This paper presents the findings from a study aimed at understanding whether video games (or serious games) can be effective in enhancing volcanic hazard education and communication. Using the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, we have developed a video game – St. Vincent's Volcano – for use in existing …
To commemorate the World Diabetes day on November 14, 1995, Novo Nordisk of Bangalore launched a few new services. A mere fax connects one to a panel of doctors who provide answers to one's queries on diabetes and other related problems. A video titled The Great Diabetes Circus is being …
British journalist, Mark Votier, may have to pay dearly for his attempt to save the minke whales. The Japanese Institute of Cetacean Research has filed a suit against him for damages and costs totalling US $448,000. It has accused him of breach of con- tract which prevented him from releasing …
VISITS to cinema halls might be a totally different experience if the dreams of the us film industry's high-tech planners come true. In fact, if every-thing goes as per schedule, the traditional mode of sending movies to cinema theatres in tin cans will be replaced by the information superhighway. The …
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RESEARCHERS report that discovery of an unique chemical process could lead to the development of new semiconduc- tors and revolutionise the future of commercial computers. Scientist at the Research & Technology Department of the us Naval surface Warfare Centre in White Oak, GerA have found a new way to quality …
Six different broadcasting systems and five video tape recordh systems, incompatible with 4,10 another, currently functions al ovem the world. Unless one's video"26 VCR and TV are mutually conspsffC! ble, the result will be a black-asubb white picture, no picture at all, oW just sound! Only Matsushita of Japan sis …
THE first International Video Festival, in India, ivrest "95, held at Thiruvananthapuram (September 8-14), clearly reflected the confusion in the video scenario prevalent in India. The festival promised to be one on science, society and development. This is essentially the subject of human survival. The response was overwhelming: 700 entries …
Resurrection In medieval times, AI Muizz li Din Allah Street was the heart of Cairo. Today, however, this is like an alley with chaotic traffic and shabby workshops. Suffering from misuse and lack of cleanliness, it per- haps houses the largest number of monuments on anyone street anywhere. But now, …
COMMUNICATING with children is no easy task -- writing books for them is even harder. In a conversation with a child, there is scope to answer the hundreds of questions that are asked. But a story book must be able to get its message across clearly. There are no second …
CLASSIC movies can now be preserved for generations without fearing loss of print quality. Though movie films are kept in sealed cans to keep dirt out, they are vulnerable to the "vinegar syndrome", a decay caused by traces of acetic acid released by the film as it ages. Researchers at …
A kuccha road leading to village Mallana near Sariska in Rajasthan is blocked by villagers. Faces bright with anger, they say: "We will free Mallana from the miners. We will do or die." A truck approaches cautiously and then turns tail. Harshawardhan Varma's moving documentary, The Slaughter of Sariska, drives …
Although about 4.5 per cent of Australia's population is of Asian origin, local whites know little about Asia's economy or culture. But today, growing economic ties with southeast Asian countries have made it imperative for Australians to understand the East. Changing Times, a series of film clips, examines Australian assumptions …
• Nicolas Hayek, chairperson of SMH AG, is looking for a partner to introduce the automotive equivalent of the Swatch watch he made famous in the 1980s. Hayek's inexpensive, stylish and "environmentally correct" car is to have low pollution levels, thanks to a hybrid system of battery- and gasoline-powered motors. …
THE TRUE test of a development video is whether it informs and motivates its viewers or sends them to sleep. And this is where many of the entries for the 'Women in Development' video competition, organised recently in New Delhi by the British Council, failed miserably, for this viewer was …
Virtual reality has done it again. It is now possible to watch a filmed "tour" of the Abbey of Cluny in France in all its splendour. The abbey, which was built in the 10th century, was among the largest of its time and destroyed after the French Revolution. It has …
A FURIOUS debate -- even one that degenerates into fisticuffs -- can offer some clear insight at the end of it. Crosstalk, a regular feature in the monthly video magazine, Newstrack, admirably puts across all aspects of a problem as well as all the personalities involved, under the spotlight on …
WHEN TECHNOLOGY, tradition and poverty combine to alter the sex ratio in India, who will point a finger and call us murderers? A foreign television network, if it is disposed to spend the time and money turning up evidence in obscure corners of the country. Last month, the BBC did …
AFTER the gut-churning revelations of Let Her Die, a good film on Indian women is a relief. Jhilmili Story, made by K Bikram Singh for the Council for Advancement People's Action & Rural Technology (CAPART), documents the genesis and growth of the Nari Vikas Sangh in Bankura district in West …
AUDIO compact discs (CDs) were only half the story. Electronic entertainment manufacturers are now getting ready to flood the market with high-resolution video CDs that can be played on an audio CD player by simply attaching an adaptor. They are also planning to launch video recorders that can record digital …
LEWIS Carroll would have been delighted to put Alice into this wonderland. And James Thurber's Walter Mitty would have found in it an excellent refuge from his importunate wife. Virtual Reality (VR) is the latest in fantasyware -- a three-dimensional, computer-simulated landscape in which, unlike the dreamworld created by novelists …
