So I stumbled upon the World Community Grid the other day and was excited at what I found. If you ever checked out the SETI@home site, you'll know what this is all about.
The World Community Grid website utilizes grid computing technology in order to help scientists/researchers solve projects ranging from protein analysis, to imaging cell structures. They take on finding a cure for cancer, fighting AIDS, and trying to cure muscular dystrophy.
Since it takes a lot of computing power to go through each matrix of results, these universities tap into IBM's grid computing technology to connect people around the world to help solve problems, in a combined effort using your computer's idle time. So all you have to do is to go to the website, register, then download their 'agent'. Then, whenever your computer is idle or in screen-saver mode, the agent kicks in to process the information from a project you've chosen to work on. It's that easy.
For the past week, I've been dedicating my unused processing time to Help Conquer Cancer & help research
Human Proteome Folding (Phase 2). Give it a try!www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
