Re-Mission 2 games reimagine how to help kids survive cancer

April 28, 2013 12:00 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Editor's Pick HopeLab's six free-to-play online minigames help kids understand why they need to take medicine that makes them feel sick.

Researcher uses Xbox 360′s Kinect game sensor to measure your breathing

March 7, 2013 12:38 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Kinect could unobtrusively measure the breathing of burn victims or others who can use strap-on measurement systems.

Ben Sawyer on how Games for Health will lead to “human joysticks” (interview)

April 23, 2012 8:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Ben Sawyer is the co-founder of game-consulting firm Digitalmill and one of the pioneers in the field of Games for Health. He founded the Serious Games Initiative a decade ago as part of a U.S. government research effort into how …