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AI Proves Fibromyalgia Exists

Researchers have used machine learning and AI to identify a brain signal model that characterises Fibromyalgia, despite the some doctors believing that Fibromyalgia does not exist. The signature model can be used for assessing therapeutic mechanisms and predicting treatment response at an individual patient level.

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Program The Blockchain

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Program The Blockchain is a site with a range of blockchain code tutorials. Topics on the site range from blockchain basics to tutorials on how to write an ERC20 Token contract and createing state channels.

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AI Finds Waldo

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U.S. creative agency RedPepper has built a Raspberry Pi powered robot arm with AI image recognition which can successfully find Waldo. The system uses OpenCV to extract the faces from the image and Google Auto ML Vision cloud service to match the faces to Waldo model. No word as of yet on whether Waldo's British older brother Wally has escaped the robot overlords :-p

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Meteor Showers From Space

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This is a fantastic interactive website that allows you to view numerous meteor show formations within the solar system. You can even zoom in and move around, i.e. space travel! :-p

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Retool

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Retool is a drag and drop tool that lets you create web based apps to manage data. It aims to allow you to build internal tools easily with a set of building blocks.

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Piano Activities

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This week NAWR had the pleasure of realising Philip Corner's Piano Activites piece with Volcano Theatre in Swansea. Volcano had an old piano that had succumbed to wood worm and was due to be thrown away. Instead, the colloboration between Volcano and NAWR resulted in the piano giving its final public performance on Swansea High Street! Check out the rest of the photos of the piano's destruction here.

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Meltybrains? Hey.Well.

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Meltybrains? have been releasing some fantastic new tracks recently, check out the latest one Hey.Well. here. It's a cracking summer lilt.

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The 25% Rule

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Coglode have published a new behavourial insight page called the 25% rule. According to the research, in a system where consensus is incentivised, a consensus of a 25% minority is all that is needed to change the consensus of the whole group. One quarter of the people in a group can change how the whole group thinks or acts.

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Podcasts Of The Week: Mothers Of Invention

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Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson and irish comedian Maeve Higgins have launched a podcast called Mothers of Invention. The podcast aims to highlight much of the amazing work done by women around the world in tackling climate change issues large and small. The first episode has some fantastic insights about how the legal systems of countries are being used by ordinary citizens to push for climate change progress at government levels. Also, the craic between Mary and Maeve makes for a great listen!

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Colorised Ancient Photos

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Brazilian artists Marina Amaral colourises ancient and historical photos to make them look as realistic as possible. The long list of photos converted include many historical figures like Rasputin and Teddy Roosevelt as well as photographs from major historical moments such as Franz Ferdinand's wedding 30 minutes before he was shot in 1914. Check out the amazing photos here.

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