Hello WCG

I came across an article about an alternative approach to protein folding prediction: tapping the human intelligence through a video game instead of algorithms executing on computers.


More snippets from the article:

"In 2004, University of Washington professor David Baker developed Rosetta, a program designed to predict protein structures. The program can be uploaded as a screen-saver to people'€™s home computer (so far 200,000 people have done so)."

"But when people asked Baker if they could help fix the proteins their computer was trying to shape, he thought it would be better to engage them with and allow them to compete with the computer."

My comment: If this approach gathers steam in DC, CPU-based crunching or even perhaps GPU-based crunching will have a run for its money. However, man cannot live without his machines so the two approaches may complement each other.

Article: Want to help cure diseases? Play Foldit!
Video: Foldit: Biology for gamers - by Nature Video

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