Diabetes Neuromathix

@historyinmemes Louis XVI, surely?

The Lion Monument in Lucerne, Switzerland has a fascinating backstory. In the early 17th century, a regiment of Swiss mercenaries served as part of the Royal Household of France. During August 1792, approximately 1,000 Swiss guardsmen were entrusted with protecting the life of King Louis VI. Unfortunately, revolutionaries stormed the King's residence, defended by the Swiss, resulting in a virtual massacre of the Swiss Guard. Among the guards was officer Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen, who happened to be on leave in Lucerne on that fateful day. Devastated by the tragic loss of his comrades-in-arms, Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen spent years contemplating their sacrifice and decided to initiate the creation of a monument to honor the fallen men. The monument was designed by the renowned Danish artist Bertel Thorvaldsen and consists of a giant dying lion carved out of sandstone. It is situated above a pond at the periphery of the medieval town. The monument was completed in just over a year and was unveiled in 1821. Today, the Lion Monument attracts over 1.4 million tourists annually. Its profound impact on visitors is exemplified by Mark Twain, who once described it as "the most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world."

@adambspencer In Oxford the ancient college buildings have these as the fire escape. In one set I stayed in, the associated rope— an ancient anchor hawser that looked about a century old— was already attached and neatly coiled under my bed.

What is the purpose of this metal ring on the floor of my hotel room? What would hook into or attach to it and in what circumstances?

@sifanelepotwana Queen Elizabeth was a staunch supporter of the emergence of Black majority governments in Africa, including trying to use her prerogative of mercy to prevent the execution of Black dissidents by the rogue regime of Ian Smith in Rhodesia. Nelson Mandela was a close friend of hers.

not yall rebranding colonialism as long-standing relationship

@camrun75 @Reuters That would be the same Nelson Mandela who was one of the Queen’s closest friends, and whose first foreign policy act as President of South Africa was to re-join the Commonwealth. (White South Africa had been expelled from the Commonwealth over its policy of apartheid.)

Reuters video captured the moment news of the death of Queen Elizabeth broke during a White House briefing

@pjlaurie Bwahaha! Thanks Peter.

@Neuromathix Mostly they think... 1. github 2. github 3. github 4. github 5. github 6. github Hence the stories and the swearing.

Sat down and iterated on the "Six Key Things of Software Development" presentation (read:rant). This versions is looking like at least two hours, and has a lot of spots for both expletives and teachable moments. I first did this one ~2005, hasn't changed, we're still bad at it.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 @EritasRed Love your work, Science Girl. Even if this one is really rather disturbing (mussels as ambush ‘predator’… I’ll never look at hors d’oeuvres the same way again…)

@EritasRed I’m real 😊

mussels in the genus lampsilis are an evolutionary marvel spilling out of a females' shell is flesh shaped & moving like fish Sensing predatory fish it wiggles its lure to entice ... in striking range the mussel fires its larvae into its gills... 1/

Spotted: Dr Nigel Greenwood @Neuromathix on @abcnews with cutting edge artificial pancreas for people with diabetes joined by Dr Farzaneh Ahmadi & her tech in developing a bionic larynx for people that have lost their voice to cancer. Really exciting impactful tech! @BionicsQld

@togelius If you’re drafting a patent, it ultimately ends up a Word document.

Writing a grant proposal with someone who is not a computer scientist. Do people really still mail Word files back and forth? Actually, do people still use Word? Can we do something about this?

@pjlaurie Hello Peter! Keen to see your reading list on complexity theory. Thanks N.

</staycation> Obligatory email amnesty. Hit me up again if I owe you something. Now is the time.

@Lucy_Sattler @pjlaurie Name: Nigel Greenwood Job Title: Mathematician; CEO/Founder of companies, working on new forms of AI (based on evolving ecosystems as basis for intelligence instead of neurons) Age: 54 Best bit: Watching AI evolve. Literally. When 15yrs: Astrophysicist; palaeontologist Careers:4

SCIENTISTS 🥼💡🧪 please help! I need some real scientist career stories for senior students. If you can, please reply to this thread with answers - Name: Job Title: Age: Best bit of job: What you wanted to be when you were 15yrs: How many careers have you had:

@svpino Not true. Also worth remembering that ‘machine learning’ is much broader than just techniques predicated on neural networks architectures.

It doesn't really matter what machine learning technique you use; a solution that doesn't require machine learning is probably always better.

This week's Bionics Challenge 2021 Winners Showcase Event was a fantastic celebration of our National Bionics Innovation Prize winner @morgansAU plus 4 x $50K Major Prizes & 4 x $10k Early Stage Bionics Awards funded by MAIC Qld. See all of our winners at: lnkd.in/gwgAWEwt

Huge congratulations to Nigel Greenwood for his great Bionic Pancreas!

Congratulating Dr Nigel Greenwood @Neuromathix Machine-Intelligent Artificial Pancreas announced as National Bionics Challenge 2021 Prize Winner @morgansAU @BionicsQld Bionics Challenge 2021! See Nigel’s winning pitch: #nbip-winner" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bionicsqueensland.com.au/our-winners-bi…

Delighted to announce that we've won the National Bionics Challenge Prize for 2021. Thanks to @BionicsQld for hosting the competition! #bionics #AI #type1diabetes

Finalist - Diabetes Neuromathix. Novel AI sits at the heart of this artificial pancreas - a combined fingerstick, CGM and insulin pump solution for people with highly unstable Type 1 Diabetes. Potential Challenge 2021 winner MAIC Qld, @morgansAU. Visit: bit.ly/3y78NUN

@berniew0 @ARC_Tracker Except that positive ARC outcomes are too rare to constitute a good racing bet...

While perusing @ARC_Tracker (which tracks the awarding of research grants), up pops a sponsored post for ladbrokes. Curious. AI at work?

Honoured and delighted to announce that we're one of the five finalists in the National Bionics Innovation Prize.

youtu.be/U5NL23YZNX8 via @YouTube ...and for those wanting a deeper dive, here's an in-depth profile for the 2021 American Diabetes Association (ADA) annual conference, of development of the Neuromathix machine-intelligent artificial pancreas for unstable type-1 diabetes.