As self-driving cars slowly make their way onto our roads, how will developers help these autonomous vehicles make difficult decisions during accidents? A new MIT project illustrates just how ...

The best modern video and online games do more than entertain. They also teach–and give players a say in how they learn. MIT is a pioneer in this participatory, games-to-­educate approach, with a ...

“As game designers,” MIT’s Scot Osterweil says, “we’re convinced that game playing is a lot like science: There is problem-solving, exploration, collaboration, hypothesizing, testing and learning from ...

A group of researchers in MIT’s Education Arcade are trying to harness the power of MMO games to teach high school students to think like scientists and mathematicians. Their game, The Radix Endeavor, ...

Caption: An MIT Game Lab prototype being demonstrated to a group of MIT students. Photo provided by MIT Game Lab. Caption: An MIT Game Lab prototype being demonstrated to a group of MIT students.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has released a first-person game that helps showcase science with entertainment. Called A Slower Speed of Light, this visually-stimulating game centers around ...

A bite-sized computer game exploring the effects of Einstein's special theory of relativity is the first output from the MIT Game Lab made available online. In A Slower Speed of Light, the player ...

Physicists and game developers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Game Lab have launched a video game that teaches players about relativity by slowing down the speed of light. A Slower ...

The place where the video game was invented more than 50 years ago now wants to teach teachers, entrepreneurs and students how to design games for learning — and it is hoping that the end result will ...