Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Great explainer about solar for towns
UPDATE: Town meeting passed this easily. The town of Bristol wants to build a 200-kw solar array to cut costs for their wastewater treatment plant. Their energy committee has created a terrific 17-minute video pitching it to voters that covers a lot of questions you...
N.H. patents through March 14
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from March 7 to March 14. ***Centripetal Networks Assigned Patent for Systems for Protecting Secured Network Centripetal Networks, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No....
At UNH they’re looking for an aqueous battery breakthrough
From UNHInnovation: Xiaowei Teng is a professor and chair of chemical engineering at UNH. His research focuses on aqueous electrochemical energy storage devices that use a water-based electrolyte, which is less likely to burn if exposed to air or moisture. Teng...
February: colder than average, warmer than normal
There’s no better measure of how New England’s winters are changing than this: February a bit colder than average in New Hampshire but it was a bit warmer than normal. Confused? Blame terminology – and climate change, of course. In this case, “average” is a comparison...
Another right-to-repair bill for N.H. is in trouble
A N.H. legislative committee has narrowly given a thumbs-down to a watered-down version of a "right-to-repair" law, continuing the trend of lawmakers in the Live Free or Die state saying people shouldn't be free to fiddle with things they buy. The bill would require...
When is a tiny house not a tiny house? When it’s a cottage home!
The city of Dover has approved a development of 44 houses on 7 acres, each of them 384 square feet. They are called "cottage homes". I'm not sure how that differentiates from a tiny house, which is usually defined as less than 400 square feet. Seacoast Online has the...
How do creeks and hills get their names (and can I play, too)?
UPDATE: I posted this on Reddit and my "best name" was promptly beaten: https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:865853,Bumfagging%20Hill The contest for Best Name of a Geographic Object in New Hampshire has a new champion, thanks to an...
Politically pragmatic climate expert from N.H. heads to the White House
A New Hampshire native is among the folks bringing climate change expertise to the White House after a four-year absence, and she's a different sort of climate expert, according to E&E News. Her appointment signals a new approach to climate policy under President...
Can a less large – but still large – turbine make “small wind” a thing?
A Massachusetts start-up is trying to develop a wind turbine sized between the backyard ones that are mostly a flop and the huge ones that are great at generation but unpopular with neighbors. EnergyNews story is here. A New England startup is betting its small...
N.H. patents through March 7
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Feb. 28 to March 7. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for RAN for Multimedia Delivery Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,939,348, initially...
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