Comments on: Video games train new miners in Peru | CNET News.com http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/09/15/video-games-train-new-miners-in-peru-cnet-newscom/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sulka Harohttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/09/15/video-games-train-new-miners-in-peru-cnet-newscom/comment-page-1/#comment-127734 Sulka Haro Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:46:43 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/09/15/video-games-train-new-miners-in-peru-cnet-newscom/#comment-127734 I recently heard of a university research project where they teach electricians to wire a house using a game simulating a whole house. The system keeps track of how you setup the wiring while the player installs stuff and detects short circuits and overloaded cables. Sounded pretty cool. I recently heard of a university research project where they teach electricians to wire a house using a game simulating a whole house. The system keeps track of how you setup the wiring while the player installs stuff and detects short circuits and overloaded cables. Sounded pretty cool.

]]> By: Next Genre In Video Games…Mininghttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/09/15/video-games-train-new-miners-in-peru-cnet-newscom/comment-page-1/#comment-127729 Next Genre In Video Games…Mining Sun, 16 Sep 2007 11:05:24 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/09/15/video-games-train-new-miners-in-peru-cnet-newscom/#comment-127729 [...] It’s better to crash the game than crashing the real thing via CNET, Raph’s Website [...]

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