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Playing Video Games Offers Learning Across Life Span, Say Studies
August 17, 2008 — Certain types of video games can have beneficial effects, improving gamers' dexterity as well as their ability to problem-solve -- attributes that have proven useful not only to students but to ... > full story -
Virtual Applications Reach Out To Real World
August 14, 2008 — Researchers have developed a series of very clever tools to break through the bottlenecks stalling the widespread adoption of virtual reality. But the compelling applications designed for the system ... > full story -
Images For 3-D Video Games Without High Price Tags Or Stretch Marks From UC San Diego
August 12, 2008 — The images of rocks, clouds, marble and other textures that serve as background images and details for 3-D video games are often hand painted and thus costly to generate. A breakthrough from a ... > full story -
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Technique Developed To Capture Human Movement In 3D
August 12, 2008 — Using two video cameras to capture human movement makes it possible to recognize body movements and display them in three dimension on a computer, according to the journal Multimedia Tools & ... > full story -
Wii-Habilitation: Using Video Games To Heal Burns
July 18, 2008 — Video games — often regarded as nothing more than mindless entertainment for lethargic kids and teens — are proving to be an effective, new tool to motivate patients to perform ... > full story -
Baseball: 2008 All-Star Game Was Mathematical Marvel
July 17, 2008 — The 2008 All-Star Game was the game of a lifetime, and a math professor can prove it. "What happened Tuesday night was definitely a rare occurrence and one we should not expect to see again in our ... > full story -
Soccer Parents: Why They Rage
June 17, 2008 — A new study found that ego defensiveness, one of the triggers that ignites road rage, also kicks off parental "sideline rage," and that a parent with a control-oriented personality is more likely to ... > full story -
Statistics Phenomenon On The Pitch: Often Two Players With The Same Birthday At The World Cup
June 11, 2008 — The German defender Philipp Lahm and the Portuguese midfield star Maniche were both born on November 11 -- and they were both playing in the game for the third place at the World Cup 2006. Anyway, in ... > full story -
Major League Baseball Teams With Greater Circadian Advantage Are More Likely To Succeed
June 10, 2008 — The magnitude of circadian advantage influences the outcome of Major League Baseball games in that teams with greater circadian advantage are more likely to win. Crossing multiple time zones further ... > full story -
Video Games Can Make Us Creative If Spark Is Right
May 23, 2008 — Video games that energize players and induce a positive mood could also enhance creativity, according to media researchers. However, the study also finds that players who were not highly energized ... > full story
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