By far the most sickeningly-ironic example of why digital sensors and "smart" systems should not be trusted. For a couple hundred dollars a simple (insulated) webcam placed
inside the freezer viewing the thermometer could have easily avoided this tragedy.
As complex electronics are added to the grid, power quality decreases and electromagnetic interference (EMI) increases. The deployment of
non-UL listed Smart Meters will likely cause more of these kinds of catastrophic failures. In addition, the possibility that automated and high (EMR) technology has actually been
contributing to the Autism epidemic all along
should not be dismissed.
Freezer failure at brain bank hampers autism research - Boston Globe
The McLean freezer, one of 24 in the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center, was protected by two separate alarm systems, and staff checked an external thermostat twice a day to ensure that the tissue samples were maintained at about minus-80 degrees Celsius. But on May 31, center Assistant Director George Tejada opened so-called Freezer U and wasn’t greeted by the expected blast of cold air. Though the alarms had not been triggered and the external thermostat read minus-79, the actual temperature was 7 degrees, roughly equivalent to a refrigerator. Based on the condition of the brains, Benes estimates the freezer had turned off three days earlier.
Benes said the situation is so unusual - the perfect storm of alarm and thermostat failure and the concentration of samples - that she cannot rule out foul play. She said she has not spoken to law enforcement officials, pending the completion of the internal investigation.
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