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Pacman

  • Researchers at Stanford University have created the LudusScope, which allows users to control microscopic organisms to play games like soccer and Pac-Man
    Science
    DIY smartphone microscope plays Pac-Man with microbes
    To entice kids into the field of microbiology, scientists at Stanford have developed a DIY smartphone microscope that lets users take a closer look at the microscopic world and allows microbes to be controlled in real-time so they can be used to play games like soccer or Pac-Man​.
  • Researchers in Norway have recreated the iconic maze from Pac-Man on a microscopic scale, and filled it with microbes that will hunt each other
    Biology
    Researchers remake Pac-Man on a microscopic scale
    ​Pac-Man’s been around for 36 years now, and in that time he’s had his fair share of remakes and reboots, but he’s never inspired anything on this scale. That’s because said scale is microscopic, with the entire game taking place in a maze less than 1 mm wide, populated by predatory microbes.