Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Tesla came in 15th in the Mt. Washington Auto Road race
The Tesla Model S Plaid came in 15th in the Climb to the Clouds race up Mt. Washington's Auto Road. The best time of its two runs was 7:05, about 1:31 slower than the winner, which was a record set in a Subaru WRX which had been tweaked to have 862 (!!!!) horsepower....
N.H. reflects national patterns in the census: Rural areas emptier, exurbs/suburbs/urban grow (slowly)
The latest release of 2020 census data showed no surprises for New Hampshire: Slow growth within fringe commuting distance of Boston and the Seacoast, not much growth elsewhere, shrinkage up North and along the non-Dartmouth parts of the Connecticut River Valley. But...
If you’re not vaccinated, the Delta surge should have you worried
It might feel like it sometimes, but when it comes to COVID-19 we are not actually back to Square One. Square Two, maybe, but not Square One. That’s about as optimistic as I can get. The depressing deja vu comes because new cases of COVID-19 are rising fast in New...
Many ‘compostable’ items aren’t really, and that’s a problem for waste streams
The Valley News has a good story on the problem that so-called compostable items like bags, plates and utensils are posing for landfills - especially in Vermont, which has a strict no-food-waste-in-landfill law. Basically, too many "compostable" items aren't, really,...
N.H. patents through Aug. 15
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Aug. 8 to Aug. 15. *** Allegro MicroSystems Assigned Patent for Gate Driver Isolating Circuit Allegro MicroSystems, Manchester, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No....
Census data gives boost to the idea of math helping draw political boundaries
As I write this on Thursday morning, the Census Bureau is preparing a press conference about local data from the Census that will be used for drawing political boundaries. This has always been a political process with parties pushing to gain election advantages, but...
N.H. promotes chess in schools, which is fine I guess
I've played recreational chess all my life, although not well. I was a bench-warmer on my high school chess team and played in a couple US Chess Federation tournaments through college. I ended up with a lower USCF rating than when I began, which is hard to do when you...
We have lots of dams; why don’t we have more hydropower?
When it comes to hydropower, we’re pulled in two ways at once. We want more of this renewable electricity but we also want our rivers to be as natural as possible. Good luck doing both. “Dams are loved by some and hated by others,” is how Shannon Ames puts it. Ames...
The 2024 solar eclipse will be an official non-holiday holiday
April 8, 2024, is now officially Solar Eclipse Day in New Hampshire, marking the couple hours when a total eclipse of the sun will be visible in northern Coos County. The Legislature passed the law and Gov. Sununu signed it recently. The new law notes that a total...
A Tesla will be in the Mt. Washington Auto Road race
A Tesla Model S Plaid will take part in the 2021 Mt. Washington Hillclimb, where 80 cars try to go up the 7.6-mile, 4,618 vertical feet road as fast as possible. According to this post/video, it will be the first electric car to participate. (But see the first comment...
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