Minecraft is a sandbox game about surviving against the dark forces of the night, gathering enough resources to explore the different dimensions, and eventually killing the game’s final boss, the ...

Some of the most popular Minecraft mods of all time are based on technology. These usually add a huge swath of content to later stages of the game, ranging from new ores to large machines and even new ...

"Minecraft," Mojang's popular sandbox game, is home to a plethora of innovative projects. Enter a few keywords into YouTube, and you can get access to hundreds of fascinating "Minecraft" playthroughs.

An assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is using Minecraft to teach her students about the properties of building materials. B. Reeja Jayan is using the ...

The educational value of Minecraft hasn't been overlooked, with many schools using the game to encourage creativity in children. But Piper, a very interesting Kickstarter project from San Francisco, ...

Kids are the ultimate beta testers. As soon as they figure out what a new technology is for, they try to make it do something else. They push boundaries, break rules, play with possibilities and share ...

A "Minecraft" player just built a virtual computer that actually runs programs inside the video gaming tile after a seven-month-long process. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 03: Lydia Winters (L) and Saxs ...

Microsoft's highly popular game can help children learn everything from programming, science and math to art, languages and history. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Children as young as 5 years old spent part of spring break working on their engineering skills. The city’s Recreation Department held a variety of camps, several of which involved engineering and ...