Respiration rate and heart rate monitoring using our 24GHz sensor IC & AURIX™ MCU | Infineon

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Caaresys & Infineon partnered-up to demonstrate and develop an in-cabin vital sensing module to remotely monitor users’ respiration- and heart rate. The current solution is based on the AURIX MCU platform and Infineon’s 24 GHz radar sensor IC, BGT24ATR11. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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COURTESY POST from The Egg Man, Maricopa County Supe D4 Clint Hickman

COVID-19 UPDATES & RESOURCES Dear Friends, COVID-19 news and updates are currently part of our daily lives and can be overwhelming.  Having a central point for information may be helpful to reference and provide you with the information you need.  The county I proudly serve continues to work diligently to assist our residents while taking steps to follow social distancing protocol.  Continue to do your part to stay healthy, and also remember to take this time to help your neighbors.  Let's be a community of doers, and help those who need it most right now.  Maricopa County Public Health and Arizona Department of Health Services remain trusted sources and provide the most up to date information.  In addition, please visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.  Resources This unprecedented time may result in hardships for you or someone you know.  If you or someone you know is in need of assistance and referrals visit:  2-1-1 COVID-19 Hotline or call 2-1-1 from any phone within Maricopa County.  You may also visit Arizona Together for more information.  Many school districts are providing FREE grab and go breakfast and lunch to kids 18 and younger.  The child(ren) must be present at the time of pick up.  You can find a list of locations here.  Staying Connected As we practice social distancing we can continue to learn, stream movies and music from our county libraries and explore our county parks throughvirtual tours, all while you are home.   Following the CDC’s recommendation to limit gatherings to no more than 10 people, our board meetings will be closed to the public.  We held our first board meeting under this new setup, you can watch this meeting and future meetings here.  The public will still have an opportunity to provide comments by contacting the Clerk of Board by 10:00 a.m. the day before a meeting at: Agenda.Comments@Maricopa.Gov or calling 602-506-3766.  A list of upcoming meeting dates can be found here. __________________________________________________________________ BLOGGER NOTE: This post has been edited for brevity - use the links

ANTIDOTE TO THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA From TomDispatch > Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, America Terrorized

Just chill > "In other words, think of us as experiencing something like a news pandemic when it comes to the nightmare of the global disease now sweeping the world and my own city, New York. At present, it's considered the “epicenter” of the staggeringly badly dealt withexplosion of coronavirus cases in this country. Still, in such circumstances, and with the media itself in pandemic mode, it’s hard to get the slightest perspective on what we’re going through or what in the world (and that’s not just a figure of speech anymore) to make of it all. Fortunately, TomDispatch regularAndrew Bacevich, author of the just-published book The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory, takes a few steps back today -- think of it as a kind of online social distancing -- to consider what in this world of ours may be ending: possibly the always-misplaced belief in the ability of the national security state to protect us from the real dangers of this planet. 
. . . And that, in truth, represents genuine news. Tom
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Judgment Day for the National Security State 

The Coronavirus and the Real Threats to American Safety and Freedom 
By Andrew Bacevich

Americans are facing “A Spring Unlike Any Before.” So warned a front-page headline in the March 13th New York Times.

That headline, however hyperbolic, was all too apt. The coming of spring has always promised relief from the discomforts of winter. Yet, far too often, it also brings its own calamities and afflictions.

According to the poet T.S. Eliot, “April is the cruelest month.” Yet while April has certainly delivered its share of cataclysms,March and May haven’t lagged far behind. In fact, cruelty has seldom been a respecter of seasons. The infamous influenza epidemic of 1918, frequently cited as a possible analogue to our current crisis, began in the spring of that year, but lasted well into 1919.

Click here to read more of this dispatch.

All-In-One Post From AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE

Gosh! Someone here in Mesa might get some ideas!

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New Study: 13% of Phoenix workforce faces immediate risk from “quarantine economy”

Thanks to Olyvia Ruhlmann for sending this via email 18 hours ago:
Hey Tim!

I hope this finds you well! In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, our nation has taken unprecedented measures to “flatten the curve,” urging people to stay at home and practice social distancing. These measures have ushered in a new quarantine economy, which will have disparate impacts on different occupations, income levels, and geographies. 

Apartment List’s latest report reveals the stark differences between the groups of U.S. workers that are most and least exposed to economic strain during this pandemic. This Spring, a disproportionate share of high-earners are working from home while low-income households are more likely to have their income source dry up in an era of social distancing.

Some key findings include:

• We classify workers who are unable to work remotely and are employed in industries deemed “non-essential” to be at high economic risk. In Phoenix these workers comprise 12.9% of the full-time workforce, ranking #12 highest among the nation’s 50 largest metros.
• We find a stark correlation between income and job flexibility. Among workers who earn $100,000 annually or more, 51.7% say they can work remotely, compared to just 15.3 percent of those who earn $25,000 per year or less.
• Parts of the country where the local economy is rooted in the tourism and service sectors are likely to be hit hardest, while knowledge hubs will experience a softer blow.

You may view the full report here.