Search results for interactive multimedia

Engineering Jan 5, 2012

Mogees project delivers haptic symphony (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Creative sound-making is as fluid and changing as it implies, incorporating everything from troupes that bang on every hard surface imaginable to creators of electronic music, to musicians who craft their ...

Other Jan 2, 2012

Probing Question: How are museums keeping up with the changing times?

From America’s oldest collection, Charleston Museum, circa 1773, to its tiniest—the 134-square-foot World’s Smallest Museum; from the majestic American Museum of Natural History to the head-scratchingly ...

Other Dec 22, 2011

CSHL's DNA Learning Center awarded Science magazine SPORE prize

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's DNA Learning Center (DNALC) has been awarded the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) for its creation of a science education portal at www.dnalc.org that attracts more than ...

Social Sciences Nov 22, 2011

New home movies resurrect endangered American Indian language

University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people who speak it.

Social Sciences Nov 21, 2011

Use of technology-rich learning environment reveals improved retention rates

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology have found that use of a technology-rich learning environment in several undergraduate engineering-technology courses has improved learning and decreased withdrawals from, ...

Hi Tech & Innovation Nov 3, 2011

Dome screen puts Canadian audiences in the action

The audience finds itself inside a giant uterus. Or it flies around cathedral ruins. Or it is transported to a dark, lonely forest.

Space Exploration Oct 12, 2011

NASA releases new interactive space communications game

NASA has released an interactive, educational video game called NetworKing that depicts how the Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) network operates. The release of the video game coincides with the close of World Space ...

Other Oct 11, 2011

World's biggest publishers' fair eyes safe future for books

The world's biggest book fair, which opened Tuesday, wants to put paid to fears for the survival of the book in its traditional, bound form in the face of its digital rival's growing popularity.

Engineering Aug 4, 2011

AviCoS replaces vehicle owner's manuals

The avatar is displayed on the monitor of the Audi Mulitmedia Interface that comes standard in all new Audi models. The virtual figure understands complete sentences. Using artificial intelligence, AviCoS interprets questions ...

Software Jul 27, 2011

NASA's iPad app beams science straight to users

NASA satellites beam data from space; now the Agency is beaming it straight to your iPad.

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