Duh: Contact-tracing apps have a trust problem
Experts believe that at least half the population needs to use contact-tracing apps for them to work. The challenge will be convincing the public to opt in after years of…
Experts slam UW’s IHME model, saying it should not be used for public policy
As I noted, every page on their web site should say “For Entertainment Purposes Only”: Epidemiologists are criticizing an influential coronavirus model as flawed and warning against relying on it…
Good news: Area FIRST Robotics teams create a distributed face shield manufacturing group using 3D printing
Students working on 3D printers are making face shield for essential workers. Source: When coronavirus created a gap in the PPE supply chain, Northwest high school robotics teams came to…
This: First NIH approved 3D printed respirator mask
Maker Mask’s device received certification by the National Institutes of Health for COVID-19 response. Source: As 3D printing of protective gear ramps up, a free mask designed in Seattle is…
Web site attacks
This blog has received over 300 probing attacks from an IP address in Singapore that is owned by a well known Chinese electronics manufacturer. Why? While it could be “harmless”…
Would you be willing to stand near a confirmed Covid-19 patient that is only wearing a non-standard, home made by a stranger, ill fitting, unapproved, face mask?
I wrote this on April 12, 2020. I took it offline because of the venom then being directed at anyone who questioned any aspect of the face mask hysteria. In…
From my grandmother’s diary: Spanish flu 1918
Selected text from my Grandmother’s diary in which she documented the Spanish Flu of 1918 (as well as family life and the end of World War 1). I have included…
Would you wear a cloth face mask?
Thought problem: Would you be willing to stand near a confirmed Covid-19 patient who is coughing but is wearing only a home made, unapproved design, unknown materials face mask made…
Why a shortage of toilet paper?
Toilet paper, like all paper, is made using a chemical engineering process. That means manufacturing is a continuous process that runs 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Raw…
Transportation: NTSB critical of automatic driving systems
Seems like they must require a “keep alive” (dead man’s switch) to ensure driver’s remain alert. Among other things, the office wants Tesla to improve its driver engagement monitoring systems.…