News tagged with players
Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With a new immersive multiplayer game system, researchers are further blurring the line between gaming and the real world. Using a mouse and keyboard sounds kind of quaint compared to the ...
The more you take the more you lose
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2008 |
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In everyday social exchanges, being mean to people has a lot more impact than being nice, research at the University of Chicago has shown.
Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function
Sep 01, 2008 |
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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, ...
Pickin' Up Good Vibrations to Produce Green Electricity
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Vibrations from the environments we live and work in could be much more widely harnessed as a clean source of electricity, due to cutting-edge UK research.
Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic that conducts electricity holds promise for cheaper, thinner and more flexible electronics. This technology is already available in some gadgets -- the new Sony walkman that was introduced ...
Sensor-equipped footballs could help refs and players
Dec 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When Dr. Priya Narasimhan moved to Pittsburgh seven years ago, she fell in love with the people, the city, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Although the Carnegie Mellon computer engineering professor ...
Tech review: The Livio Radio
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 14, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
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Product: The Livio Radio, an Internet radio stereo featuring Pandora radio.
Junking old electronic equipment does not compute
Jul 31, 2009 |
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The box is about 4 feet by 4 feet, and stuffed inside are a few thousand dollars worth of "trash."
Pump down the volume, EU to tell MP3 makers
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Tens of millions of people will be forced to listen to portable music at permanently reduced volume under European Commission proposals to be unveiled next week.
Gamers play against type: Avid online role-players do not fit gamer stereotypes, survey finds
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Participants in the role-playing game EverQuest II defy the stereotype of the overweight male teenager, researchers reported this month in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
New iPod listening study shows surprising behavior of teens
Feb 18, 2009 |
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A new study involving iPods and teenagers by the University of Colorado at Boulder and Children's Hospital Boston indicates teenagers who receive pressure from their peers or others to turn down the volume of their iPods ...
Virtual studies answer real questions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 14, 2009 |
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"Are online games just for male teenagers?" About 80 percent of "Ever Quest II" players are male, but the hardcore players are women. And, almost all players are adults.
Surprising results: Virtual games players stick close to home
Feb 14, 2009 |
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In the real world, tracking a person's social network -- which could include hundreds of contacts that serve different purposes -- is nearly impossible.
Video game site lets players bet on their skills
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Although you can win or lose real money, BringIt.com is not considered online gambling, and it's legal in 39 states.
Download, install and drive -- the future of automotive software
Feb 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices regularly download software updates to keep obsolescence at bay. That’s not the norm for cars. But that could change thanks to an automotive ...
