Tag: Games
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Pinball Wizardry Earns Kiddies Kinetic Knowledge
A design for a kid's game has won a James Dyson Award, and for good reason. It teaches kids about kinetic energy all through a pinball-style game.
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Cool DIY Hydropower Kits for Kids
If you're looking for a perfect gift for a smart kid, this is a great educational game.
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Can Social Media Really Help Make a Difference for the Environment?
Social media helps everyone connect - but what about real action?
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Game On: How to Fix 3 Common Game Console Problems
If you play video games, you probably know the feeling: the disc jams, the friendly green lights turn red, the screen goes suddenly and disconcertingly dark.
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Nine-Year-Old Creates Entire Arcade From Cardboard Boxes and Tape
There's nothing like hand-made toys, especially when they skip all the wiring and electronics and go back to the basics of cardboard boxes.
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The Week in Cleantech
Smart grid startups, ice-cooled data centers and bendable e-books: here is a round up of cleantech stories that caught our eye this week, but we didn't have a chance to cover.
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New iPhone Game Teaches Kids about Seal Migration (and It's Fun, too)
"Slippery Seal" is a game from Rock Out Apps that lets follows the path of a migratory seal, with challenges along the way.
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Online Game Lets Players Test Out Effects of Technology On The Environment
Urbania is a new try-it-and-see game for green-minded techies. Become the mayor of the town and see how your decisions around technology affect the environment.
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SimCity 5 Confirmed: Maxis to Make a More Socially and Environmentally Conscious Computer Game
This week's rumors of a SimCity 5 release turn out to be true. Latest version of the classic computer game will take things like CO2 levels into consideration
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Need More Motivation? Get Chased by Zombies in Undead Adventure Road Race
What started in Maryland is spreading. A running club with zombies that chase you. It's about survival of the fittest.
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Get Chased by Hungry Zombies to Improve Your Running With New iPhone App
If you have a hard time running outside, perhaps being chased by a horde of hungry zombies might help.
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Gamers Beat Computers In Designing Proteins for Scientific Research
Is this the next wave of gaming? Instead of stealing cars or fighting enemy armies, gamers are taking a crack at helping scientists solve medical mysteries.
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Trash Tycoon and Waste as a Resource
Rather than thinking that a Green community starts and ends when the streets are clean, Trash Tycoon players have begun to see waste not as an obstacle, but as a resource.
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Will Video Games Ever Become a Tool for Environmental Change?
We've seen video games with eco-themes pop up more often over the last few years, but will they ever hit mainstream?
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New App Lets iPad Users Play With Real Live Pigs
Finally, an app for interspecies entertainment that playfully pits iPad users against real-life pigs, who might otherwise only meet one another on a plate.
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Game Strap Makes Long, Uncomfortable Train Commutes More Entertaining
For times when you have to stand for a long commute on Muni, this design might take your mind off the time.
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One Day, Video Games Will Beat Climate Change
Can good game design inspire real-world behavior change? Critics are increasingly arguing that they can.
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Oregon Trail-Style Video Game Would Expose Climate Deniers
Would you play an Oregon Trail-modeled video game designed to expose big polluters and climate denial? Why yes, yes you would.
