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Why focus only on the negative, or on a situation for which it would obviously be a terrible choice? It's never going to be as powerful as a battery powered fl

Why focus only on the negative, or on a situation for which it would obviously be a terrible choice? It's never going to be as powerful as a battery powered flashlight; that's not really the point. It might, however, be awfully useful in a stiatuion where there is no ambient light available at all, or where equipment needs to be light and very simply constructed. Perhaps something like in an emergency kit in case of a mine or cave collapse. Or in a situation with very adverse operating conditions, like a desert. Moving parts (as for a hand crank torch) would be a liability in an environment with omnipresent particulate contamination.

aaron695 13y ago
And this is why people get cranky at articles like this, people are not adult enough to take them as what they are, puff pieces to build the esteem of children. Could a 15 year old child invent safety equipment for the trillion $ mining corps. Of course not. People with 4 year degrees in engineering have as much commitment and inventiveness as children and money to boot. Plus a fully developed brain. As is always the case child age x invents new way to do blah, invents object blah they of course haven't. As a tired cliche does it have a place on HN. Is this site aimed in part at children is the question?
- lostlogin 13y ago
  I don't know about mining, but I do know that some pretty damn simple things make a hell of a difference. Hospital safety has been improved quite impressively (or disturbingly, depending on your perspective) by using a checklist prior to surgery. Questions identifying the surgical site feature on the list, and writing on the site too. Staff are asked if anyone has any concerns. It's amazing what a group of highly trained individuals can screw up without child-like safety systems being in place. http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/corporate/news/surgical-safety-checklist-saves-lives/ http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/corporate/news/surgical-safety-checkl...
  - aaron695 13y ago
    This stuff is really interesting but is a million miles away from child-like. We've know for years washing your hands in hospitals saves lives. And we've know for years people are not doing it. Even just putting up signs helps an amazing amount, but even this isn't done. Cause it's a really hard problem. How does one improve the issue? Some hospitals are trying cameras, ranking deaths in hospitals, rfid tags tracking people making sure they wash. I'm willing to bet even though the checklist above is pretty close to proven most hospitals don't use it. [edit] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444620104578008263334441352.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044462010457800...
- lostlogin 13y ago
  Good point - its the problem that's simple and while the solution appears simple too, getting someone to cut into the correct side isn't easy.
jff 13y ago
You'd better hope ambient temperature is less than 50 degrees.

aaron695 13y ago

And this is why people get cranky at articles like this, people are not adult enough to take them as what they are, puff pieces to build the esteem of children. Could a 15 year old child invent safety equipment for the trillion $ mining corps. Of course not. People with 4 year degrees in engineering have as much commitment and inventiveness as children and money to boot. Plus a fully developed brain. As is always the case child age x invents new way to do blah, invents object blah they of course haven't. As a tired cliche does it have a place on HN. Is this site aimed in part at children is the question?

lostlogin 13y ago
I don't know about mining, but I do know that some pretty damn simple things make a hell of a difference. Hospital safety has been improved quite impressively (or disturbingly, depending on your perspective) by using a checklist prior to surgery. Questions identifying the surgical site feature on the list, and writing on the site too. Staff are asked if anyone has any concerns. It's amazing what a group of highly trained individuals can screw up without child-like safety systems being in place. http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/corporate/news/surgical-safety-checklist-saves-lives/ http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/corporate/news/surgical-safety-checkl...
- aaron695 13y ago
  This stuff is really interesting but is a million miles away from child-like. We've know for years washing your hands in hospitals saves lives. And we've know for years people are not doing it. Even just putting up signs helps an amazing amount, but even this isn't done. Cause it's a really hard problem. How does one improve the issue? Some hospitals are trying cameras, ranking deaths in hospitals, rfid tags tracking people making sure they wash. I'm willing to bet even though the checklist above is pretty close to proven most hospitals don't use it. [edit] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444620104578008263334441352.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044462010457800...
lostlogin 13y ago
Good point - its the problem that's simple and while the solution appears simple too, getting someone to cut into the correct side isn't easy.

jff 13y ago

You'd better hope ambient temperature is less than 50 degrees.