SensAble Technologies, a company providing devices used in medical simulation, has announced  a substantial upgrade to their already existing shoulder and knee arthroscopy simulator - insightArthroVR. The new version of the simulator was developed with GMV, a solution provider from Spain.
insightArthroVR is a training tool, teaching surgeons the essential skills of triangulation, camera orientation, and [...]

Inspired by a successful project carried out ten years ago (!) in Netherlands, on the Eindhoven University of Technology, the first UK virtual construction training center is set to open in Coventry in September 2009.
The ACT-UK Simulation Centre will enable construction managers to practice their people management skills and help them develop their potential. This [...]

University of Limeric, Ireland, is developing a training simulator that will help medical staff to learn the delicate procedure of spinal anaesthesia.
Spinal anaesthesia is a form of regional anaesthesia where the effect is obtained by injecting of a local anaesthetic into the spine (cerebrospinal fluid, more precisely). It is sometimes preferred to a complete anaesthesia [...]