Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Space Force has officially arrived in New Hampshire
The New Boston Air Force Station, a satellite tracking station that was once a bombing practice site (I wrote about some of its history here) has made the final switch from Air Force to Space Force, with the installation of a new sign at its main entrance. However, I...
Why wind turbines almost always have 3 blades (more detail)
A couple weeks ago I brought up the question of why wind turbines have 3 blades rather than 1, 2 or 17. I mentioned some detail about the explanation, but readers pointed me to a video from Engineering With Rosie which explains it in a lot more detail. In case you're...
Delta variant is still rare in New Hampshire
Here are two items about COVID-19 in New Hampshire that, it’s safe to say, are related: We have a relatively high percentage of people who are vaccinated and we have a low amount of the more infectious Delta variant. How low? In the past couple of weeks, 6,303...
Who knew that making buoys and airport lighting required such cool machines?
Last week I visited (yes, visited! in person!!!) a Tilton company called Sealite that makes ocean buoys and airport lighting. It's gotten a huge Air Force order and been purchased by a big company, which is why I was there, but the cool part was the 20-foot-tall oven...
Maine adds lots of acoustic shark detectors (but they’re not real-time)
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The state of Maine is nearly tripling the number of acoustic shark detectors in coastal waters a year after the state’s first fatal shark attack. The Maine Department of Marine Resources deployed eight acoustic receivers in coastal waters a year...
In N.H., 0.5% of light-duty vehicles are electric
As of June, New Hampshire had 2,690 all-electric light-duty vehicles registered out of a total about 480,000 vehicles, or about half of one percent, according to the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Maine was at the same level - 1,920 out of about 380,000 vehicles - while...
N.H. patents through July 14
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from July 4 to July 11. *** BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent for Custodianship Model for Decentralized Track Fusion BAE Systems Information and...
Right-to-repair fans psyched by Pres. Biden’s push
(UPDATE: Vice notes that "a fact sheet for the order indicates that the executive order will apply not just to tractor companies like John Deere, but also to consumer electronics companies.") New Hampshire’s right-to-repair community is looking with interest at...
Vermont needs more people to report storms
VTDigger, a statewide independent news source in Vermont, has an intriguing story about a shortage of storm-watchers hampering the National Weather Service in Burlington. It's a combination of stay-at-home (fewer people driving to work and seeing stuff), Vermontian...
New rules to cut down on ‘spoofed’ numbers, spam calls
Next time you get a call from a 603 number you don’t recognize, pay attention to your phone – there is a chance it will be able to tell whether or not the call is actually coming from New Hampshire. That's the hopeful start to a story in the Concord Monitor about...
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