TECHNOLOGY TIPS - GAMING IS GOOD FOR YOU?
I admit I'm not the savviest gaming person on the planet like I was in my youth. Take me to a Ms. Pacman console any day and I'd love it.
What's an amazing new breakthrough for the Xbox 360 was introduced in the August edition of the Journal of Computational Biology and Chemistry. At the University of Warwick in England, a computer scientist has devised a way to detect heart defects and help prevent heart attacks.
This incredible tool is not only revolutionary but also provides an inexpensive, faster method for performing complex heart research by scientists. It's estimated that the system delivers the same results five times faster and 10 times cheaper than the current system being used by researchers.
The system uses a modified chip in the console created two years go by software engineer, Simon Scarle, at Mcrosoft's Rare studio. "These game consoles aren't just glorified toys. [They] are pieces of very powerful computing hardware," Scarle says. "I did a game-ified version of my old cardiac code. I could actually present some 'proper' science [based on] the cool things us game developers do."
As much as I hate to admit it, parents, your kids might be playing games that will one day save lives. Maybe I should up my game from Ms. Pacman, who knows?!
CATHY MALLERS & DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO
