Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
N.H. patents through May 2
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from April 25 to May 2. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for SSID to QCI Mapping Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,993,135, initially filed...
22 long-distance transmission lines urged (but not the Maine interconnect)
As you'll see from the map above, there's an interesting omission from the "shovel-ready" long-distance electric transmission lines that a report says should be pursued to generate jobs and clean energy for the U.S. The Quebec-Maine interconnect - much-debated cousin...
Here’ a technology that NH needs more of: Animal processing
Farming livestock is a good way to celebrate life, but it also requires dealing with death. That can be a problem for small-scale and beginning farmers, including the many people who decided to start raising chickens during the pandemic. “There’s a Facebook group for...
Anti-daylight saving bill is still alive in New Hampshire
The latest attempt to shift New Hampshire away from daylight-savings switcheroos by putting us permanently on the Atlantic Standard Time (as long as Maine and Massachusetts do it first) is still alive: The House of Representatives has passed HB85 and it's in committee...
Can you take water from rivers and lakes in a drought?
It's been pretty wet in New Hampshire over the past week or so but we're still in a long-term drought. It's going to take more than a few normal-precipitation periods to overcome months of sub-normal water from the sky. This raises a question: If I want to water my...
N.H. is a bitcoin hotbed; we’re a questions-about-bitcoin-legality hotbed, too
Complicated new things often have straightforward old things hidden inside. Case in point: Two unrelated prosecutions in New Hampshire of alleged misdeeds involving one of the most bewildering items in the digital universe, blockchain-based cryptocurrencies. Although...
UNH software helps collect seafloor data from remote-controlled sailboat
From UNH Today: A new remotely operated sailboat is soon heading for the high seas for proof-of-concept testing, and scientists are hopeful it will offer a boost in efficiency over current mapping efforts. This spring, the Saildrone Surveyor, a 72-foot vessel without...
Why four tree species are struggling in New England
Seven Days, an excellent independent newspaper in Vermont, had an excellent overview of how climate change and introduced pests are damaging four major tree species in New England - ash, chestnut, red spruce and sugar maple. The story is here.
Vermont might let Tesla et al open service centers as well as sales
Vermont legislators are considering a bill, known inevitably as the Tesla Bill, to let allow electric vehicle makers to open direct-to-consumer outlets for vehicle maintenance and sales in the state. would further bar car companies that don’t make electric cars from...
N.H. patents through April 25
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from April 18 to April 25. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for Base Station Grouping for Topology Hiding Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No....
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