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BBC NEWS | Technology | Video game helps with fire drill
"Durham University's Dr Shamus Smith, who helped spearhead the project, told BBC News that that while bespoke 3D modelling software was available, modifying a video game was faster, more cost effective, and had better special effects." Quite true. Although: "gamers" tend to treat it as a game, wheras "non-gamers" treat it as a training exercise, and behave accordingly.
games  technology  simulation  training  fire  safety  source  seriousgames 
february 2009 by infovore
CKAN - Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network - Home
"CKAN is the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network, a registry of open knowledge packages and projects (and a few closed ones). CKAN is the place to search for open knowledge resources as well as register your own."
ckan  package  management  knowledge  data  open  source  information 
july 2008 by infovore

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