H. tech firms need more immigrants
"One reason New Hampshire has so much trouble finding high-tech worker workers is that the state doesn’t have enough immigrants." That's the start of a Bob Sanders article in NH Business Review (read it here) that states what most people in tech know: Immigrants make...
N.H. to offshore wind: Plug in here!
It doesn't seem like New Hampshire has a lot to bring to the table for the coming boom in Gulf of Maine offshore wind. We haven't been doing much basic R&D like Maine, we don't have much in the way of industrial seaport facilities like Massachusetts, our coastline...
Hub-and-spoke satellites will study space turbulence
We’ve all gotten familiar with the idea of a hub-and-spoke system for everything from airline flights (you have to visit Newark before you can visit L.A.) to home computer networks (except for the printer, which can never seen to get connected). But I wasn’t expecting...
N.H. patents through Feb. 13
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Feb. 6 to Feb. 13. NB Research Assigned Patent for System, Method for Securing Resource NB Research, Bedford, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent...
Wastewater monitoring of virus is growing but random sampling would be better
A month ago this column talked about the possibility of using wastewater monitoring to keep an eye on COVID-19 when – we move into endemic status. The Centers for Disease Control has now taken a step in that direction. Last week it released a web dashboard...
NASA chooses UNH satellite swarm to study solar wind turbulence
From SpaceNews: NASA has selected a University of New Hampshire cluster of smallsats to monitor turbulence in the solar wind, as well as a second project to study the sun’s corona, as its next Explorer-class heliophysics missions. Here is the NASA announcement. NASA...
Utility poles (definitely not telephone poles) for sale: 175,393 of them
Utility poles don't get much attention considering that they are the most visible part of both the telecommunication and energy system, but the state's Consumer Advocate wants that to change. The consumer advocate, Don Kreis, is drawing attention to a deal in which...
Online scammers have to educate people on tech, just like you with your parents
I don't want to make fun of people who suffer from online scams, which are repulsive and pernicious, but I couldn't help but chuckle at a quote from the assistant attorney general in my story warning about Valentine's Day-related romance scams. With bitcoin, he said...
N.H. decides cryptocurrency is worth studying
N.H. Gov. Chris Sununu said Wednesday he will name a 12-person commission to hold hearings and make recommendations on laws and regulations dealing with cryptocurrency and "digital assets". The commission will include the attorney general, state banking commissioner,...
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