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Human Tracking Through Walls

MIT have progressed on previous research that used radio signals to detect human movement through walls by adding a neural network that accurately generates a skeleton representation of the human in real time. It can also identify the human with 83% accuracy.

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Swansea Laptop Orchestra at Tŷ Cerdd

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This week The Swansea Laptop Orchestra helped launch Tŷ Cerdd's the CoDI Composer Pathways project. Swanlork will be montoring and performing pieces from composers in the Electonic pathway of the project.Check out more photos from the concert here.

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NAWR ANOIS #4 - Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Tinc Y Tannau

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This week we welcomed Caoihmín Ó Raghallaigh and Tinc Y Tannau to Swansea to perform in our fourth NAWR ANOIS concert.Check out the photos from the concert here.

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Cool Thing Of The Week: Under Ice Rocket

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Watch a bottle rocket explode in a frozen lake! Bottle rocket under the ice. pic.twitter.com/4gahhx0Lya — Xavier Katana (@xavierkatana) May 30, 2018

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Ben & Jerry's Blockchain

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Ben & Jerrys have comitted to contribute a penny per cone to buy carbon credit tokens using Poseidon, a micro-transactions blockchain payment system. Poseidon uses the Stellar blockchain network to track and link each purchase to Ecosphere's forest conservation project, as an offset to negative carbon purchases.

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Model Of Ancient Rome

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Italian architect Italo Gismondi was commissioned in 1933 to build a 1:250 scale model of ancient Rome, which he completed in 1955 and donited it to The Museum of Roman Civilization.

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Tom Cruise's Halo Jump

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For the upcoming Mission:Impossible Fallaout movie, Tom Cruise trained and executed multiple HALO (High Altitube Low Opening) jumps to get the shot sequence for the movie. A HALO jump involves a parachute jump from an altitude of 25,000ft and free falling to 2,000ft before opening the parachute. Check out his behind the scenes video that shows the insane shot being filmed.

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Professional Diploma in UX Design

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Irish company UXTraining.com have launched the UX Design Institute, which offers an online Professional Diploma in UX Design, accredited by Glasgow Caledonian University. The course is 40 hours in duration with a 2.5 hour exam, delivered online and includes mentoring and support. I have attended a UXTraining.com course in the past, and I found them and the material to be excellent and very worth while. The Professional Diploma in UX Design is currently available for 30% off as part of a special launch offer.

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New UK Drone Laws

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New Drone laws have/are coming into effect in the UK, that will restrict drones from flying higher than 400ft (120m) and within 1km of any airport. According to the UK government website, the laws are now in effect. According to dronesafe.uk, a CAA website, the laws don't coming into effect until July 30th.

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Teens Dropping Facebook

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New survey results from the Pew Research Center show that usage of Facebook by 13 to 17 year olds has dropped significantly in the last 3 years. Youtube, Snapchat and Instagram are where it's at, in case you wanted to know :-)

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