News tagged with simulator games
Virtual training for real combat
I zipped up the flak jacket, put on an Army helmet and snapped a pair of goggles over my eyes.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Next generation gamers: Computer games aid recovery from stroke
Computer games are not just for kids. New research published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, a BioMed Central open access journal, shows that computer games can speed up and improve a patient's recovery from p ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 16, 2011 |
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Study: Surge in obesity correlates with increased automobile usage
Junk food, video games and a lack of exercise all have received their fair share of blame for the spiraling epidemic of obesity in the U.S. But according to a University of Illinois researcher, public health ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 11, 2011 |
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Sandia researchers merge gaming, simulation tools to create models for border security
With funding from the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP), researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a high-fidelity simulation and analysis program that ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Japan resort draws men with virtual girlfriends
Long a favourite of lovers and honeymooners, a Japanese beach town with fading sparkle has found a new tourism niche in the wired age by drawing young men and their virtual girlfriends.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Robotic arm simulates driving a Ferrari (w/ Video)
Engineers have turned a robotic arm into a “Ferrari simulator,” enabling users to feel what it’s like to experience high-speed driving while controlling the car in a video game. As shown in the video below, ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 16, 2010 |
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Statistcal Physics Offers Insight Into Moral Behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems a little strange for statistical physicists to consider questions of morality in behavior. However, that is is just what a study at ETH in Zurich, Switzeralnd, is doing. Led by Dirk Helbing, the ...
May 06, 2010 |
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Communication trumps penalties in new study of social-ecological systems
Research conducted in a computerized microworld by scientists at Arizona State University and Indiana University, including Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom, show how common-pool resources - such as fisheries, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Bottom Of The Inning Not Tops For Hitters
For most teams, Major League Baseball's season opens today, and for some diehard fans there are few things more sacred than statistics.
Apr 05, 2010 |
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Not so corny: Facebook game lets users play farmer
(AP) -- Even while calling Chicago home, Laura Hawkins Grimes is a country bumpkin. Her scenic rural spread has three dairy farms, two ponds and a log cabin, all skirted by a white picket fence as scarecrows stand sentry ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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New computer cluster gets its grunt from games
Technology designed to blast aliens in computer games is part of a new GPU (Graphics Processing Units) computer cluster that will process CSIRO research data thousands of times faster and more efficiently ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 25, 2009 |
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NRL artificial intelligence team win 2 video awards (w/ Video)
Researchers at NRL's Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence, within the laboratory's Information Technology Division (ITD), received two top awards at the 21st International Joint Conference ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Japan software firm shrugs off rape game protests
A Japanese computer game maker on Friday dismissed a protest by US rights campaigners against the game "RapeLay", which lets players simulate sexual violence against females.
May 08, 2009 |
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