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What Jimmy Kimmel, and others, did NOT say about scented candles and COVID19

Spoiler: It’s NOT about COVID19. Not at all.

Jan 12, 2021 - 3 min read
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The sadly wrong targeting of some "smart" outdoor gear

Quick! Who REALLY needs an electric, smartphone-ready outdoor grill?

Mar 31, 2019 - 2 min read
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Hey Silicon Valley: why don't you disrupt TOILETS?

Many millions of people still have no sensible toilets. Millions of others play with 21st century smartphones, while sitting on 19th century toilets. Progress this is not.

Jul 28, 2018 - 4 min read
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Smart dust: coming soon to a lung near you?

You really can’t make this stuff up: I have just found, one after another in my RSS feed, two unrelated articles on Smart Dust that you must really read side by side: one about a wonderful future, another unintentionally exposing some of its, apparently, not-yet-considered consequences.

Aug 20, 2015 - 3 min read

The REAL health danger of cell phones and Wi-Fi networks

I just read yet another article discussing if cell phones are safe or not to use that, in my opinion, doesn't contain any error yet just misses the point. I don't care, or I care very little, if using a cell phone causes cancer or any other health problem to the person using it. Even if somebody proved it beyond doubt tomorrow morning, I would still care very little. To explain why, here is an edited/updated copy of an email that I wrote to a friend in February 2007.

Jan 11, 2011 - 5 min read