Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years
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#2This has always reminded me of the pilot episode of Stargate Universe, where Eli Wallace solves a real world complex math problem in a video game. Maybe Fold.It was thought up first, but it's a fascinating concept either way. It makes a person wonder what else could be accomplished via clever crowd sourcing.
Also see Google's reCAPTCHA project: http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore
Re: Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years
#3This has always reminded me of the pilot episode of Stargate Universe, where Eli Wallace solves a real world complex math problem in a video game. Maybe Fold.It was thought up first, but it's a fascinating concept either way. It makes a person wonder what else could be accomplished via clever crowd sourcing. Also see Google's reCAPTCHA project: http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore
Ah. So these people are responsible for japanese, greek and formulas in my capchas.. they should really have a "I can't type this" button for more efficiency.
Re: Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years
#4Previous HN discussion about a different report of this same finding:
Re: Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years
#5This has always reminded me of the pilot episode of Stargate Universe, where Eli Wallace solves a real world complex math problem in a video game. Maybe Fold.It was thought up first, but it's a fascinating concept either way. It makes a person wonder what else could be accomplished via clever crowd sourcing. Also see Google's reCAPTCHA project: http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore
My impression is that even though the article refers to gamers, these players are unlike most gamers in that they may have extensive knowledge of organic chemistry. The article may be over-simplifying the amount of expertise required to come up with the solution.
Re: Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years
#6This has always reminded me of the pilot episode of Stargate Universe, where Eli Wallace solves a real world complex math problem in a video game. Maybe Fold.It was thought up first, but it's a fascinating concept either way. It makes a person wonder what else could be accomplished via clever crowd sourcing. Also see Google's reCAPTCHA project: http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore
My impression is that even though the article refers to gamers, these players are unlike most gamers in that they may have extensive knowledge of organic chemistry. The article may be over-simplifying the amount of expertise required to come up with the solution.
"Few of these players had any kind of background in biochemistry."
Re: Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years
#7This has always reminded me of the pilot episode of Stargate Universe, where Eli Wallace solves a real world complex math problem in a video game. Maybe Fold.It was thought up first, but it's a fascinating concept either way. It makes a person wonder what else could be accomplished via clever crowd sourcing. Also see Google's reCAPTCHA project: http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore
Ah. So these people are responsible for japanese, greek and formulas in my capchas.. they should really have a "I can't type this" button for more efficiency.
If I can't figure out a indecipherable glyph it's usually the word they need help with and if it's not a word I usually type in "NotAWord_" for it, you only need to get the one that google knows as well right. As long as everyone doesn't type in the same thing for the indecipherable portion it won't end up in ebooks.
Re: Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years
#8This has always reminded me of the pilot episode of Stargate Universe, where Eli Wallace solves a real world complex math problem in a video game. Maybe Fold.It was thought up first, but it's a fascinating concept either way. It makes a person wonder what else could be accomplished via clever crowd sourcing. Also see Google's reCAPTCHA project: http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore
My impression is that even though the article refers to gamers, these players are unlike most gamers in that they may have extensive knowledge of organic chemistry. The article may be over-simplifying the amount of expertise required to come up with the solution.
Nope you don't need knowledge in organic chemistry. You basically run through a tutorial on the "rules" and then you fiddle with 3D models trying to get them as packed together as possible to achieve a % which increases your score.
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#9It's frustrating how this blogspam post, and the news articles it references, won't just simply link to the actual game's homepage:
http://fold.it/portal/
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#10Gameification - just another example.