Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire 

New England wind power sets a new record (barely)

ISO-NE, the folks who run the six-state power grid, says we had 1,332 MW of wind power on the grid at about 7 am. Thursday. That represented almost 10% of the total system load at the time and was a record output - but only by 17 MW. Worse, it was less than 100 MW...

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NH patents through Oct. 12

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. 12. Plasma Arc Torch HYPERTHERM, INC., Hanover, New Hampshire has been...

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National pro-vaccine group comes to NH

A national pro-vaccine group has opened a chapter in New Hampshire, the eleventh state in which it has done so. American Families for Vaccines said the chapter "organization will "work to promote science-based legislation and initiatives in the Granite State." The...

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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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