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Cell Phones For Science: BOINC Now Available For Android

Posted by Soulskill on from the let-your-phone-do-something-more-productive-than-angry-birds dept.

Luyseyal writes "BOINC is now available on Android. Many of you may not know, but the Slashdot Users team makes a decent showing on World Community Grid. WCG supports research on AIDS, schistoma, cancer, clean energy, and more. Now is your chance to put your idle charge cycles to good use. Let's do some science!"

3 of 70 comments (clear)

  1. Battery by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Like I'm not already fighting to keep my battery last a day? :(

    1. Re:Battery by mwvdlee · · Score: 4, Insightful

      It will burn a hole in your table though.
      Ever noticed how hot smartphones get when left running at full capacity for a while?

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  2. NativeBOINC by SecretSquirrel33 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have been using the Android port NativeBOINC for quite a while now. Just recently they even added support to my favorite program, Einstein@Home.