At play, it takes the army to save a village

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Rumors to the contrary, the U.S. Army is not using commercial game to train soldiers. It finds 'Duke Nukem' too violent. The peacekeeping missions soldiers are likely to participate in require empathy for local populations. And rather than a quick trigger finger, soldiers are more likely to need to hold their fire. However, the Army is keeping close watch on the game industry as more players go online in multi-user virtual environments.

Statistical Data Included, Column, Training, Technology application, United States. Army

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New help for disabled math students; software puts math within reach of people who cannot see or cannot type

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Computer programs developed by Professor Henry Gray of Southern Methodist University allow people with visual or physical impairments to do even advanced math. The software works in conjuntion with other programs like Dragon Dictate, Scientific Notebook, JAWS screen reader and a Nemeth converter program that converts math symbols into Nemeth Braille, the code for science and math notation used in North America. In addition to programs for high school and college students, there is also an elementary school version that aid physically impaired children. Yet another program, MathBraille Talk, ;ets sighted teachers dictate problems into a computer to have them translated into Nemeth Braille code.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Mathematics, Usage, Software, Education, Mathematical software, Special education, Blind, Physically disabled persons, Blind persons

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Software for the school zone, but watch your speed

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There are many fun and instructional educational software packages for children on the market this holiday season. They include Math Arena, Blue's Reading Time Activities and Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Lands on Mars. It is essential that parents check the software packages before purchasing, because many of the newer packages require ever-faster computers to work.

Purchasing, Buyers Guide, Software buyers' guide, Children's educational software

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