Coronavirus: F1 engineers and academics produced new breathing aid design in under 10 days

Apr19
by on April 19, 2020 at 3:05 pm
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With the coronavirus pandemic spreading to nearly every country in the world, the number of hospital patients needing respiratory support is becoming unprecedented. It’s not easy for manufacturers to quickly make huge numbers of extra ventilators so there is likely to be an imbalance in supply and demand for the necessary equipment to provide this support. To alleviate this problem, a team of engineers from UCL (the university in London where I work) and Formula One engine maker Mercedes-AMG HPP have been working flat out to manufacture large numbers of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device. This machine, similar…

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Why learning Python is now essential for all data scientists

Apr18
by on April 18, 2020 at 5:00 pm
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Since the year 1950, the world has seen the emergence of more than a few programming languages. Be it JAVA, C, C++, Python or C#, every language eas designed to serve a purpose. Over time, people started to communicate with machines in these multiple languages. As a result, plenty of wonderful software applications were born and many existing complex problems were solved. But, as we moved into the future, the battle for the toughest and more robust language began. While some of these were able to make it to the world that we know today, others faded. Furthermore, new technologies…

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