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...researchers at Princeton University have been developing a new technique for collecting data about what activities make people feel good - and what they find bothersome. Many academics employ an older system that Csikszentmihalyi helped develop called the Experience Sampling Method (ESM). Subjects are beeped (via a pager or hand-held device) at random intervals during the day, usually every few hours, at which point they jot down what they're doing, who they're with and how they feel: bored or very much enjoying themselves...
...Love/Hate” brought to light one what is currently one of their greatest challenges.“While our programming is held to a higher standard because we’re at Harvard, we’re basically shooting all of these programs with three, very basic hand-held recreational cameras,” says Koenigs. “We don’t yet have the resources to meet those standards, but if we can get those resources we can really take off.”MAKING DOThe limited resources of the station is a primary concern...
...livestock egg her on, and she grinds back at them. They shout their approval, and she tosses chickens about like confetti while impishly spitting out salty one-liners like, “Bird flu gonna get you / Made it in my stable.” Rapid-fire editing and hand-held footage amplify the disorienting effects of the video’s jarring music and absurd images. “Bird Flu” is one messy tumble toward chaos, and M.I.A seems completely at home in the fray. Her demeanor—spastic and aggressive yet nonchalant?...
...will have for users. Active video games like the Wii can fight child obesity, according to a report published by the Mayo Clinic in the January issue of Pediatrics. In that study, researchers found that children burned three times as many calories playing "active" video games versus playing traditional hand-held video games. Because the study was done before the Wii debuted, researchers tested Sony's EyeToy and Microsoft's Xbox. But Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, the report's lead researcher, expects the Wii to have the same effect. "If children are up moving around versus sitting down, then they...
...week after Nintendo's Wii debuted in November, the Wall Street Journal reported that the gaming console was leaving some users as sore as the gym often does. Unlike traditional hand-held video games, where users sit on the couch exercising little more than their thumbs, the Wii (pronounced "we" not "why") features digital sensors that let users virtually play the game. In Wii Sports, a game that comes with the console, users mimic the motions used in sports like bowling, tennis and baseball. In other words, the game may be virtual, but the physical exertion is very real...