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Foldit@Home by hand
croxis
I am the walrus
in Zocalo v2.0
[URL]http://fold.it[/URL]
From gaygamer.net:
[quote]Well, a new game has emerged that seems like it would be the bastard child of the PS3 has making sweet love to folding@home. The new game is called [B]Foldit[/B], and is very much like folding in that it is trying to figure out how to properly fold proteins; however, instead of CPU power, it is harnessing the human mind and competitive spirit. The great part is that you don't need to be a molecular biologist to play the game:[/quote]
[quote]The game itself was made by a group of graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Washington, who put over a year to ensure that the game was accurate and engaging. The game currently presents known unfolded proteins and sees how quickly people can understand and manipulate the proteins given the set rules of needed to create the correctly folded protein. Currently they have tested the game with over 1,000 people and plan to [URL="http://fold.it/"]release the game public[/URL] this week. At the same time they will be offering proteins of unknown final folding shapes. And then comes the Nobel Prize worthy help:[/quote]
From gaygamer.net:
[quote]Well, a new game has emerged that seems like it would be the bastard child of the PS3 has making sweet love to folding@home. The new game is called [B]Foldit[/B], and is very much like folding in that it is trying to figure out how to properly fold proteins; however, instead of CPU power, it is harnessing the human mind and competitive spirit. The great part is that you don't need to be a molecular biologist to play the game:[/quote]
[quote]The game itself was made by a group of graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Washington, who put over a year to ensure that the game was accurate and engaging. The game currently presents known unfolded proteins and sees how quickly people can understand and manipulate the proteins given the set rules of needed to create the correctly folded protein. Currently they have tested the game with over 1,000 people and plan to [URL="http://fold.it/"]release the game public[/URL] this week. At the same time they will be offering proteins of unknown final folding shapes. And then comes the Nobel Prize worthy help:[/quote]
Comments
If this is supposed to be a game, it needs to match or go above and beyond certain expectations to appeal to potential gamers.
You don't need to be a biochemist to "play" this game, but it would help to know what the hell you are doing. :D
Croxis, in all political correctness, you are not helping the game by citing your source for the article.
While I didn't understand everything yet, it seems to be something very critical to finding cures for current diseases (HIV, cancer, Alzheimer's, etc.) and other biochemical problems.
The point they are trying to make is that it doesn't require the player to be a biochemist to play this game, but it requires an analytical mind and some problem/puzzle solving skills.
So instead of playing Sudoku, maybe this would truly be time well spent.