Engineers made a DIY face shield—now it's helping doctors

PLUS: how to maintain your social life, the Ibuprofen debate, and the role of robots in crisis. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  03.26.20   IDEAS The Analogy Between Covid-19 and Climate Change Is Eerily Precise BY GILAD EDELMAN First deny the problem, then say the solution is too expensive? The playbook here is all too familiar.   THE GRAPEVINE The Ibuprofen Debate Reveals the Danger of Covid-19 Rumors BY MARYN MCKENNA An online furor over whether it's safe to use the fever reducer reveals how people are sharing incomplete—and sometimes bad—information.   LONG DISTANCE Fun Tools and Tips to Stay Social While You're Stuck at Home BY LOURYN STRAMPE It's dangerous to go alone! Take these apps and services to stay in touch and feel less isolated.   IMPROVISATION Engineers Made a DIY Face Shield. Now, It's Helping Doctors BY TOM SIMONITE After a hospital put out a call for protective gear, three friends developed a product in a few days. Their design is now being manufactured by Ford.   SPONSORED CONTENT Invest in Monogram Orthopaedics, the Future of Custom Joint Replacement. In a study conducted by UCLA and UNMC, Monogram implants had 270% less micromotion than generic knee implants and 630% less micromotion than generic hip implants. Join us in shaping the future of orthopaedics and implants by investing in our Series A round only on SeedInvest. GET WIRED   All readers get unlimited access to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.   Subscribe to support our journalism.   Exclusive offer: 1 year for $10 $5.   ENGINEERING The Covid-19 Pandemic Is a Crisis That Robots Were Built For BY MATT SIMON Robots can help doctors distance from patients, and help those in isolation cope. But getting the machines into hospitals is fraught with difficulties.   DOT-PHYSICS That 8-Star System in Star Trek: Picard Really Could Exist BY N/A You'd need just the right arrangement, and the orbital motions would be insane, but the physics just might work!   MOBILIZING What World War II Can Teach Us About Fighting the Coronavirus BY ALEX DAVIES Some manufacturers are racing to make ventilators, respirators, and face shields. But the situation is nothing like it was in the 1940s.   TRANSFERS The Top Reason Not to Ditch iPhone for Android? WhatsApp BY JAMES TEMPERTON, WIRED UK It should be simple to transfer your chat history from iOS to Android, but it's really not.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions