Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
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...
NH patents through Oct. 22
(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. 22. *** Modular Electronic Warfare Framework for Multi-Core Execution...
Looking for new crops in a boiling world. How about buckwheat?
From UNH News Service: This year’s rain, floods and freezing temperatures are a reminder farmers need many strategies to find resilient crops, especially for food production. Researchers at the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) at the University of...
NH ham radio network will cross state borders
The Merrimack Valley Amateur Radio Association (MVARA) has received a grant award of $46,125 from Amateur Radio Digital Communication, a California-based foundation, to expand its current 7-node microwave network in southern New Hampshire. The project includes...
NH lawmakers on electric vehicles: very pro, very con
This is the season for New Hampshire's vast lawmaking crowd (400 state representatives!) to propose bills in what are known as LSRs or legislative service requests. Basically they say "I'd like a law that does so-and-so" and then the staff tries to write a legal,...
Counties (wait – does NH have counties?) can get in the community power game
The most interesting energy thing happening in New Hampshire right now isn’t due to cool tech or federal money, it’s part of that terribly ho-hum tedious topic, local governance. Actually, it’s more ho-hum than that: It’s county governance. Compared to most states,...
N.H. rolls out latest attempt to get EV chargers on its highways
Developers who want to build fast-charging stations for electric vehicles along interstates and Route 202 are being invited to submit plans as part of New Hampshire’s belated efforts to join the EV bandwagon. The New Hampshire Department of...
NH patents through Oct. 15
(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. 15. *** Crystalline Forms of Compounds for Preventing or Treating...
Spotting those gross algae blooms by drone
As more New Hampshire lakes suffer from blooms of toxic algae due to warming weather and increased development, two water bodies in Henniker were part of a study of a faster way to spot outbreaks, using drones. “With the (drone), a small lake might take as little as...
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