Abstract: A Gamified Participatory Recommender System is disclosed which employs Content-based Art Recommendations which are combined with Collaborative Filtering Art Recommendations and are adjusted by the Participation Score of the Current User to identify Art similar to art that a Current User is viewing. The similar Art is displayed to the Current User, and the Current User's actions are monitored. Subsequent recommendations are adjusted based upon the Current User's actions. The System also employs Content-based User Recommendations which are combined with Collaborative Filtering User Recommendations that are adjusted by a Participation Score of the Current User to identify similar Users and create links between the Current User and at least one similar User. These recommendations are affected by the amount of user participation, thereby rewarding those with extensive user participation.

Abstract: A rapid electrophoresis system [1000] provides rapid separation of an unknown sample [1] into its component compounds. An unknown sample [1] which is to be identified is placed in an inert electrophoresis gel [1142] in a gel container [1140] in housing [1110]. The housing [1110] has electric plates [1151, 1153] straddling housing [1110]. A plurality of temperature sensors measure the temperature or chemical breakdown of gel [1142] in each track [1131, 1133, 1135, 1137] running the length of the gel container [1140]. The tracks [1131, 1133, 1135, 1137] are monitored, selectively cooled or heated by a thermal controller [1210] to bring them all to a pre-defined optimum temperature. The power across the plates is also adjusted by power controller [1210] to prevent heating and the gel [1142] from being chemically altered so that it maintains its functionality, while providing optimum performance.