Dr Rob Cooper

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Motherfucking wind farms…

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Every journey is different but I haven’t found this to be much of a problem at all in zone 1/2. Obviously it’s poor outside the centre. I commute in to Waterloo, and you’re not allowed to park Lime bikes within a few hundred metres of the station now anyway and the price difference is massive.

It does! Santander cycles- the bikes formerly known as Boris bikes. £120 a year for unlimited rides. Reduces to £60 via cycle to work scheme. An extra £1.65 per ride if you choose an electric one. And their electric bikes are a much nicer to ride than Lime or Human Forest or the other clunkers.

Hey you with the pretty face,
Welcome to the human race.

Here’s an #fNIRS 🧠🔦 starterpack.

Let’s fill it!

go.bsky.app/TR9ubFQ

British Smarties >> M&Ms and I will not be hearing counter arguments.

I think Maths in the U.K. needs improving and we should start with newspaper editors.

Alright #fNIRS folks - I need your help. Is there a genuinely robust functional activation paradigm that yields canonical HRFs in the adult prefrontal cortex (specifically frontal pole)? Arithmetic? Stroop? N-back? What's the go-to option?

Two years!

It was great fun putting together this video for @UCLEngineering Disruptive Thinkers. Thanks to @gowerlabs @liamhywelcj @BirkbeckBabylab #fNIRS
https://youtu.be/Cc2kaE1RotU

Guns don't kill people, MRI scanners do...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/02/10/pro-gun-lawyer-shot-gun-mri-scanner-dies/

#NYE hopes since 2016 - a bit of a running gag now. A🧵…

Time for my annual NYE tweet!! Not had a great track record of bringing much luck so far, but hey-ho

What to say about ‘22? A dumpster fire for peace in Europe, and UK quality of life continues to descend

Maybe some light at the end of the tunnel for UK? 🙏 for 2023! #NYE2022

https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/neurophotonics/volume-9/issue-4/040601/Systematic-review-of-fNIRS-studies-reveals-inconsistent-chromophore-data-reporting/10.1117/1.NPh.9.4.040601.pdf?SSO=1

Interesting article from Kinder et al. Somewhat depressingly predictable that the stats on reporting of HbO vs HbO AND HbR have hardly changed since 2015. Gotta do better in 2023 people. #fNIRS...

shit.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/22/target-date-for-cleaning-up-waterways-in-england-is-moved-back-by-36-years?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

As 2022 draws to a close, I feel like the below is a perfect encapsulation of the state of the UK. Those who govern us have, quite literally, let everything go to...

Just heard amazing news that @JulieUchitel passed her viva with flying colours today!!! Another 1st gen. @UCL_DOTHUB and @neoLAB_UK member is now a Dr! Congratulations Julie! #fNIRS #neuroscience #neonatology - this calls for more Ron Swanson..

Very pleased to be able to announce that @AddisonBilling, (an original @UCL_DOTHUB member supervised with @sophiescott) has passed her PhD viva today with zero corrections! Congratulations Dr B! Thanks to @EmilyDevNeuro @LLEmberson for examining. #fNIRS #neuroscience

Article from MIT @techreview about HD-DOT #fNIRS of functional networks and newborn sleep states! Great work @JulieUchitel @neoLAB_UK @UCL_DOTHUB

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/09/1064649/babies-sleep-technologies/

✅ First demonstration of wearable HD-DOT for cot-side neuroimaging for newborns

✅ Functional connectivity analyses identify networks consistent with prior fMRI studies

✅ Opens new possibilities for functional neuroimaging of the newborn brain at the cot-side in the clinic

#fNIRS #neuroscience #neurotech

New paper from @JulieUchitel, @UCL_DOTHUB, @neoLAB_UK :

*Cot-Side Imaging of Functional Connectivity in the Developing Brain During Sleep Using Wearable High-Density Diffuse Optical Tomography*

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811922009053

#neuroimaging...

Lukas’ non-artificial intelligence does a better job.

Having some narcissistic fun with http://profilepicture.ai. Most look nothing like me. Some are funny, some you can see the training data causing problems (weird mask face?).

To make you feel old- Austin Powers was released 25 years ago.

My 18 m.o. daughter only started walking a few weeks ago but today she learnt to blow her nose and every parent will know this is probably more life-changing. Little genius.

This is amusing if you are a physicist.