Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
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...
That’s not a highway, that’s an Alternative Fuels Corridor
We Baby Boomers fixate on road signs but it’s not our fault. All our driving habits were developed before cell phones and satellite maps and digital voices warning that your exit is coming up in a quarter mile. We braved the interstate highways when the only...
If SARS-CoV2 is a German shepherd, is the delta variant a Rottweiler-Dachsund-Terrier?
I have flown on Delta Airlines, visited the Mississippi Delta and written my share of deltas in math class, but the only delta I care about these days is molecular. I refer, of course, to the COVID-19 virus formerly known as B.1.617.2 or the “India variant,” now...
What’s with all the new news-gathering organizations in New Hampshire?
It’s a truism in newsrooms that few readers notice story bylines, but Monitor regulars who do check names at the start of articles have seen something odd in recent months. Along with the usual “Monitor staff” attached to people like me, there have been bylines from...
N.H. patents through July 4
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from June 27 to July 4. *** BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Assigned Patent for Wireless Resilient Routing Reconfiguration Linear Program BAE Systems Information...
One more thing climate change may cause: Bumpier frost heaves
From UNH News Service: The frost heaves that turn New England roads and their drivers into a bumpy, grumpy mess are one of many consequences of the seasonal soil freeze and thaw cycle that impacts about half of the northern hemisphere. “Seasonal soil freezing is...
There’s climate and microclimate; connection between the two can be complex
If you have a garden of any size you’re familiar with the concept of a “microclimate,” mostly because it’s an excellent scapegoat. The sugar snaps did lousy? Garden’s in a low spot where cold collects. Lettuce wilted? Storm blew down a nearby tree and now it’s too...
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