Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
If it wasn’t for people moving here (especially from Massachusetts), NH would be shrinking
The latest chapter in New Hampshire demographics reads like the other chapters over the past half-decade: More people are dying here than are being born, with the difference made up by people moving here from out of state. As often as not, “from out of state” means...
Quebec powerline to NH (no, not Northern Pass) gets federal support
A transmission line that would bring Canada hydropower into New Hampshire and also let New England send power north is one of three projects to get federal support, part of a $1.3 billion commitment designed to increase the nation’s ability to move electricity around...
N.H. patents through Oct. 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 Oct. 29. *** Flow Meter and Related Method DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED...
Even cross-country skiing needs snowmaking in New England
The New Hampshire town of Hanover, home to Dartmouth College, has always been a New England skiing hotbed. So it says something that a new Nordic (i.e., cross-country) ski area is going to have snowmaking. The hotbeds are getting too hot to count on snow, I guess: Tom...
If there’s an official state flower, bird and bug, why not official state pronunciation?
Attention, residents of New Hampshire's capital city: If you have ever winced at hearing a presidential candidate pronounce the Capital City’s name as “kon-KORD” rather than “KON-kerd,” there’s a piece of legislation you may be interested in. A proposed bill...
After the floods, Montpelier takes a new look at removing dams
In mid-summer I wrote a piece called "With all the flooding, should we still be removing dams? Yup!" Here's a specific followup from SevenDays Vermont: How a long desire to remove four small dams on the Winooski River is getting a new push after the summer flooding....
Hooray for a really inefficient way to reduce people’s energy use
The couch in my living room is against an outside wall, right under a window. I have spent three decades trying to eliminate the draft against the back of my neck when I sit there. WindowDressers might have an answer. Better than that: They go about it in an...
A downtown development with no parking spaces – sign of the times?
A large development by the standards of downtown Portsmouth has been approved by the city with no on-site parking spaces, reports Seacoast Online: "The board granted a conditional use permit to McNabb for his historic 111 State St. property, which allows him to...
NH biotech effort selected as Tech Hub, can compete for $500m
The biotech cluster from the Manchester Millyard to Nashua was one of 31 programs in the country chosen for economic development by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which designed "Tech Hubs" that can compete for $500 million in federal funding. "The program ... is...
NH sues Facebook as ‘addictive,’ harmful to children
New Hampshire has joined 41 other states suing Facebook and Instagram for using “addictive” algorithms that “exploit the developmental vulnerabilities of children and trap them into never-ending use.” The complaint filed in Merrimack County Superior...
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