Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Return of the happily inefficient way to be energy efficient
A hands-on program to help people reduce window drafts by building them insulated inserts is coming to Canterbury Town Hall – which is, it turns out, a most appropriate location. “We convinced the town that our 200-year-old Town Hall could use it,” said Claudia...
A half-century observing NH wildlife and he’s optimistic?!?!
Decades of working with and watching New Hampshire’s woods and wildlife has left Eric Orff with a feeling that unfortunately is not very common among outdoor folks these days: Optimism. “If you read through the book you’ll see we’ve come a long way in the half-century...
NH patents through Oct. 13
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Oct. 13. *** Shoe COLE HAAN LLC, Greenland, New Hampshire has been assigned...
One China turbine may outproduce all of Lempster Mt. wind farm
Chinese company Dongfang Electric Corp. says it has built a new offshore wind turbine with a power-producing capacity of 26 megawatts. If true, that is freakishly enormous: The entire Lempster Mountain Wind Power Project, whose 12 turbines were the first wind farm in...
Documenting skeletal remains found on historic ‘poor farm’
From UNH News Service: On a bright autumn afternoon, a plain wooden box crafted by a local cabinet shop containing skeletal remains was returned to its final resting place during a simple reburial ceremony in Brentwood. Researchers and students from the University of...
Devil’s in the details for Vermont’s Clean Heat Standard
Vermont is the first state to pass a Clean Heat Standard - the heating equivalent of clean-power goals that many states have for electricity. Not surprisingly, the details are complicated, as Canary Media reporter (here): advocates criticize that it doesn't prioritize...
Ocean mapping vessel (non-autonomous variety) makes NH its home
From National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration: NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler and its crew of 14 have returned to their homeport in New Castle, New Hampshire following a successful 18 month hydrographic survey mission. Ferdinand R. Hassler, a...
Climate disasters make ‘ham radio’ more valuable
Note: Right after this ran in the Monitor I got a notice that Members of the New Hampshire Amateur Radio Emergency Service will conduct their annual Simulated Emergency Test on Saturday November 2. For information, see http://nh-ares.org/ The carnage left in the wake...
NH patents through Oct. 6
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Oct. 6. *** Methods and Systems for Protecting a Secured Network...
Mass. town will use batteries right: grid help, backup power, cut electric bills
Canaery media has a story (here it is) about a Wakefiled, Mass., municipal project that seems to be taking full advantage of battery storage: By next year, a site off a tree-lined road running between the town’s two high schools will host a 15-megawatt-hour...
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