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Curiosity Game Goes Viral! Millions Want to Know What’s Inside Giant Cube

Curiosity Game Goes Viral! Millions Want to Know What’s Inside Giant Cube | Science News | Scoop.it

Video game developer 22Cans’ Curiosity—What’s Inside the Cube has the net all a-twitter. What is inside the cube? The answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? Or better still, the question? An all expenses paid trip to Disney World? A chorus of 22 Oompa-Loompas congratulating you in song and dance? Well? Curious?

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From neurobiology to online gaming

From neurobiology to online gaming | Science News | Scoop.it

In 1997 the Isaac Newton Institute hosted a programme on neural networks and machine learning (NNM). Organised by Christopher M. Bishop (currently Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research, Cambridge), the programme attracted over 180 participants and was the largest international gathering of its kind at the time. It has since been hailed a landmark event.

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Games for nature

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Can digital games and virtual worlds help us save nature? Conservation scientists Bruno Monteferri, Chris Sandbrook and Bill Adams explore whether computer gaming is a new frontier for conservation.
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» Playing Video Games and Your Creative Mind - The Creative Mind

» Playing Video Games and Your Creative Mind - The Creative Mind | Science News | Scoop.it
Creative thinking and expression involves many skills and cognitive abilities, which can be enhanced by all sorts of experiences, even video games.
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A Google Surprise — Worldwide Alternative Reality Game Ingress Revealed

A Google Surprise — Worldwide Alternative Reality Game Ingress Revealed | Science News | Scoop.it

Google is venturing again into the realm of augmented reality with its reveal of a new mobile game called Ingress. Though the multiplayer game is currently in closed beta, Google has built a marketing campaign around it that entices players who were drawn to TV shows like Fringe and Lost.

GranGoddessa's comment, January 4, 2013 6:33 PM
Sakis are you playing?
Sakis Koukouvis's comment, January 6, 2013 3:15 AM
Hi, dj Goddessa. No, I don't play. I want to try in the future
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Can Computer Games Save Us All? New Research Shows How Gaming Can Help Cure Our Social Ills

Can Computer Games Save Us All? New Research Shows How Gaming Can Help Cure Our Social Ills | Science News | Scoop.it
Tech futurist and game designer Jane McGonigle on how computer games can help the fight against AIDS, heal disabilities, increase optimism, and make us better people.
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Gaming to improve eyesight and 'hearing' colors

Gaming to improve eyesight and 'hearing' colors | Science News | Scoop.it
How we perceive the world tells us a lot about how the brain processes sensory information.
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Level-up life: how gaming can enhance your reality

Level-up life: how gaming can enhance your reality | Science News | Scoop.it
Playing Angry Birds or Mario Kart can warp your perception of what's real and what's virtual – and that might be just what you need, as Sally Adee found...
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