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Google Deepmind extends Stream App to Musgrove Park

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Google’s DeepMind implemented it’s Streams health app to Musgrove Park Hospital in Somerset.

Streams helps medical professionals spot signs of kidney failure but was controversial when it rolled out at Royal Free Hospital in London. As it sought access to 1.6million patient records.

According to the BBC there is no opt-out for patients who don’t want to share their personal data, with DeepMind keen to reiterate that no data is shared with it’s parent firm.

DeepMind is Google’s AI arm and development of the app didn’t involve any AI, DeepMind has a health division and are keen to explore ways in which it can be used within the NHS

Streams has been seen in a positive light by medical professionals but questions raised if the NHS should’ve shared data with Google.

Musgrove Park Hospital plans to hold workshops/open days with both the staff and the public to see how the app works and refused to rule out if it could be used in the future to detect health conditions.

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Nike: Race yourself

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Nike has built an LED Running track which allows you to race yourself!

Based in the Philippines it takes up an entire block, thanks to a shoe sensor which tracks a runner, the first lap is recorded and then on the second lap appears on the wall as the runners very own ‘avatar’, with up to 30 runners allowed to race at one time.

Check the video of it in action below:

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A man took a spirit level on a plane to prove earth is flat……

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A YouTuber named D Marble flew from North Carolina to Seattle, seems normal right? Well he took a spirit level on board to see if the pilot would dip the nose of the plane to “compensate for curvature”

In his YouTube video description D Marble states:

I recorded a 23 minute & 45 second time-lapse which by those measurements means the plane travelled a little over 203 miles. According to “Spherical Trigonometry” given to explain the Heliocentric model [a globe model], this should have resulted in the compensation of 5 miles of curvature. As you’ll see there was no measurable compensation for curvature……

He continues….

Most importantly…Bodies of Water (i.e. puddles, ponds, lakes, rivers, and oceans) do NOT curve into a sphere. Droplets…yes. Oceans…no! The Earth is composed of 70% water. Other than waves and other ripples, the surface of that water generally lays flat. Therefore, THE EARTH IS FLAT.

See his video below:

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Play Super Mario in real life!

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The Microsoft Hololens isn’t out commercially yet but Abhishek Singh has shown what can be done with the ‘mixed reality’ headset. He has re-created Super Mario. Yes you read that right, he has re-created Super Mario in real life.

He has designed the classic 1-1 level from the original NES version of Mario. The video below was recorded directly from within the Hololens so we see exactly what Singh was seeing when he demod it.

See below the amazingness unfold:

 

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WoeBot

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WoeBot a chatbot available only on Facebook Messenger is a therapeutic chatbot designed and created by a team of Stanford psychologists and AI experts and doesn’t show any personal information publically via the newsfeed.

A session with WoeBot is free for 14 sessions, then you can either pay weekly ($12), Monthly ($39) or annually ($312)

Silicon Valley is developing chatbots to help cure and treat mental disorders like depression, with studies already showing hope that therapy via a chatbot may work.

During a trial at Stanford, students aged 18-28 showed reductions in anxiety and depression when they used the Woebot for 2 weeks.

As many of those suffering from anxiety or depression cannot afford to see a therapist and pay for prescribed medications it is here where Woebot steps in and where Silicon Valley hope will help cure many of those who have the mental disorder.

Woebot is conversational and is appropriate for those aged 18 and older, if you’re younger you need a parents permission to sign up for it.

It can track moods, which are displayed weekly via graphs, looking for patterns that are out of the norm, learning its user via the amount of conversations they have. Woebot also has the ability ability to teach via cognitive behavioural therapy. (A structured talk therapy which normally lasts a few sessions)

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Twitter Re-Design

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Twitter  is looking a lot different, it’s more unified, profile pictures are circles and on mobile moves the profile page to the side of the app, accessed by tapping your profile picture at the top of the timeline.

It’s layout is still the same but makes use of whitespace better, the reply button is now a speech bubble, as according to Twitter people thought the arrow icon meant ‘delete or go back’ – while on iOS Twitter have integrated Safari View Controller to their app instead of their own in-app browser.

See below what the new design looks like!

The new Twitter is available now by downloading the latest update or by clicking here: Apple / Android

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Batman Bat-Signal

Bat-Signal Shines in Honour of Batman star Adam West.

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LA’s skyline has been lit up with the Bat-Signal to honour Batman star Adam West, who died last week.

Mayor Eric Garcetti and LA Police chief Charlie Beck were expected to be at the public event at City Hall, which started about 21:00 local time (05:00 BST).The signal originated in the DC Comics strip as a sign that the caped crusader was needed to save the day.

Animated comedy Family Guy will also honour West this weekend.

West played the eccentric Mayor West for more than 100 episodes on the hit cartoon show. On Sunday, US TV network Fox will show the episode The Dating Game, which features West winning an auction for the Medieval Castle restaurant.

But Adam West was best known for playing TV’s Batman in the 60’s. Actor Burt Ward, who played Robin alongside Adam West’s Batman in the hit 1960s TV series, also paid tribute to his co-star, telling the BBC that the two had enjoyed “an amazing friendship”, describing the actor as “a lot of fun”.

Amazon Fresh

Amazon buys Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion

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Amazon just bought Whole Foods for $13.7 billion.

This is one of the biggest deals of the year and is a big move for Amazon into grocery.

This means that Amazon is going to be a huge competitor with other retailers, potentially starting the foodpocalpyse and send other grocery brands crashing.

Amazon, which has long eyed the grocery business, will buy the upmarket supermarket for $42 a share, investors greeted the deal as game-changing for the industry, sending shares of rival grocers plunging.

What could this mean for the future consumer?

Lower prices? Amazon has a long history of deferring profits in favour of winning customers with low prices. It could try a similar strategy at Whole Foods, now knocked by some as “Whole Paycheck”.

Techie shopping? Amazon is also interested in how technology can make shopping more efficient. The firm’s Alexa robot maintains shopping lists and Amazon is testing a convenience store in Seattle that operates without check-out lines.

Episode 246 Derren Brown’s Ghost Train Rise of the Demon

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Derren Brown’s Ghost Train Rise of the Demon

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NEW FOR 2017: RISE OF THE DEMON

Take your one way ticket on a horrifying journey into the chilling depths of the unknown. With intense live action and thrilling physical effects, the grasp of the Demon awaits.
Are you brave enough to come face to face with the Demon as it rises from the darkness?

This attraction is not suitable for those under the age of 13, those who suffer from motion sickness, dizziness, psychological or neurological disorders. 

 

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