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When disaster-response apps fail

  • Written by Nicholas Kman, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University
imageThe scene in Nice the morning after the July 14 terror attack – during which an emergency-warning app failed to give timely notice.Michel Abada, CC BY-SA

When a terrorist struck Nice, France, on July 14, a new French government app designed to alert people failed. Three hours passed before SAIP, as the app is called, warned people in and...

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