Simulation articles

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  10 billion years in 78 seconds: scientists use supercomputer to model universe

  By Louis Goddard on August 17, 2012 10:17 am + 20 comments

  Forget SimCity — scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and the Continue reading…

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  Live: NASA's ambitious Curiosity rover attempts to land on Mars

  By Justin Rubio on August 5, 2012 08:47 pm + 69 comments

  After more than eight months in space, the Curiosity rover's big challenge is here: to witness the Continue reading…

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  Play this: 'Reprisal' revives the spirit of 'Populous'

  By Sam Byford on May 27, 2012 10:57 pm + 9 comments

  Peter Molyneux may have left Lionhead and Microsoft out of a desire to create something new, but Continue reading…

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  3D city planning tool maps noise pollution as visible data

  By Adi Robertson on April 2, 2012 01:09 pm + 13 comments

  A new mapping tool will help city planners visualize vital but invisible information like noise Continue reading…

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  Epic licensing Unreal Engine 3 for FBI training sim and other 'serious games'

  By Adi Robertson on March 28, 2012 09:24 am + 8 comments

  The Unreal Engine 3 that powers Mass Effect 3, Gears of War 3, and other games will soon be deployed Continue reading…

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  Britain's Ministry of Defense using video game tech to increase combat simulation realism

  By Nathan Ingraham on December 29, 2011 06:48 pm + 19 comments

  Britain's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has used video game-style combat simulations in training for Continue reading…

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  Fake Mars mission fake returns to real Earth

  By Tim Barribeau on November 4, 2011 09:18 am + 75 comments

  For 520 days, the crew of mock astronauts in the Mars500 simulation lived in cramped conditions and Continue reading…