Virtual World promotes sustainable living

There is no doubt that there is increasing emphasis on sustainable living, Climate Culture has created a virtual world to help consumers reduce their energy consumption. Climate Culture has a patent-pending on a carbon footprint calculator which helps users make lifestyle choices and informed daily actions. The site has a personal advisor tool which uses [...]

Online games with real life effects

A new online game has been developed that aims to promote social change. Akoha challenges players to carry out missions that involve performing small acts of kindness for others, for example, donate an hour of your time or giving someone a book. Each time a player performs a mission, he hands his card to the [...]

Reverse your destiny

Allstate has developed a programme that uses InSight, a video software package from Posit Science that’s designed to reverse age-related cognitive decline and improve visual processing skills needed for safe driving. In plain English, a game has been created to help the elderly drive more safely by stimulating visual processing in the brain. Posit claims [...]