ImprobabilityDrive
Loftwing
I have recently come across a resource that I've found fairly interesting. This website allows you to essentially 'donate' extra cpu cycles to scientific endeavors. It is a program that redirects spare computing power to a prodject of your choice. These projects all require massive amounts of computing power, which for the most part, cannot be amassed by one reasearch team. The projects available, range from researching the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in hopes that the research may lead to cures for major diseases, to the study of molecular magnetism and contolled nanoscale magnetism which may lead to possible biotechnology applications. A list of some of the most prominent projects can be found here: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php
The program is very flexible, allowing you to determine how much processor power to contribute and when you want the program to be active, and after that it is very unobtrusive. It won't interfere with your other applications, and for the most part is self sufficent in the background.
The main website to download the program is here:http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
I think this is a very worthy service, it allows you to contribute to scientific research for various projects you may care about with little cost to you. I personally am contributing cpu cycles to this project http://www.intelligencerealm.com/aisystem/system.php with the goal of simulating all the neurons of the human brain, with possible applications to artifical intelligence.
The program is very flexible, allowing you to determine how much processor power to contribute and when you want the program to be active, and after that it is very unobtrusive. It won't interfere with your other applications, and for the most part is self sufficent in the background.
The main website to download the program is here:http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
I think this is a very worthy service, it allows you to contribute to scientific research for various projects you may care about with little cost to you. I personally am contributing cpu cycles to this project http://www.intelligencerealm.com/aisystem/system.php with the goal of simulating all the neurons of the human brain, with possible applications to artifical intelligence.
