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Avatars May Reduce Depression in Young Adults
February 11, 2013 — A preliminary study suggests that depression symptoms may be significantly reduced when 18- to 25-year-olds interact with computerized avatars —- virtual 3D images of a healthcare provider like ... > full story -
Digital Games Contribute to HIV Education in Uganda
February 6, 2013 — Computer games, virtual classroom with a discussion forum and video drama can be integrated in a common learning environment for teaching teenage children. This pedagogical approach has demonstrated ... > full story -
Pushing Boundaries of Virtual Reality
February 5, 2013 — Devices that detect and convey sense of touch may have applications in ... > full story -
Control a Virtual Spacecraft by Thought Alone
February 5, 2013 — Scientists at the University of Essex have been working with NASA on a project where they controlled a virtual spacecraft by thought alone. Using BCI (brain-computer interface) technology, they found ... > full story -
Virtual Superpowers Encourage Real-World Empathy
January 31, 2013 — Giving test subjects Superman-like flight in a virtual reality simulator makes them more likely to exhibit altruistic behavior in real life, researchers ... > full storyMore: -
The Ecological Badminton Robot: Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Machine Design
January 30, 2013 — A robot to play with! A childhood's dream has now come true for researchers in Belgium. Wim Symens and his team pioneered the development of the first robot ever to play badminton. But this robot is ... > full story -
Right Target, but Missing the Bulls-Eye for Alzheimer's
January 23, 2013 — For decades now, researchers have been trying, without success, to develop drugs that slow or prevent Alzheimer’s. Now research at suggests that while the protein they have been focusing on-- ... > full story -
New Imaging Technique for Identifying the Age and Sex of a Corpse
January 23, 2013 — Researchers have designed a new computing system that determines the age and sex of a corpse with a reliability of 95%. This state-of-the-art system is very different from the traditional macroscopy ... > full story -
Standard Written Checklists Can Improve Patient Safety During Surgical Crises
January 18, 2013 — When hospital operating room staff follow a written safety checklist to respond to a medical crisis during surgery, they are nearly 75 percent less likely to miss a critical clinical ... > full story -
Virtual Heart Sheds New Light on Heart Defect
January 16, 2013 — A virtual heart is revealing new information about one of the world's most common heart conditions. Researchers used cutting edge technology to build an advanced computational model of an ... > full story
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