News tagged with hockey players


Minor league hockey players unable to identify concussion symptoms, study says

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When Chicago Blackhawk's leading scorer Martin Havlat returned to the ice for game four of the Western Conference Final after sustaining a concussion only two days earlier, questions were raised surrounding his swift return. ...


Athletes' and spectators' brains light up when talking sports

Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 01, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Being an athlete or merely a fan improves language skills when it comes to discussing their sport because parts of the brain usually involved in playing sports are instead used to understand sport language, ...





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'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world (AP)

'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world

Technology / Software

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on ...


Bling bling with your ring ring: Dekoden craze sees cell phones get a touch of glitz, glamour

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 11 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell phone owners are ringing the changes and putting a smile on their dial by adorning their mobiles with ornamental stickers, charms and beads -- and the craze just keeps getting bigger.


The goal of robot hockey: to become better engineers

The goal of robot hockey: to become better engineers (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It may be a long time before we see robots shooting pucks and making saves in professional hockey, but second-year mechanical engineering students at the University of Alberta put some pretty ...


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Top 10 tech toys for 2009

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

This year, I've grouped my list of Top 10 tech toys into price ranges. Keep in mind that the prices listed are the suggested retail, and you may be able to find better deals.


Suggestions for tech-happy holidays

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The holiday season is as much a time for tech as for toys. Electronic gadgets are at the top of many wish lists and account for an ever-growing share of holiday shopping budgets. Fortunately for shoppers, tech gifts don't ...


In College Football, Home Field Advantage Often Overestimated

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

This year, many of college football's biggest rivalry games take place over Thanksgiving weekend. A win earns bragging rights for the year. Visiting teams are often thought to be at a considerable disadvantage, especially ...


Organizational psychologists use Rock Band to study how people achieve flow while at work

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

By playing the video game Rock Band for an hour, Kansas State University students were able to help a pair of psychology professors with their research to understand how people can achieve flow while at work or while performing ...


New understanding about mechanism for cell death after stroke leads to possible therapy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at the Brain Research Centre, a partnership of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, have uncovered new information about the mechanism by which ...


Renelly Morel (R), digital marketing manager for Ubisoft, works out with Your Shape

Ubisoft steps up videogame fitness with virtual coach

Technology / Software

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday.


South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week (AP)

South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.



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