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Students are using touchscreen technology to better grasp museum practice.
Museums are incorporating technology into their many modes of public engagement like never before. Here is further proof: The University of Leicester’s School of Museum Studies has partnered with The British Museum to create an interactive touchscreen app for students: The new app, used as part of a
RNA videogame players lead biochemistry in RNA pattern prediction.
Biochemistry is one field where the gamification trend is actually amazing its community and allowing real-world discovery. Scientists and players have used these games to discover how human cells work at their core structure, and how we might build our own to better fight disease like cancer and HI
"You Chose Wrong" features the deadliest endings from choose-your-own-adventure books
Choose-your-own-adventure books have never exactly been known for their poetic diction or political urgency. If anything, they’re more akin to text-adventure computer games than novels, and, like comics and cartoons, they’ve been subject to plenty of videogame-franchise licensing. This online collec
Disney’s Club Penguin maximizes security, donates millions to safety campaigns.
The social network for kids once described as an “Orwellian dystopia” for vigilantly monitoring the language used between its users, Club Penguin is extending its children’s online-safety crusade by donating millions worth of space in TV, print, and web slots to third-party child safety campaigns, a
Um, so what is the Internet anyway?
It doesn’t hurt to take a step back and re-evaluate our assumptions every once in a while. In his article today at the Verge, Paul Miller ponders the eternal mystery, “What is the Internet?” Since I don’t “use the internet,” according to my dial-up definition, I’m frequently longing for my friends t
Rumors surround Ouya, an Android game console.
A new game console based on the Android platform is in the works, according to the Verge, and it’s being designed by Yves Behar. And “all games will be free to play.” The project’s advisors also include Ed Fries of Xbox fame, Amol Sarva of Peek, Peter Pham of Color, and counts Julie Uhrman of IGN as
Would you buy a used (downloadable) game?
The European courts ruled today that downloadable software can be resold by users, which delivers a blow to current DRM policies in use by Steam, EA, and other content providers. From the opinion of the court: The first sale in the EU of a copy of a computer program by the copyright holder or with h
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