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Cart Checkout My account Shop Select Page Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire The murky world of town and city flags – yes, flags by David Brooks | May 7, 2024 When the Monitor ran a story recently that some residents in Boscawen were disagreeing about the design of a town flag, it produced this reaction among an awful lot of readers: Wait – towns have flags?!? Who knew?” Not many people, it turns out, because the idea that... read more When returning to the moon, politics and fear of war is (alas) part of the discussion by David Brooks | May 7, 2024 NASA’s return-to-the-moon program Artemis has 18 New Hampshire companies and institutions supplying products or services, from temperature sensors to gaskets to research projects, so it was no surprise that business was featured when astronaut Christina Koch... read more As COVID counting ends in NH, CDC raises more concern about bird flu by David Brooks | May 7, 2024 The last public accounting of COVID spread in New Hampshire has ended: The N.H. Hospital Association is no longer posting weekly counts of COVID patients in hospitals. That was the last easily accessible count that gave us a sense of the disease in the state. I've... read more Science Cafe May 15: Cybersecurity Demystified by David Brooks | May 6, 2024 Science Cafe NH in Nashua will hold its monthly discussion-in-a-bar about cybersecurity on Wednesday, May 15. "Join us as we bring together a panel of experts from the realms of high-tech and law enforcement to shed light on the intricate workings of online... read more A chance to QA Manchester airport’s director by David Brooks | May 6, 2024 On Thursday, May 9 at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (alongside Manchester-Boston Regional Airport) Ted Kitchens, director of the airport, will give a talk and answer question about recent airfield developments plus effects of the global aviation industry. The... read more NH patents through May 5 by David Brooks | May 6, 2024 (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 May 5. *** Process for Applying Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Sleeves ALBANY... read more Plus 3 degrees F in a half-century, with no end in sight by David Brooks | May 6, 2024 New Hampshire warmed between 3 and 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit between 1970 and 2023, according to NOAA data. That's more warming than the US on average but less than several states, including Massachusetts. Reports Climate Central (full report here): Climate Central... read more The seas are rising, even in Boston by David Brooks | May 3, 2024 Last year, sea levels along the Boston coastline were,on average, higher than at any other point in recorded history: about 14 inches above levels in 1921, when records began. That's the start of this Boston Globe article, detailing the city's scramble to mitigate a... read more Science on Tap May 14: How Smart is our Electrical Grid? by David Brooks | May 3, 2024 The SEE Science Center is concluding its eleventh season of Science on Tap discussions on May 14th. Science on Tap events are informal discussions with local scientists and experts on a particular topic. On Tuesday, May 14th the topic will be: How Smart is Our... read more Offshore wind coming (slowly) to the Gulf of Maine by David Brooks | Apr 30, 2024 From the feds: On April 30, 2024, the federal Interior Department announced its proposal for a first offshore wind energy auction in the Gulf of Maine. The proposed sale would include eight lease areas offshore Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, totaling nearly... read more « Older Entries Search for: Links Return to the Concord Monitor About Granite Geek Dave Brooks has written a weekly science/tech newspaper column since 1991 – yes, that long – and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on geekish topics in and around the Granite State. He discusses the geek world regularly on WGIR-AM radio, and moderated the monthly Science Cafe NH sessions when they were still a thing. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015. Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you’ll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association, Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau (of all places) and his 2024 induction into the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame. Recent Posts The murky world of town and city flags – yes, flags When returning to the moon, politics and fear of war is (alas) part of the discussion As COVID counting ends in NH, CDC raises more concern about bird flu Science Cafe May 15: Cybersecurity Demystified A chance to QA Manchester airport’s director Website by NNE-Digital - 2017 Pin It on...