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XPRIZE creates Code Games challenge for kids
XPRIZE’s latest program to incentivize innovation is going after a new demographic: young people between the ages of 10 and 18 who are up for developing video games that play on the themes of exploration, the environment and social equity. Get … Continue reading
Protein puzzle game finds 99 ways to beat virus
Who would have thought a video game could identify potential treatments for COVID-19? Researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design certainly thought so, and so far the game has produced 99 chances to win. The game is a protein-folding puzzler … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, Games, Health, Medicine, Proteins, Science, University of Washington
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Xcraft probe lands in Xtronaut 2.0 board game
Seattle-based Xplore isn’t due to launch its first Xcraft space probe until late 2021, but it’s already landed in an educational board game. Get the news brief on GeekWire.
Seattle office opens to work on rocket simulation
Thanks to ventures like Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the Seattle area has been raising its profile in the space industry. Now it’ll be the home of an entire space program: Kerbal Space Program 2, the next generation of a … Continue reading
TakeFlight revs up simulator-based flight training
The makers of software such as Microsoft Flight Simulator usually say their programs are meant for entertainment, not actual flight training — but there’s a venture called TakeFlight Interactive that’s using enhanced simulations to get future pilots up to speed more quickly. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aviation, Games, Simulations, TakeFlight Interactive, Technology
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Microsoft Flight Simulator is back … for real!
RENTON, Wash. — Thanks to Microsoft’s hyper-realistic new version of Flight Simulator, I now know what it’s like to fly a Cessna 72SP Skyhawk airplane over my neighborhood … then crash it into the next street over. And in connection … Continue reading
Minecraft helps revive lost monuments virtually
Can a video game reclaim centuries’ worth of lost cultural heritage in the Middle East? Microsoft’s Minecraft Education Edition is being used to do just that, in league with UNESCO and schools around the world. History Blocks takes advantage of the educationally oriented … Continue reading
