Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire 

Young stars can have planets, too

Finding exoplanets is becoming old hat in the astrophysics community but finding them among young stars is a big deal, as detailed in a Valley-News story about a Dartmouth researcher: Read it here. An interesting tidbit: Dr. Elisabeth Newton describes herself as...

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N.H. patents through March 28

By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from March 21 to March 28. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for X2 Brokering with Aggregation Optimization Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No....

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Blueberries for solar Sal

There's a 4-MW solar farm being built in and among a 10-are wild blueberry farm in Maine. It's partly an experiment to determine the best practices for "agrivoltaic" systems, which combine solar with farming lowbush blueberries. " One of the many project innovations...

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How deep is that snow? Ask a Lidar-carrying drone!

Determining snow depth and water content is important, especially in places like the increasingly-drought-stricken Western U.S., but it's not easy. Scrambling around mountains with measuring sticks and snow-melting equipment isn't very efficient, so systems have been...

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N.H. patents through March 21

By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from March 14 to march 21. *** Centripetal Networks Assigned Patent for Systems for Protecting Secured Network Centripetal Networks, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent...

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About Granite Geek

Dave Brooks has written a weekly science/tech newspaper column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on geekish topics in and around the Granite State. He discusses the geek world regularly on WGIR-AM radio, and moderated the monthly Science Cafe NH sessions when they were still a thing. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.

Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you’ll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association, Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau (of all places) and his 2024 induction into the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame.

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