Friday, August 6, 2010

Gaming for a cure

See original article at University of Washington News and Information

A nice example of a GWAP ("Game with a Purpose").
"Biochemists and computer scientists at the University of Washington two years ago launched an ambitious project harnessing the brainpower of computer gamers to solve medical problems.

The game, Foldit, turns one of the hardest problems in molecular biology into a game a bit reminiscent of Tetris. Thousands of people have now played a game that asks them to fold a protein rather than stack colored blocks or rescue a princess."

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