Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Climate disasters make ‘ham radio’ more valuable
Note: Right after this ran in the Monitor I got a notice that Members of the New Hampshire Amateur Radio Emergency Service will conduct their annual Simulated Emergency Test on Saturday November 2. For information, see http://nh-ares.org/ The carnage left in the wake...
NH patents through Oct. 6
(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. 6. *** Methods and Systems for Protecting a Secured Network...
Mass. town will use batteries right: grid help, backup power, cut electric bills
Canaery media has a story (here it is) about a Wakefiled, Mass., municipal project that seems to be taking full advantage of battery storage: By next year, a site off a tree-lined road running between the town’s two high schools will host a 15-megawatt-hour...
Four states will vote on adding ranked-choice voting and one on opposing it
Alaska, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon will have citizen initiatives on the ballot Nov. 5 about adopting ranked-choice voting for some races and Colorado might or might not have one as well, while Missouri will have a vote on whether to prohibit it. Ballotpedia has a story...
Feds support a long transmission line in Maine – no, not that one
From AP: A $425 million federal grant is breathing new life into a proposal for a wind power project that would provide enough electricity for about 450,000 homes, along with construction of a transmission corridor in northern Maine's Aroostook County to get the...
NH testing a slo-o-o-ow public EV charger – a very good idea
An electric vehicle charger is being unveiled in a Concord parking lot Wednesday and it’s gathering a lot of attention for a very odd reason: It’s really slow. “The reality is that cars are parked over 90% of the time. This is a great way to...
Autonomous boats will be exploring the Gulf of Maine
In October, NOAA, the University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center and additional partners from the federal government, academia and the private sector will test the simultaneous, remote operation of two DriX uncrewed...
When it comes to climate change, we’re ‘Not built for this’
When it comes to climate change, most of us have finally worked our way through the five stages of grief. Some lunkheads are still stuck on denial but the onslaught of global weather disasters such as Hurricane Helene means the bulk of humanity has zipped through...
There are no puns in this headline
This column ran in advance of a public appearance that has now passed but it might still be on interest. The pun, you’ve probably heard, is the lowest form of humor, the verbal equivalent of a Three Stooges eye-poke. Don’t tell that to Richard Lederer. “Edgar Allen...
NH patents through Sept. 29
(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 Sept. 29 *** System, Method, and Apparatus for Monitoring, Regulating, or...
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