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Submission + - Video Games Improve Surgical Skills

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denmarkw00t

on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @01:00AM

denmarkw00t writes: "From this CNN article: "There was a strong correlation between video game skills and a surgeon's capabilities performing laparoscopic surgery in the study published in the February issue of Archives of Surgery. Out of 33 surgeons...that participated in the study, the nine doctors who had at some point played video games at least three hours per week made 37 percent fewer errors, performed 27 percent faster, and scored 42 percent better in the test of surgical skills than the 15 surgeons who had never played video games before."

And I haven't even gotten my copy of Trauma Center for the Wii yet"

Submission + - Bethesda Laments the PS3 Controller

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Richard Manley

on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @01:00AM

Richard Manley writes: "Gameworld Network writes that Pete Hines of Bethesda Softworks has commented on the SIXAXIS controller. When asked what he thought of the SIXAXIS in general, he replied:

"I think that its value depends upon the game. It didn't make sense on Oblivion but I'm sure there are some games it does make sense on. To be honest I would rather have the rumble instead of the SIXAXIS motion stuff. When you're playing Oblivion it's nice to feel the weapons connecting with an opponent, so the absence of the rumble is notable when playing Elder Scrolls."

When asked if he has ever thought of including SIXAXIS motion support in the PS3 version of Oblivion, he stated:

"We didn't think about doing anything with the SIXAXIS stuff. We just wanted to make sure it played well and doing something new with the SIXAXIS just wasn't even necessary. Obviously if we ever have a game that would work well with the SIXAXIS then we would consider using it... but that wasn't an option for Oblivion.""

Submission + - TekTime Interview with WowWee's Mark Tilden

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robotsrule

on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @12:48AM

robotsrule writes: "The good people at TekTime bring us a new Podcast interview with the charismatic and hilarious Mark Tilden, inventor of the WowWee Robosapien robot and a host of other robots.

In this 42 minute interview Mark Tilden talks about:
His history as a robotics physicist including his time at NASA.

Funny and interesting stories relating to the original Robosapien robot which has now sold over 6 million units.

His upcoming new robots which will further increase the total number of toy robots sold by WowWee beyond the current 20 million mark such as the Roboquad and Roboboa

His opinion on the Japanese style of building robots compared to his style which is based on nature, a style which he likes to call "analog".

Why the robotics industry has not taken off yet and what needs to happen for it to do so

And a lot more
The interview is peppered with interesting anecdotes and truly funny quips by Mr. Tilden. My favorite is his comment on the method he uses to gauge a new robot's success; by rounding up a bunch of kids and seeing how many fights break out when he shows them the new bot. You can download the interview in MP3 format from the TekTime web site."

Submission + - World of Warcraft on Your Cell Phone

Submitted by

Mes

on Monday February 19, 2007 @11:49PM

Mes writes: "When you just cant get the needle out of your arm and you gotta eat, live, sleep and breath World of Warcraft, you can finally now do so on your Cell Phone. Yep, you read that correctly, on your Cell Phone! You can now access a huge database of WoW info from http://mobile.ampwow.com/ directly from your cell phone. You can read about items, dungeons, quests, and even reputation info."

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