Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
How many satellites (including UNH’s) can you fit in one rocket?
The SpaceX rocket carrying a partly-UNH-built cubesat launched successfully Nov. 28. The photo above shows the various satellites crammed inside the rocket. Here's part of a UNH write-up on the satellite: A team of 70 undergraduate students from the University of New...
N.H. patents through Nov. 30
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 Nov. 3o. *** Apparatus and Method for Detecting Disconnection of an...
Doctors need to think about climate change when advising parents
Sorry to be such a downer on a holiday week. This column was going to be more upbeat but then I started writing it. As if parents didn’t have enough to think about when it comes to their kids’ health, some knowledgeable folks would like them to consider one more...
UNH dementia care robot enters home testing
I like this story from UNH Today because it doesn't oversell the project, emphasizing the ongoing nature of testing that's needed. That seems to be lacking from a lot of tech releases these days. By Aaron Sanborn, UNH Today: A multi-year effort to develop and test a...
An electric ferry on the Merrimack River?!?!?
There are a number of neighborhoods along the Merrimack River named So-and-so's Ferry, reflecting the pre-bridge days when boats carried people and passengers from one shore to another. But there hasn't been a real ferry service on the river for - I don't know, a...
NH patents through Nov. 23
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 Nov. 23. *** System and Method to Monitor Power Source Connections ALLEGRO...
NH, other N.E. states join to boost heat pumps
Five New England states (Vermont, surprisingly, isn't part of it) have launched a $450 million effort to warm more of the homes with energy-efficient, low-emission heat pumps instead by burning fossil fuels. Canary Media story is here. The New England Heat Pump...
UNH Ginkgo tree has latest-ever leaf fall
A video about the Ginkgo tree is racking up six figures online. Here's the video, with an explanatory chart below https://www.youtube.com/shorts/23cYMlMN244
“The collaborative quest to build a weather station tough enough to measure Mount Washington’s gales”
Good lead to the NH Bulletin story on efforts to maintain weather-monitoring equipment atop Mount Washington: “They tend to fold in half.” More often than staff at the Mount Washington Observatory would like, that’s just how it goes for weather monitoring equipment...
11 towns will benefit from 5 MW solar array in Warner
A big (by NH standards, anyway) solar farm is coming to Warner but what's really significant is that it is a community-solar project, with 11 municipalities signing on to get savings in their energy bill through New Hampshire’s group net metering program. Details are...
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