alt Hacker NewsGlad Ars isn't just 100% regurgitating a startup's press release:
> The company told Ars that it has been evaluated by James Andy Lynch (who was present at the demonstration) and his team at Fire Solutions Group, a Pennsylvania-based consultancy, to establish Sonic Fire Tech’s bona fides. Sonic Fire Tech declined to provide Ars with a full copy of Lynch’s report, citing “confidential and patent-pending information,” but it did send Ars the two-page executive summary.
> But the summary lacks any kind of detailed explanation of which tests were run and under what conditions. It also concludes that “additional testing and optimization are recommended to further expand the range of validated applications,” adding that Sonic Fire Tech’s products have the “potential to complement or, in certain applications, serve as an alternative to traditional suppression systems.”
> “Equivalency [to the 13D standard] can only be approved by the appropriate authority having jurisdiction and requires technical documentation be submitted demonstrating the equivalency,” Jonathan Hart, NFPA Technical Lead, Fire Protection Technical Resources, emailed Ars.
> To date, Sonic Fire Tech has not publicly provided this information.
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Yeah, New York Post was screaming that it's a miracle.
Ars wasn't having it. And the video that was shared looks really unimpressive.
Humans have to do this work. If you want your tech journalism to not just be LLM-washed press releases, then toss Ars a few bucks a month for a subscription.