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Incentives and Gamification
By Yannai A. Gonczarowski, Gustavo F. Tondello, September 2017
Articles Tagged: Personal computers and PC applications
Articles & Features
SECTION: Features
One step beyond virtual reality
We have come a long way since the late 1970s, when virtual reality technology was in its infancy. With an array of new VR technologies in the market, what might be the future impact on our daily lives?
By Diego Martinez Plasencia, November 2015
Miriam Plieninger on language learning with Babbel
Babbel's Director of Didactics, Miriam Plieninger, weighs in on how mobile apps are rapidly changing the way we approach language learning.
By Daniel Bauer, Billy Rathje, October 2014
SECTION: Features
Quantified performance
A look at how athletic performance can be measured outside of the laboratory.
By Christina Strohrmann, Gerhard Tröster, December 2013
Fitness trackers
Digital activity sensors are no longer confined to research labs; they're in the wild and they come in lime green. They offer the promise to improve our health and even to affect the ways that we interact with others.
By Andrew Miller, December 2013
Toward smartphone assisted personal rehabilitation training
When utilizing internal sensors, modern smartphones are inexpensive and powerful wearable devices for sensor data acquisition, processing, and feedback in personal daily health applications.
By Gabriele Spina, Oliver Amft, December 2013
Inventing open government
Internet startup POPVOX connects constituents to Congress in a play to disrupt the world of advocacy.
By Joshua Tauberer, December 2011
Using software to liberate U.S. case law
Although public information is open, it is not always easily accessible.
By Harlan Yu, Stephen Schultze, December 2011
Games for extracting randomness
Two computer scientists have created a video game about mice and elephants that can make computer encryption properly secure---as long as you play it randomly.
By Ran Halprin, Moni Naor, December 2010
Desktop open source
By Bryan Stroubeé, May 2006
Building a nocturnal cluster with nonstandard hardware
By Eric J. Shamow, December 2002
Introduction to the database issue
By Suzie Allard, March 2001
The Texas Tech tornado cluster
By Per Andersen, September 1999