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Protein Folding as a Game
A new game, named Foldit, turns protein folding into a competitive sport. Introductory levels teach the rules, which are the same laws of physics by which protein strands curl and twist into 3D shapes -- key for biological mysteries ranging from Alzheimer's to vaccines.
4 votes  by wal  on 2008-05-08  3 comments   

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tyrhaynes    2 votes   Friday, May 09, 2008 at 5:37 AM
Reminds me of folding@home! My team is doing its best to make the world a better place with our excess computational power.
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wal    1 votes   Friday, May 09, 2008 at 3:41 PM
I did the same. Then I switched to the "world community grid". They're now very close to having 1 million computer in their grid.

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/stat/viewGlobal.do
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kurzweils_brain    1 votes   Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 6:32 AM
This is a nice "human computation" idea. People put great energy and enthusiasm into playing games - especially if they're competitive - and if even a small fraction of that could be harnessed to do useful work great things could result.
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