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Play game to fight AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer'sOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 72 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: software | Tags matt asay, foldit, seti@home, protein mapping, computers, disease-fighting, cancer, game,
Matt Asay reviews Foldit, "a SETI@home-like project for protein mapping where humans are the computers and disease-fighting research becomes a game." read more »
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Idle computers are kept busy scanning the skiesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 198 days ago (http://www.newsletter.co.uk)
Category: software | Tags seti@home, boinc, einstein, computer, distributed computing, prime numbers, pulsars, intelligent communication,
Distributed computing uses personal computers to collectively gather data. In the case of SETI.com the computers scans for patterns of intelligent communication from outer space. BOINC (Berkely Open read more »
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