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DARPA Wants Gamers to Design Medical Training Software
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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking proposals for a game-based interactive system to train medical first responders.
DARPA wants to combine skills training and broad educational applications for a system that goes beyond teaching where to apply a tourniquet, for example, to reinforcing the lesson with demonstrations and discussions of the circulatory system. The agency believes game-based graphics and techniques will help make for well-rounded students who are able to react in difficult situations.
"We are not seeking standard computer-based learning systems, but game-based interactive systems that are engaging and challenging to the user," states the request for proposal.
DARPA wants design and development proposals to meet professional game standards. Officials say the system must be flexible enough to be used in medical training and in civilian science classes. The agency also wants game designers to create a game-based application for mobile devices to teach first responders through intelligent tutoring systems. The underlying architecture must be accessible to users, which would enable them to analyze and optimize the software.
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