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Video Games Help Us Make Faster Decisions

Scientists from the University of Rochester have found that playing fast-paced action video games helps players make decisions 25 per cent faster than normal, yet no less accurate.


June 5, 2010
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VI Fit Is Wii Sports For The Blind

Wii Sports can be a big factor in getting sedentary children moving, but what about blind children? A video game research project at the University of Nevada, Reno, is creating Wii Sports-based PC games that don’t require eyesight to play.


March 17, 2010
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In This Life-Saving Minesweeper Game, The Mines Are Real

Every year upwards of 20,000 lives are lost in war-torn countries due to unexploded ordinance such as land mines. Can a video game educate children about land mine avoidance where traditional methods have failed.


November 18, 2009
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Battle Giant Dinosaur Robots — And Diabetes

The Magi and The Sleeping Star, the heroic Oz must free his relatives from gigantic dinosaur robots, but if he doesn’t correctly manage his type-1 diabetes, his magic will fail him.