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Designing wheelchair-based movement games [PDF]

, 2015
People using wheelchairs have access to fewer sports and other physically stimulating leisure activities than nondisabled persons, and often lead sedentary lifestyles that negatively influence their health.
Birk, Max, Gerling, Kathrin, Kalyn, Mike, Mandryk, Regan, Miller, Matthew, Smeddinck, Jan   +5 more
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Can Video-Games Enhance Cognitive Ability?

Psychological Topics, 2019
Cognitive training is an intervention aimed at promoting various aspects of cognitive functioning. The most effective programs include the so-called multimodal training, i.e.
Marina Martinčević, Andrea Vranić
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Design Principles for Serious Video Games in Mathematics Education: From Theory to Practice

International Journal of Serious Games, 2014
There is growing interest in the employment of serious video games in science education, but there are no clear design principles. After surveying previous work in serious video game design, we highlighted the following design principles: 1) engage the ...
Konstantinos Chorianopoulos, Michail Giannakos   +1 more
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Electroadhesion Suction Cups

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Electroadhesion (EA) Suction Cups are electrically operated soft grippers that can pick up a wide range of objects from the top. A soft membrane, driven by electrostatic forces, conforms to surfaces, creating a passive vacuum when lifted. EA suction cups eliminate bulky vacuum systems, offering a compact, efficient, and portable alternative for ...
Fabio Caruso, Herbert Shea, Vito Cacucciolo   +2 more
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MMORPGs and Their Effect on Players [PDF]

, 2017
The purpose of this essay is to explore the popularity and effects of video games in the MMORPG genre. Games and play have been a part of human culture for an exceptionally long time, and in the recent decades video games have a become a large medium to ...
Manocha, Udit
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Playing with the future: social irrealism and the politics of aesthetics [PDF]

, 2013
In this paper we wish to explore the political possibilities of video games. Numerous scholars now take seriously the place of popular culture in the remaking of our geographies, but video games still lag behind.
Bramwell T., Brooker C., Brown J., Cain J.P., Darrall S., Dittmer J., Flanagan M., Foucault M., Haraway D.J., Hope J., Ian G.R. Shaw, IGN, Joanne P. Sharp, Kneale J., Lomberg J., Massumi B., Musgrove M., Thomas N.   +17 more
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Multiple Ways in Which Video Games Make Education Inclusive: A Systematic Review of Cognitive Enhancement for Neurodivergent Learners

Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
Children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD, ASD and SLDs, often face challenges in executive functioning that can impact their inclusion and participation in educational and social experiences.
Martina Basciano, Elisa Bisagno, Alessia Cadamuro   +2 more
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Designing Maximal Strength in Nanolamellar Eutectic High‐Entropy Alloys

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study uses molecular dynamics simulations to guide the design of EHEAs with superior mechanical performance. The simulations reveal a peak tensile strength at a critical interphase boundary spacing. Below this spacing, the governing mechanism shifts from the Hall–Petch strengthening to dislocation multiplication–mediated softening. Guided by these
Weiming Ji, Shubo Gao, Asker Jarlöv, Xiaojun Shen, Yujia Tian, Mao See Wu, Huajian Gao, Kun Zhou   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Game on! a report on the interactive leisure software subsector in London [PDF]

, 2008
There is a paucity of good quality data on the UK video games industry. Information such as value-added, investment on R&D, average annual expenditure on training and the value of video games in terms of exports, for example, is thin or incomplete.
Cardoso, Eva, Carnicero, Laura, Dempster, Anna, Liu, Kai, Mould, Oli, Pezzana, Silvio Pierluigi, Roodhouse, Simon   +6 more
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The Legal Nature of Video Games – Adapting Copyright Law to Multimedia

Press Start, 2015
In Copyright Law, video games are still a contentious matter. The multimedia nature of games brings up the question on how to define their legal nature. While there are several original underlying works in video games such as computer programs, artistic ...
Julian Simon Stein
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