Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
If LIDAR can “see” objects in front of your car, can they do it in space?
Laconia Daily sun has a story about a Gilford company called Rogue that is developing LIDAR-based systems for orbiting satellites to identify objects in space . The full story is here. It's part of the company's effort to develop autonomous orbiting robots that I have...
Did you feel that earthquake? (I didn’t – argh!!!)
Much to my extreme irritation, I did not notice Monday's earthquake off the coast of New Hampshire even though it was noticed by most other people in my office and rattled buildings throughout New England. Darn it; I've still never felt an earthquake! While I mutter...
NH patents through Jan. 26
(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 Jan. 26. *** Molding Resin to Form Continuous Structures VELCRO IP HOLDINGS...
Winters are fading but we can still be darn wintery!
Good old Mount Washington decides to remind us of what it can do in winter: The Mount Washington Observatory says the high temperature there on Tuesday was 13 degrees below zero. That's the coldest daily-high since Feb. 26, 2019. It hit 13 below on my commute that...
One NH town, a million bucks in losses to scams
A sobering, but not surprising, story in Seacoast Online: In the mere 13 months since last January, Hampton residents lost nearly a million dollars through phone, email, text, and social media scams, many involving cryptocurrency. “And that’s just the ones reported to...
Electrify everything is a great idea but who pays?
The push to electrify everything as a way to boost the economy without broiling the planet focuses on ways to switch over vehicles, factories and other big fuel users. But what about smaller things like, say, a trash compactor? “We have to make serious inroads on...
When people fled to NH during pandemic, they brought lots of money
It’s common knowledge that lots of people moved to New Hampshire during the pandemic to escape city life and lockdowns. A new analysis shows that they brought a lot of money with them. “Households migrating to New Hampshire during the pandemic earned an average of...
Why ‘ice-in’ matters for Lake Winnipesaukee
We're finally having a real New Hampshire winter in terms of temperature, if not snowfall, as shown by the Jan. 14 unofficial but well-respected declaration of "ice-in" on Lake Winnipesaukee (meaning the five main ports of the lake are all iced in). Aside from what...
Museum of White Mountains looks at our disappearing winters
The Museum of the White Mountains at Plymouth State University will debut Silent Shifts: Evolving Winters in the White Mountains, a new exhibition that traces how our experience of winter in the region has changed over the last 150 years and how it will continue to...
NH patents through Jan. 19
(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 Jan. 19. *** Applicator for a Pessary Device REIA, LLC, Lyme, New Hampshire...
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