Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire 

Mass. is trying a tiny test of vehicle-to-grid

As many people have been saying for years, big batteries in cars are a valuable resource that shouldn't sit there doing nothing for the 95% of the time that cars are parked. Turning that obvious idea into reality isn't easy, however. The technology doesn't seem too...

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This is prime solar-power time in New England

Yesterday (Sunday, 3/23) the six-state New England electric grid set a record for largest production by utility - i.e., front-of-meter - solar (866 MW). Note that ISO-NE considers burning trash and burning wood for power as renewables, so it's not the same as...

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NH patents through March 16

(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 March 16. *** Double-Diffused Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Transistor...

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Blindly-following-GPS error of the day

A driver following their GPS drove onto a beginner slope at Cannon Mountain Ski Area, reports the Union-Leader. It happened before the ski area was open. The area is clearly marked, Jace Wirth, Cannon’s general manager, said, and mistaking the slopes for a roadway...

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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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