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FRC Simulator (zip)

The FRC Simulator will allow the user to build and drive a robot in a virtual FRC arena. The simulator utilizes the Newton Game Dynamics physics engine and will allow you to drive a primitive robot around a model of this year's FRC game - FIRST Overdrive. This version is...

Tags: Alloy, Simulator, Robots, Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2008-02-21

Meet iPhoney: a simulation of an iPhone simulator

I've just been advised of a utility called iPhoney.No, this is not an iPhone simulator, but it is intended for web developers who want to see what their sites will look like on screens with the exact dimensions of the iPhone's screen. That'd be 320x480.iPhoney requires Mac OS X...

Tags: Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-22

Portable hurricanes wind simulators

Just in time for the beginning of the hurricane season, the University of Florida UF engineers have built the world's largest portable hurricane wind simulator. Mounted on a trailer, the device is composed of eight 5-foot-tall industrial fans powered by four marine diesel engines. This simulator can produce winds of...

Tags: Science &, Nature, Engineering &, Innovation, Energy &, Environment

Blog posts 2007-06-02

U.S. students make politics a fantasy game

U.S. students make politics a fantasy gameCongress lawmaking simulatorMircosoft has had a simulator for the lawmaking abilities of the US Congress for years.It's called "Solitaire".3 million votes uncounted in 20041 million votes uncounted in 2000.3.6 million votes uncounted in 2004.http://www.gregpalast.com/recipe-for-a-cooked-electionFantasy Congress indeed.Some people really do need to get a lifeWould...

Tags: Mircosoft, discrepency, simulator, U.S. Congress, Dems

Discussion threads 2006-10-25

Don't just play it, create it!

The McMaster University in Canada has designed an innovative program to train students who think their future is in game design. It has deployed a spaceship-like interactive motion simulator to teach them how to develop software for simulated flight or real-time game design. As the university explains in "Virtual reality...

Tags: simulator, McMaster University

Blog posts 2006-09-22

Middies simulate navigation, war maneuvers

Midshipmen at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., are getting real-world, real-war experience without ever leaving the idyllic campus on the Chesapeake Bay. They are learning their trade on a naval simulator where they learn how to negotiate complex tasks, reports The Capital Online. "You can make as...

Tags: simulator

Blog posts 2006-04-21

Virtual reality gets comfy

If you ever participated to some virtual reality VR experiments, you know that the environment is quite expensive and not always user-friendly. In fact, in some immersive environments, it's even possible to feel bad because of motion sickness. This is why researchers from Germany and Sweden have developed a new...

Tags: Poems, virtual reality

Blog posts 2006-04-17

Virtual worlds for military simulation

In a long and very well documented article, Military & Aerospace Electronics (M&AE) tells us about recent improvements in military simulations due to advances in display technology, data processing and software. The article points out that military designers are at the same time increasing their supercomputing facilities while streamlining the...

Tags: simulator, L-3 Link

Blog posts 2005-12-20

BJ777 Blackjack Simulator (msi)

The BJ777 Blackjack Simulator provides: simultaneous simulation of 7 players, individual strategy, card counting and betting system for each player. Unique features: betting system variable even during simulation, checking of optional shoe range (skip, cut off) without restarting the simulation, real-time bankroll calculation. The aim of developing this program was...

Tags: Player, Simulator, BJ777 Blackjack Simulator, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2005-06-17

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Nodapro Casino Video Poker (rar)

This program is a simulator of 16 casino video poker games. It looks similar to the machines in a real casino and has a realistic odd to win. The player can use it to practice gambling strategies with only a small license fee. This version is the first release on...

Tags: Video, Casino, Nodapro, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-11

Houston we have a problem

Regular readers don't need me to repeat the oft held view that enterprise wide application implementation is often slow, cumbersome and expensive. But are we really getting anything out of it at the end of the day other than some marginal cost efficiency? Rather than throw brickbats at any particular...

Tags: Customer Service, Houston, Sam Lawrence, CIOs/CTOs, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-10

5gws (txt)

5gws is a wrestling simulator that allows you to be the boss. Book tours, hire and fire your favorite or least liked superstars, send them to star in movies to earn your company some cash. Remember, to be the man, you gotta beat McMahon. This version is the first release...

Tags: Superstar, 5gw

Software downloads 2008-07-04

Apple iPhone Software Developers Kit (dmg)

Start your development today with the free iPhone SDK and the iPhone Dev Center. Apply to the iPhone Developer Program and gain access to test your code on iPhone and distribute your free and commercial applications on the App Store. The iPhone Developer Program provides a complete and integrated process...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iPhone SDK, iPhone Developer Program, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-07-04

Samsung announces the OMNIA Windows Mobile device with 5 megapixel camera

Samsung announces the OMNIA Windows Mobile device with 5 megapixel cameracompatibility?But... will it run Flight Simulator?

Tags: OMNIA Windows Mobile device, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., camera

Discussion threads 2008-06-12

Hardware 2.0 WWDC "blogging the blogs" coverage

Unfortunately a series of prior commitments meant that I couldn't make it to WWDC 08. Since I can't be there, I've decided to do the second best thing and cover WWDC from the angle of "blogging the blogs." So, here I am sitting in front of three...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Blog, Blogging, Hardware, App, Steve, 3G, Games, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Intel releases 2.5 GHz, 45nm 'Yorkfield' Core 2 Quad processor

Intel releases 2.5 GHz, 45nm 'Yorkfield' Core 2 Quad processorFlight Simulator X in HDWhy is it that the most CPU Demanding Product on the Market today, is never benchmarked. FSX doesn't really use top end graphic cards. It needs MAD CPU power, and nobody benchmarks it.I want a...

Tags: Flight Simulator X, Core 2 Quad processor, Yorkfield, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: Morale

Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: MoraleCan you please point to the timesThat Yahoo has made a loss in the past few years?And what makes you think any lawsuits against Yahoo is going to succeed? In the spirit of your cloud cuckoo land, I'd say it's more likely...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Investment, Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., morale, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-04-28

Spin patrol: Curious timing on AOL's 'we're growing like gangbusters' announcement

Spin patrol: Curious timing on AOL's 'we're growing like gangbusters' announcementYeah, a BIG surprise to me too!Esp. when you overhear last weekend conversations that they're 'hangin in there' at Sat. morning soccer games Moms will talk and talk in Ashburn... Leak, lose-lips or freedom of speech - whatever. Move...

Tags: America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

Intuition Training Simulator (exe)

Intuition is a unique and practically inexplicable phenomenon, but the way to train for it has been found. Intuition trainer will help to make friends with the subconscious mind, to develop intuition and imagination. Intuition trainer simulator develops the following qualities of intellect: the skill of fast and correct accepting...

Tags: Intuition, Training, Intuition Trainer, Intuition Trainer Simulator, Workforce Management, Investment, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Finance

Software downloads 2008-04-25

Hitachi tests its own green IT theories with new data center project

Hitachi Group is celebrating Earth Day with the groundbreaking of an expansion to its data center in Yokohama, Japan. The new wing boasts technology advances that are part of the massive technology company's CoolCenter50 project. It also plays into the company's corporatewide Harmonious Green Plan, which calls...

Tags: Data Center, Theory, Hitachi Ltd., Green IT, Hitachi Group, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-04-17