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KYE was started in 1981 when Atari referred me to a teenaged quadriplegic in Pennsylvania who wanted to play video games. He was depressed and his family and church were searching for something to spark his interest in living after his accident. That led me to one of the foremost rehab facilities in the country,…
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KYE was started in 1981 when Atari referred me to a teenaged quadriplegic in Pennsylvania who wanted to play video games. He was depressed and his family and church were searching for something to spark his interest in living after his accident. That led me to one of the foremost rehab facilities in the country,…
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Ah, but now comes a fascinating study by three scientists at Harvard: “Does Collocation Inform the Impact of Collaboration?” They wondered whether teams that are located in the same place produce papers that have a bigger impact than teams who are disparate. So they gathered info on 35,000 papers in biomedical research where there was…
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When Steven Heller first approached me about starting a graduate industrial-design program at SVA, my response was, “I don’t know if it would be an ID department, exactly, but it would certainly involve artifacts, their purpose, making, sustainability…” And he said, “Great! Write it up.” But the challenge was to figure out what the landscape…
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Rod Falk’s middle school students create their own arcade classics like “Frogger,” “Pac-Man” and “Space Invaders” in his computer lab. Falk, who teaches in La Veta in southern Colorado, said his students are challenged by the programming, and it spurs their critical thinking. And like “Pac-Man” and his pellets, they’re snapping it up. Falk is…
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Rod Falk’s middle school students create their own arcade classics like “Frogger,” “Pac-Man” and “Space Invaders” in his computer lab. Falk, who teaches in La Veta in southern Colorado, said his students are challenged by the programming, and it spurs their critical thinking. And like “Pac-Man” and his pellets, they’re snapping it up. Falk is…
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theatlantic: City Dwellers With Time to Kill We love the New York Times. We love their trend pieces most. This line: Big Buck Hunter boasts a following in places like Texas and Minnesota, where hunters are known to play in full camouflage. But the game, which was developed in 2001 by Play Mechanix of Glen…