Algorithms · February 2015Gaffe level: Typo
A Programmer Automated His Own Tinder Dating
A programmer wired facial recognition and a chatbot into Tinder so it swiped and chatted for him, automating romance into a screening pipeline. Nothing says true love like machine vision.
Source: The Atlantic
A Belfast Surgical Robot Has Treated 130 Complex Cases Since May
Belfast City Hospital's Da Vinci 5 robotic platform for gynaecology has treated 130 patients needing complex surgery since its launch in May 2026, and the longest inpatient wait in Belfast Trust has fallen from seven years to three. A new 1.95 million pound investment in endometriosis services will expand the specialist centres and local care behind that progress.