Let's face it, many of us leave the computer on while we eat, as we go to the bathroom and many other everyday situations. Of course we can not be turning on and off the machine only to save energy and save the planet from environmental crisis ...
What to do with this time where our computer is on and we're not using?
few years ago I use a program called BOINC (The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) is a software Berkley University in California, licensed LPG, which was originally developed to support SETI @ home. SETI @ Home is a project (see post ) that for more than a decade has made millions of volunteer computers in a single mega-computer that constantly analyzes information gathered by radio telescopes around the world.
VERY COMPLICATED? The thing is simpler than it sounds: The Astronomers have to consider these signals would need a giant computer, terribly expensive ... Which of course can not afford. They divide the information into small packets that are analyzed by computers of volunteers (like me). Once my computer ends in analyzing the results sent back. All this happens without my account and the times when I'm not using my computer for over 3 minutes.
Of course with the success of SETI @ home project has developed new initiatives to work on BOINC and now you can find over 50 projects to collaborate.
BOINC runs on Windows, MacOS X, Linux and many other operating systems. I invite everyone to participate and collaborate on projects that can make the world a better place. For example, my computer was working all morning to find a cure for muscular dystrophy in a project helping the World Community Grid, who have several projects to find a cure for various diseases, including cancer and AIDS.
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