HealthStream and Belmont University are partnering to produce educational content to support manikin-based simulation and debriefing for medical educators (click, then scroll to bottom here). HealthStream is part of a JV with publisher Laerdal.

MTSU aerospace

Middle Tennessee State University has a new air-traffic control simulator and is addressing the nation's projected needs for thousands of new ATC's as veterans retire. WPLN NPR reports.

Altair in Huntsville

Altair, a Michigan company that provides simulation technology and engineering services, is opening a Huntsville office. Aero Academy offers free training to engineers. The release is here.

Digital simulation of combat

Exploding IEDs, trauma for gunners atop armored vehicles, computer and fun-ride techniques are makin' it real for soldiers in training. The NY Times reports.

UT car-driving simulator aids research

An automobile-driving simulator at the University of Tennessee allows researchers to study driving behavior of impaired drivers, including those with alzheimer's. The KNS has it.

Virtual Reality: food for thought

Out of Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Laboratory (VHIL), thanks to the Mercury News, comes a report on applications of virtual reality technology that could sway the minds of the young, those with weakly held opinions and others, for good or ill. The story's here.