All the stories tagged with simulation

Flight simulator uses robot arm for greater degree of realism

12/02/2011, Flight simulators are great tools when it comes to training pilots to perform their job flawlessly each time without having to risk crashing a real jet, not to mention the potential loss of life and belongings. Well, military pilots undergo [...]

520 days Mars mission compressed into a 15 minute video

11/04/2011, If you’ve ever wondered what a mission to Mars would be like, well you won’t have to anymore. The folks over at the European Space Agency held a simulated mission to Mars called Mars500, where six astronauts were placed inside [...]

War reporting simulator might help save lives

09/30/2011, Most journalists might be comfortable with where they are at the moment, but those who cover wartime stories might not be that lucky as sometime to get up close and personal in the action, some are maimed or even killed. [...]

Schizophrenia simulated on a computer

05/09/2011, There are many theories that surround the cause of schizophrenia, and one of them points to the excessive release of dopamine, as the brain remembers too many irrelevant stuff. Sounds like going to school? Actually no, as schizophrenics will be [...]

SimQuest to release open-incision surgical simulator

03/29/2011, While they say practice makes perfect but in the realm of surgery, you don’t really have a lot to practice with. What surgeons in training have to practice on right now are live patients or animals, and usually living things [...]