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 ...
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 ...
Effects of brain exercise depend on opponent
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Playing games against a computer activates different brain areas from those activated when playing against a human opponent. Research published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience has shown that the belief that o ...
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 ...
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.
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.
'Curve ball' wins international illusion contest
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 26, 2009 |
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Science has proven what baseball players have known for more than a hundred years, the curve ball is more powerful than the brain.
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.
Game provides clue to improving remote sensing
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 27, 2009 |
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A newly developed mathematical model that figures out the best strategy to win the popular board game CLUE© could some day help robot mine sweepers navigate strange surroundings to find hidden explosives.
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.
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.
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, ...
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.
Rhapsody streaming app approved for iPhones
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- RealNetworks Inc.'s subscription music service Rhapsody has been approved for use on iPhones and iPod Touches, the first time Apple Inc. has allowed an on-demand music streaming program on its devices ...
Swine flu inspires new video game
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Since swine flu first emerged in April, it has sparked panic, vaccine production and now, a video game.
