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Citizen Science and Grid Computing

Posted by kdawson on from the greyware-network dept.

japonicus writes "The Economist has an article summarizing the current state of distributed computing (think SETI@home and its ilk), which suggests that distributed-human projects are going to be the next big thing. (We discussed one such project, the Galaxy Zoo, a few months back.) The distributed-computing platform BOINC is about to expand to human processing. Distributed proofreaders have been a longstanding success (yet inexplicably failed to get even a mention in the article); but there are a lot of other projects waiting in the wings."

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  1. Wow by moogied · · Score: 4, Funny
    The economist, a magazine respected all around the world, has just published an article that concludes: "Two heads are better then one."

    Hmph..

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  2. games by enjahova · · Score: 4, Informative

    ESP Game:
    http://www.espgame.org/

    More info:
    http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/09/more_on_google_image_labeler.html

    Very interesting video:
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8246463980976635143

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  3. Grid computing != Distributed computing by edsousa · · Score: 5, Informative
    Grid computing is when you request resources to run your app. Projects like SETI@home use a different approach: you pull a task, instead of arbitrarily offering your computing resources.

    IBM defines grid computing as "the ability, using a set of open standards and protocols, to gain access to applications and data, processing power, storage capacity and a vast array of other computing resources over the Internet. in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_Computing