SEPTEMBER 2007: AROUND THE STATE
Move over Grand Theft Auto
HILLSBORO Like
many science and technology-oriented companies, the folks at
FEI Company are prone to worries about where their next
generation of workers is going to come from. But instead of
just hand-wringing , they’re taking a swing at the
problem. Working with a London-based game company, PlayGen, FEI
helped put out a video game to make nanoscience as sexy as,
well, stealing cars. FEI sponsored NanoScaling and NanoImaging,
two modules in PlayGen’s NanoMission series of video
games that promise to wow gamers with the “action-packed
world of the nanoscale.” The game’s mission: image
and identify dangerous organisms. The real mission: join the
ranks of nano-geeks and get a job.
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