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The virtual reality technology that could revolutionise cancer treatment

Posted in Games, Medicine, Software on 12th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller

Virtual reality might soon help scientists and doctors better understand how to treat patients' cancerous tumours.

ispace’s private lander might be the first to touch down on the moon

Posted in Hardware, Science on 18th Dec, 2022
by Alex Muller

Google’s Lunar X Prize competition, which ran from 2007 to 2018 and was designed to spur affordable access to the moon, in part kicked off ispace’s interest in getting there. Although the competition ended without a team securing the $30 million dollar prize, it succeeded in inspiring many new spacecraft concepts.

NASA Gives ICON $57 Million To Build A 3D Printer For Structures On The Moon

Posted in Business, Hardware, Science on 18th Dec, 2022
by Alex Muller

The contract runs through 2028 and includes a demonstration on the moon's surface in 2026.

A radical project: video game design meets cancer research

Posted in Games, Hardware, Medicine, Science, Software on 12th Dec, 2022
by Alex Muller

The worlds of cancer research and virtual reality (VR) have collided. The result is unlike anything that has ever been seen in either field. Incredibly, the same techniques that make video games so popular are now advancing our understanding of cancer.

The Tech That Will Push VR To The Limits Of The Human Eye

Posted in Hardware, Science, Software on 30th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller

It's important to remember that there are a host of issues other than just better displays that will need to be solved if VR is to become widely commercialized.