Amber Carlson

Engineering news writer @CUBoulder | Freelance journo | Formerly @dailycamera | Music lover | Running enthusiast | she/her/ella

[Mitchell Byars @mitchellbyars]

ALERT: Xcel will soon begin a planned power outage in parts of #Boulder County due to high winds and fire danger: https://t.co/1l6bJqsbqt

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

@CUBoulder And 5. when trust is lost, it adapts to rebuild it.

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

Hey #Boulder, here's a story for our times...I spoke to @CUBoulder prof Amir Behzadan about his research on making AI more trustworthy. AI is everywhere in our modern lives, but whether we choose to use AI tech often comes down to how much we trust it.

https://t.co/5Na7CXJaHc

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

@CUBoulder Based on Behzadan's research, an optimally trustworthy AI tool has a few essential qualities:
1. It knows its users.
2. It’s reliable, ethical and transparent.
3. It takes context into account.
4. It’s easy to use and asks users how it’s doing. ...

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

@CUBoulder There are ways to reduce the risk (e.g. diversifying and using multiple cloud service providers instead of a single one). But ultimately, these types of system outages are always a risk.

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

Howdy #Boulder. After this week's AWS network outage, I spoke with Levi Perigo from @CUBoulder's network engineering program to learn more about the outage: what happened, who it affected, what caused it and why it could happen again.

https://t.co/wt3ch0PeY5

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

@CUBoulder There's no guaranteed way to prevent an outage like this from happening again, especially with the number of companies and services relying on AWS and other centralized cloud platforms.

[Mitchell Byars @mitchellbyars]

Moose on the loose in #Boulder

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

@CUBoulder Normal rabies vaccines need 3-5 doses, but Randolph's shots combine multiple doses into a single shot, and each dose is coated in a timed-release sapphire layer. These shots can be stored in a dry powder form and delivered to parts of the world that lack cold-storage capacity.

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

Happy (rainy) Tuesday, #Boulder. I've got a new story for you all about a new temperature-stable, single-injection rabies vaccine developed by @CUBoulder researcher Ted Randolph.

https://t.co/v362nYiUjK

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

@CUBoulder Then, the candied particles are coated with a nanoscopic layer of sapphire. Sapphire dissolves slowly once injected into a patient, so it protects the vaccine particles for days to weeks, depending on the thickness of the sapphire layer.

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

@CUBoulder I had a blast talking with all the researchers for this story and visiting their hives near Boulder Creek. Made me very nostalgic for my backyard beekeeping days! 🐝

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

Hey #Boulder. What goes on inside the hive mind of honeybees? How do they collaborate to solve problems? In my latest story for @CUBoulder, I spoke with Profs. Orit Peleg and Francisco López Jiménez about how bees build hives on tricky building sites.

https://t.co/YlAAQg3pcr

[Amber Carlson @aecwrites]

@CUBoulder Their building strategies could spark ideas for new bio-inspired structures or even new ways to approach 3D printing.