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Get on the Grid (yes, you)
The WorldCommunityGrid is wrapping up its first project: Human Proteome Folding (Part 1).
The purpose of the WCG (a collaboration between United Devices and IBM) is to utilize grid computing (utilizing PCs from around the world to compute data packets and then report their results back to the central database) to perform research that is for the benefit of humanity. All information gathered through the process is released to the public domain.
Since the inaugural project was a success and is 97% done, the next projects have been announced. Details are not yet available, but there are 3 projects lined up for the near future:
WCG runs at the lowest possible priority in Windows which means it only uses CPU cycles that are not in use by other processes. That means there is no performance hit on your computer, it will only use processor cycles going to waste (which is the vast, vast majority of them most of the time).
You will be able to choose which projects you would like to be a part of, or just leave it on the default which lets you participate in all of them.
Apolyton has a team that just recently cracked the Top 100 in terms of points generated.
So download it today and join the Apolyton team. 48 Poly members are already part of this project.
A Linux client is scheduled for release next month.
The purpose of the WCG (a collaboration between United Devices and IBM) is to utilize grid computing (utilizing PCs from around the world to compute data packets and then report their results back to the central database) to perform research that is for the benefit of humanity. All information gathered through the process is released to the public domain.
Since the inaugural project was a success and is 97% done, the next projects have been announced. Details are not yet available, but there are 3 projects lined up for the near future:
- HIV/AIDS (October 31st) - progress our understandng of the HIV/AIDS virus and research potential cures and/or vaccines
- Proteome folding II starts December 2005 - using the dta from Part I that is just completing, they are launching a more detailed folding exercise on selected proteins that they find promising
- Cancer starts 1st Quarter 2006: No details yet
WCG runs at the lowest possible priority in Windows which means it only uses CPU cycles that are not in use by other processes. That means there is no performance hit on your computer, it will only use processor cycles going to waste (which is the vast, vast majority of them most of the time).
You will be able to choose which projects you would like to be a part of, or just leave it on the default which lets you participate in all of them.
Apolyton has a team that just recently cracked the Top 100 in terms of points generated.
So download it today and join the Apolyton team. 48 Poly members are already part of this project.
A Linux client is scheduled for release next month.
They just recently made it so all PCs in IBM will have it by default (which is hundreds of thousands of PCs). 
doesn't have anything to do with this project
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