Inside the datacenter where the day starts with topping up cerebrospinal fluid

At the start of the working day at Cortical Labs’ datacenter in Melbourne, Australia, technicians top up the resident computers with a liquid modelled on the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the ...
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Video game Pong: A machine-grown human 'mini-brain' plays a game, could change the world of ...

Brain Cells To Play Video Game Pong: In 2022, Australian biotech company Cortical Labs connected 800,000 brain cells in a ...

Researchers teach ‘biological computer’ made from human brain cells to play Doom

Researchers at a Melbourne start-up have taught their “biological computer” made from living human brain cells to play Doom.
Beebom

How to Play Contexto: Best Tips and Tricks for this New Word Game

If you love the daily word games online, but a simple letter guessing or testing your vocabulary skills seems shallow to you, consider playing Contexto once. Instead of slowly revealing each letter ...
IEEE

A Web-Based Pong Game Against a Multilayer Perceptron Controlled Agent Using Motion Sensing

Abstract: This study explores the area of integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) with traditional video game paradigms. A web-based Pong clone is developed using the MPU6050 Motion Sensor, which ...
Digital Trends

Unity will soon let you create casual games using simple text prompts

Making a video game usually means learning to code, working with complex game engines, and spending hours piecing everything together. That is true even for simple casual games. Many aspiring ...
The New York Times

Your Brain on Ping Pong, Ilia Malinin’s Dominance and Saving the N.B.A. All Star Game

Produced by Maggie BurbankJessie BurtonCraig CustanceStephen Lorenzo and Andrew Liu Senior Writer for The Athletic, Rustin Dodd, and world-class coach Matt Hetherington stop by to explain why table ...
The Verge

AI can’t make good video game worlds yet, and it might never be able to

Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. Project Genie is an underwhelming glimpse into what may come. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The ...
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Using Canva Code to Create Learning Games

Did you know you can create engaging educational games for your class using Canva Code? And no, Code here doesn’t mean coding. There’s no programming involved. No tech headaches. Just you, your ...
The Conversation

Are video game developers using AI? Players want to know, but the rules are patchy

Thomas Byers receives funding from The Research Training Program Scholarship, supported by the Australian Commonwealth Government and the University of Melbourne. Bjorn Nansen receives funding from ...
The Washington Post

The video game that started it all

Playing "Pong" during the Midwest Gaming Classic trade show at the Baird Center in Milwaukee in 2024. (Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images) The ceiling of the lobby in One Liberty Plaza in New York’s ...
Wall Street Journal

Key Moments in the History of Videogames (and No, ‘Pong’ Wasn’t First)

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. To many people, videogames are a ...