Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
NH patents through July 17
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from July 10 through July 17. *** Allegro MicroSystems Assigned Patent for Motor Controller with Stall Detection Allegro MicroSystems, Manchester, New Hampshire, has...
UMaine tries 3-D printing homes from wood residue
I have seen many alternatives to traditional stick-built housing construction over the decades. None have done much. Maybe this one will? Portland Press-Herald reports that the University of Maine is working on 3-D printing homes using wood fiber/ (Story is here) Home...
A very useful invention for half the population
There is exactly one area where males are indisputably superior to females: Ease of urinating outdoors. A New Hampshire company called StandNP has developed a disposable cone (nobody wanted to carry around a reusable one - ewww) that lets women - well, stand and pee....
A floating septic system for boaters
I'm not a boat-owner (mountains beat ocean, from my recreational point of view) so it hadn't occurred to me to wonder what happens with their bodily wastes. Dumping them overboard would be the easy thing but that can cause obvious problems, especially close to shore....
Hey boss, does our new factory need breathable air? How about gravity – do we need that?
Whenever I see pictures of the International Space Station, I think two things: 1) It would be cool to visit and 2) how did they get all those massive girders into orbit? I know the answer to 2) is “big rockets and the space shuttle” but it’s still kind of...
Dartmouth: In 24 years, $6 trillion in economic damage from greenhouse gases
Dartmouth News Service: A sound scientific basis exists for climate liability claims between individual countries, according to a Dartmouth study. The study is the first to assess the economic impacts that individual countries have caused to other...
N.H. patents through July 10
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from July 3 through July 10. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for End-to-End Prioritization for Mobile Base Station Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has...
“Emerald Tutu” might help protect Boston as the seas rise
The lost of natural ecosystems such as mangrove swamps and temperate wetlands along ocean coastlines has made us more vulnerable to rising sea levels. So why not try to recreate them artificially? That's sort of the idea in a Northeastern University's project to...
A video with all (well, a lot) you need to know about making beer and booze
Science Cafe NH came back live in June at Market Days, a downtown festival in Concord, with a discussion about the science and business of brewing beer and distilling alcohol. Concord TV filmed the session and you can watch it on YouTube by clicking right here. The...
Game cameras go underwater and get even more than that wicked cute UNH seal video
It’s hard to walk through New Hampshire woods these days without coming across at least one game cam, those automated cameras that take pictures or video when something passes in front of them. Initially, it was hunters that popularized them, putting so many cameras...
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