Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Patents in NH through Jan. 1
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Jan. 1 *** Sanitization Device and Adaptor for Use With the Same SOCLEAN INC., Peterborough,...
Home battery backup is rare in NH but it does exist
Robert Holt’s reaction after his neighborhood lost power in the recent storm was different than mine. “This is, like, perfect! This is how it’s supposed to go!” he said, looking back at how his home performed. Holt was happy because his home is one of the few in New...
Coyote hunting in Massachusetts
Shooting coyotes is, surprisingly, a poor way to reduce the population because of the way they react as a group. (I mentioned it in this story about attempts to regulate coyote hunting in the state; right now you can hunt coyotes any time you want.) But that doesn't...
Manchester is NH’s grid leader
Thanks to digital mapping, it's possible to calculate how grid-like any city's street layout can be. This story in The Economist explains it: Geoff Boeing of the University of Southern California created a measure of city “entropy”, looking at how consistent the...
N.H. patents through Dec. 25 (w/ no Santa jokes)
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Dec. 25. *** Pre-Assembled Coupling Assemblies With Pipe Fitting ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS,...
N.H. bitcoin advocate convicted of fraud
(The Union-Leader has more details here, although you may hit the paywall) Associated Press: A New Hampshire man was convicted Thursday of running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business and laundering over $10 million in proceeds of romance scams and other internet...
Biochar facility moving ahead in Maine
Northern New England should be going whole-hog into production of biochar from low-grade wood - it's the perfect replacement for the shrinking pulp and paper mill industry. I've written about a Maine operation in the past - MaineBiz has an upgrade (here), involving...
Tapeworm makes it from moose to hunters, possibly via dogs
Two hunters in New Hampshire have become infected with a tapeworm found in dogs, apparently the first time it has been found in people: The tapeworm that the hunters had been infected with was identified as the species Echinococcus granulosus, also known as the...
House fire from ‘thermal runaway’ in battery backup
A woman was injured Saturday in a fire apparently caused by the failure of her home’s battery backup system after the power went out in Sanbornton, an example of a new concern for fire departments and building inspectors. “We’re going to have growing...
Prepping for electric school buses (and hopefully V2G)
A few New Hampshire school districts are getting ready to enter the electric transportation era, which means they have to figure out a pretty basic question: How to get the electricity. Once that’s solved, they will get to ponder a more interesting question: How to...
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