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Back in the early 1990s, something like 10 million people played a video game called Doom, in which a nameless hero fought his way through a Martian-type landscape, killing demons from hell. With violent 3D graphics and multiplayer ability, it was a pioneer in the first-person-shooter genre. Now, an article on the website popsci.com is reporting that a construction company called DIRTT (Doing It Right This Time) is designing hospital wings and office spaces using software based on Doom's open-source engine. The software takes traditional blueprints and turns them into a 3D image, allowing contractors which provide plumbing, wiring and so on to coordinate on virtual walls right from the start of a project. The idea - appealing to anyone who has ever renovated a kitchen - is to eliminate the costs and delays that come when diverse crews hit unexpected problems. The Washington Post
 
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Scientists release wasps to battle bugs
An "eco-friendly SWAT team" of 2,000 tiny wasps was released in Indonesia on Wednesday to battle bugs threatening to devour cassava crops, a major staple and source of income for millions. The two-millimetre A. Lopezi parasitic wasps work by laying larvae that consume mealybugs from the inside and mummify them. The wasps must eat the pest to survive. The cassava pink mealybug is native to South America, as is cassava, and is one of the most destructive pests to prey on the crop, according to the team of scientists behind the wasp release. The scientists involved, from the Colombia-based International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Indonesia's Bogor Agricultural University and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, stress the wasps are harmless to humans and animals. AFP


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Adapting Doom software can help redesign your kitchen.

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Back in the early 1990s, something like 10 million people played a video game called Doom, in which a nameless hero fought his way through a Martian-type landscape, killing demons from hell.
