Distributed Computing

The @Home program is designed to distribute computing in order to complete computations that would otherwise take an extremely long time, even on a supercomputer.

Known @Home projects include:

• Folding@Home (Protein Folding)
• SETI@Home (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)

I am considering starting Academy teams on these sites, just for kicks, to see how much processing the Academy can dole out for the sake of science. If there is enough interest (i.e. 4 other people), I will sign them up and put the Team numbers hear.

Folding@Home

Download the client here in order to get going. To Linux folks, just chmod +x the program and run it, and it'll get going on its own. I would suggest giving it its own folder, so you don't accidentally delete something important.

SETI@Home

Download the client here, and make sure to read the instructions (for I have not).

(Also, I think there are more, so if you've got your own preferred project, add it to the list.)