Two lines move on either end of the screen, a pixelated dot volleys between them and a score displays at the top. That's really all there was to Pong – and that was really all it needed to become the ...

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Non-living hydrogels can play the video game Pong and improve their gameplay with more experience, researchers report. The researchers hooked hydrogels up to a virtual game environment and then ...

This electroactive polymer hydrogel "learned" to play Pong. Credit: Cell Reports Physical Science/Strong et al. "Our research shows that even very simple materials can exhibit complex, adaptive ...

ANTHONY HOWELL: (As Margit the Fell) Someone must extinguish thy flame. Let it be Margit the Fell. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So that is the sound of a video game. These days, games have the look and feel ...