Saving the world, one protein at a time. This is a great app because it lets
you do something for the world, without actually doing anything at all. It will
use a lot of processor cycles, but that's ok because it does so at a low
priority, and you may have something to do with the next big cure. Everyone
should be using the program.
What it actually does adds your processor to a parallel computing environment
connected with everyone else who is running the app and Stanford's own computers
and folds proteins, which takes a huge amount of processing power.
Review by Sohj (over 2 years ago)
Saving the world, one protein at a time. This is a great app because it lets you do something for the world, without actually doing anything at all. It will use a lot of processor cycles, but that's ok because it does so at a low priority, and you may have something to do with the next big cure. Everyone should be using the program.
What it actually does adds your processor to a parallel computing environment connected with everyone else who is running the app and Stanford's own computers and folds proteins, which takes a huge amount of processing power.