Paulista Invaders: PLAY!

Space invaders

all in the nation’s opinion-leading newspapers — the New York Times, Washington Post or Los Angeles Times. (The New York Times did mention it in a blog.) My network, National Public Radio, interviewed David O’Brochta from the University of Maryland’s Biotechnology Institute — who spoke about the work even though he wasn’t an author of the paper. The Associated Press wire service also produced a...

Alien invaders

Thousands of species have invaded new territories in recent decades, often aided by global trade and man-made habitat change. While many remain harmless, some may cause serious damage. Therefore, we need improvements in surveillance and in our understanding of which factors make a successful invasion possible.

Audio space invaders

Whilst advances are underway in various areas to ease and encourage disabled uptake of new technology, very little emphasis to date has been placed on making the games market accessible to all. The aims of the described work have been twofold. Firstly, to prove that the standard features of a traditional space invader game can be replicated using a 3-D audio (ambisonic) environment. Secondly, t...

Invaders on the Wing

The deliberate or accidental introduction of species beyond their natural range has been one of the major consequences of the growth of trade, travel, and tourism in recent times. Many introduced species fail to establish or to spread significantly, but many others become successful invaders. Invasive alien species can transform natural ecosystems and cause extinctions of native species. As a r...

Alien Invaders lake managers ’ handbook