Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Makerspace’s shortage of needle-and-thread skills thwarts mask that allows people to read lips
Makeit Labs, the state's oldest and biggest makerspace (pre-COVID anyway - who knows what size anything is, these days?) has designed and made a pandemic-suitable face mask with a transparent section so that deaf people can still read your lips. The story from...
Ranked-choice voting worked for NH Democrats
New Hampshire's Democrats had a lousy election this year at the state level - every branch of state government is now controlled by Republicans, although the Democrats did hold onto all the federal seats. To compensate, they had some fun when they met to vote for...
Maine proposes a floating wind farm
A dozen wind turbines floating 20 miles off the coast of Maine are being proposed by that state, which is looking to have a stake in what is going to be a huge offshore wind industry. "The primary purpose of the project would be research, with a goal of working with...
Mathematical models, health decisions will guide vaccine distribution
No matter how good COVID-19 vaccines are, there isn't going to be enough made to treat everybody for at least a year. That leads to the question: Who gets which doses and when? Undark Magazine has an article about mathematical modeling that is helping to guide...
N.H. residents still sought for Astra Zeneca’s COVID vaccine trial
This story is from last week's blog. I'm rerunning it because their still looking for trial subjects. Since it ran this virus has been in the news because AstraZeneca said it was doing really well in early trials overseas, then faced concern about how they were...
N.H. patents through Nov. 22
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Nov. 15 to Nov. 22*** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for IuGW Architecture Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,841,969, initially filed April...
Space Force comes to a New Hampshire town with a weird history of trying to overcome gravity
I am happy to say that the Space Force has come to New Hampshire, although not in the form that rocket fans might have hoped. Alas, they are not going to build a spaceport at Pease. You’ll have to continue going to Odiorne State Park to watch orbit-bound vehicles go...
Study: Ice drownings expected to rise as winters warm
Label this one "hadn't thought of it before, but this makes sense" A new study says rising winter temperatures are associated with more accidents involving people falling through the ice on ponds and rivers. From the story in EENews: In general, drownings were rare in...
So far, New Hampshire’s in good shape with hospital beds and ICUs. So far.
From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic a major concern has been that hospitals would get overwhelmed, causing a ripple effect throughout the health care system. Portions of the Midwest seem to be on the verge of that right now as the long-feared winter...
N.H. Democrats in House to use ranked-choice voting
When New Hampshire House Democrats meet Thursday to choose their leader for the upcoming legislative session, they’ll use ranked choice voting for the first time. So says WMUR in this story, which also says this is "unique to New Hampshire," a puzzling statement. At...
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