She says the truth, she gets booed because it's not what the audience wants to hear. Where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, Reddit, Slashdot, FB and every other social media platform. There won't be significant change until the audience does more than boo.
These would be very useful in geothermal well data loggers. The current technology uses 100 degree C parts inside a thermos container. I presume there are deep oil wells that can also use high temperature data loggers.
> I'm sure you could get the machine shop down the street to do the same thing if you put your mind to it.
Not really. I work with machine shops on a regular basis and they know the issue and don't want anything to do with something that could put them in a federal prison.