Month: January 2015

Why I use video games to teach science.

Why I use video games to teach science.

by Melanie Stegman Everyone knows how to kill zombies. Why don’t people know how to kill measles? I think that a few bits of molecular detail are all that stands between our current society and one in which the average person truly appreciates modern biomedical science. […]

The successes and limitations of brain-computer interface technology

The successes and limitations of brain-computer interface technology

…and why we don’t all have badass robotic exoskeletons by Claire Warriner Philadelphia, 1999. A thirsty lab rat vigorously presses the lever in its cage. This act causes a swinging robotic arm to deliver a droplet of water to within reach of the rat’s parched tongue. […]