News tagged with virtual trainer

Sony latest to demo videogame motion-sensing controller

Sony on Tuesday demonstrated a prototype motion-sensing videogame controller, as the maker of PlayStation consoles joined rivals in a trend away from playing with complicated buttons and joysticks.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0




Search results for virtual trainer


No pain, no gain? Studies of the ideal way of making jump shots in handball

For handball players, ankle sprains are just part of life. But this may be about to change: Christian Peham and colleagues at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna have undertaken a detailed analysis of the three ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Greying Singapore taps robots, games in rehab

Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Military looks for more 'fear factor' in training simulators

The group of Marines sprang into action and raced into combat position, with weapons aimed, as they assaulted a possible terrorist stronghold. Moments later, they were sipping sodas and chatting with friends about weekend ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

'Virtual operating room' to sharpen surgeons' smarts and skills

(Medical Xpress) -- Even for highly trained physicians and surgeons, there’s no teacher like experience.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Keeping stress at a distance

Beep-beep, tick, shoosh, beep-beep, tick, shoosh. Four tiny incisions are made in the patient’s abdomen … thin metal tools are inserted into the incisions.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cells' 'neighborhood' can help prevent breast cancer

Exercise has given Lu-Ann Doria more energy, confidence and strength. It may also help her stay cancer-free, doctors say.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unique Roman gladiator ruins unveiled in Austria

They lived in cells barely big enough to turn around in and usually fought until they died. This was the lot of those at a sensational scientific discovery unveiled Monday: The well-preserved ruins of a gladiator ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 5

Previous-day alcohol consumption appears to affect surgical skills on virtual reality simulator

Excessive alcohol consumption appears to be associated with changes in some surgical skills performed on virtual reality simulator testing the following day, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Surgery, one of ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Half-time for the Mars500 mission

The Mars500 mission – a simulated mission to the red planet in which researchers from the Mainz University Medical Center in Germany are involved – has reached its half-way mark: After a 250-day ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ubisoft jumps on Kinect motion-sensing videogame controls

French videogame star Ubisoft is showing off its moves with titles that capitalize on Kinect motion-sensing Xbox 360 console controllers set to debut in November.

Technology / Software

created Oct 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


List of search results for virtual trainer