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This week we lost Sinéad O'Connor. I wrote some words about the impact of the sad news has had on me.
Digital bioacoustics uses recording devices and AI to decode animal languages and helps us understand and sometimes synthesize them! Scientists at Tel Aviv University can translate Egyptian fruit bats, and researchers at Freie Universität Berlin have created a RoboBee that can give instructions to other bees in the hive!
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Japanese company Futto have created a rubber net device that aids people learning to walk again. The device aids muscles by acting in place of weakened tendons.
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Parabol published a useful piece on steps to follow when conducting a post-morten meeting after an incident. The handy advice aims to help identify the root causes of the problem and learn from them.
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Dan Cowell shares a cautionary tale describing why it's not a good idea to update a live database, and if you must, use BEGIN TRANSACTION.
Researchers at Stanford University published a study showing that for the world to switch to 100% renewable energy would cost $62 Trillion, but would save $11 Trillion per year, paying for itself in 6 years.
Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.
The first 104 editions were published on Medium before this site was created, check out the archive here.
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