From the Hitler Youth to the Pavel Morozov cult in the Soviet Union, to LGBTQ activism, authoritarian regimes have always had an unholy fascination with getting their ideological hooks into children’s minds. In Orwell’s 1984, “Nearly all children nowadays were horrible.” The state’s “child heroes” are nasty
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Remote health monitoring of COVID-19 patients A team from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has developed a new device that’s able to monitor COVID-19 remotely. The device has the potential to allow remote monitoring, making taking care of infectious patients safer for medical staff. The device
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As we are all confined to barracks, it is a great opportunity to try new things. How about a virtual tour of a world famous museum or art gallery? Today’s tour is of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Wikipedia tells us: The Rijksmuseum is a Dutch national museum dedicated to arts
New “Saliva Test” To Detect Coronavirus Instantly European photonics scientists are developing an ultrasensitive laser sensor that detects coronavirus at the earliest point of infection from a saliva or nasal swab in minutes. Responding to the European Commission’s Express Calls to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, photonics scientists are developing
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Luisa Cortesi Our elders are dying one by one, oak trees struck down by an acceleration of greed and skepticism. The generation that was raised in the angst of World War II is gone. Coffins, too many to bury. Lined up at the Monumental Cemetery, in churches, in convoys in
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Coughvid app detects COVID-19 from coughing sounds The app, cleverly named Coughvid, is a simple web app that can run on any web browser on any device that has a mic. The idea is really simple. You cough at it (in a safe way) and an AI will determine the
We will eventually beat COVID-19 using a vaccine and/or better health management and treatment, but until then we are reliant on information gleaned from data to control the spread and the severity of the disease. Unfortunately, the data collated to date is prompting more questions instead of answering them.
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As we are all confined to barracks, it is a great opportunity to try new things. How about a virtual tour of a world famous museum or art gallery? Today’s tour is of the Pergamon Museum, Berlin. Wikipedia tells us: The Pergamon Museum (German: Pergamonmuseum) is situated on the
Alastair Gee, The Guardian Kaiser Health News Frank Gabrin knew the stakes of his job. What he found unsettling was having to reuse personal protective gear while caring for coronavirus patients. At about 5 a.m. on March 19, a New York City ER physician named Frank Gabrin texted a
