Decoupling application logic from hardware lets engineers test firmware on host machines instead of waiting for dev boards.

Abstract: We present a comprehensive tutorial on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) modeling of space, time, and space-time-varying media, building upon our previous review by offering a ...

It’s a familiar moment in math class—students are asked to solve a problem, and some jump in confidently while others freeze, unsure where to begin. When students don’t yet have a clear mental model ...

How do you know anything is real? Some things you can see directly, like your fingers. Other things, like your chin, you need a mirror or a camera to see.

A crazed, shadow-boxing United Airlines passenger wildly claimed he was in a “simulation” as he allegedly assaulted the crew, punched a flight attendant in the face and forced the plane to divert ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

Course-based ideological and political education (CBIPE) serves as a vital pathway for fulfilling the fundamental mission of fostering virtue through education. Simulation-based experimental teaching, ...

Young Suns is a one-to-four-player narrative life sim set on Jupiter, in an optimistic alternative future. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Decorate and customize your own spaceship. Help the ...

The games of today, particularly triple-A games, are under intense pressure to perform. Hundreds of millions of dollars go into producing these behemoths, oftentimes necessitating mass appeal to make ...

Rizwan Virk owns shares in Google, and in various video game companies. He is also a venture partner in Griffin Gaming Partners, a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in video game-related ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic ...

The idea that we’re living inside a simulation, as popularized by “The Matrix” franchise, has piqued the interest of scientists for decades. In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed in a highly ...