Here is a link to a program that can share your PC's extra processing power towards solving major medical/scientific issues.

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/

PS: There is already a Dollars team for everyone to join, but I was surprised to see only three members...

Joined ( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/!

This is an extremely easy way to help the world of medicine and science, without putting much effort into it yourself. Any of us should be able to sign up and start crunching.

Here's a quote from the about page

"World Community Grid enables anyone with a computer, smartphone or tablet to donate their unused computing power to advance cutting-edge scientific research on topics related to health, poverty and sustainability. Through the contributions of over 650,000 individuals and 460 organizations, World Community Grid has supported 25 research projects to date, including searches for more effective treatments for cancer, HIV/AIDS and neglected tropical diseases. Other projects are looking for low-cost water filtration systems and new materials for capturing solar energy efficiently."

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/viewRegister.do?recruiterId=988142

I am in and in-case you want a recruitment url go ahead and use mine :)

And here's mine

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/viewRegister.do?recruiterId=977726

Here's mine
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/discover.action?recruiterId=988019
and this is the link to the Dollars page
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=1WZJMC7X02

I'm happy to help with any questions concerning advanced settings, and getting the program best suited to your usage preferences.

How does this thing work again?

Is it the same a bitcoin mining?

It's works the same way. Think of it as donating your PC's spare time to projects that are solving problems like AIDS, cancer, and clean energy.

The more I look into bitcoin mining, the more I feel the need to express how much simpler this is. Just sign up and install the application.

"You simply install an application and let the good work begin. When not using its full capacity, your computer, smartphone or mobile device connects to World Community Grid. The software is unobtrusive and has no impact on your day-to-day use of the device."

It comes with a cool screen saver too xD

The coolest :D

Look who's on WCG :D

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All of us could do this and it really takes no time at all

This is perfect for the Dollars. A community based mission that encourages users to pull together the world's computing power in an effort to solve real world problems.

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I repaired a 10 year old desktop and have dedicated it to run tasks at full capacity. This is not recommended for small towers or laptops, but the build I'm using is clunky and runs very cool. Since then I have uninstalled the program from a few devices and still get a ton of tasks returned.

>>27 Ohh good for you ovo!
I've installed it to like 4 different devices XD

>>28 Awesome! I'm glad the team's stats come up. I'll try to post a team roster every weekend to showcase some of the progress being made.

I'd like to contact Smoyd, our team captain and a major contributor, but I've only found posts from them dating back to June. It looks like they're still returning tasks on the WCG profile, and I'd like to share with them some of the team's recent activity.

Analyzing a wealth of data about the natural world:

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=451

How do i join this?

>>32 Register and download ovo!

where is the dollars team thing

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>>34 Here's a link to the Dollars team page

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=1WZJMC7X02

Lemme just bump the spammer out...

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Would just like to welcome and thank new contributors. We've gained nine members since I created this thread. I'll post an updated roster this Friday. It's very exciting to think the team may grow into a bountiful effort.

Also, congratulations to our team captain Smoyd for generating 6,000,000 points in less than a year!

06 Oct 2015 – Finding new avenues to attack Ebola

Efforts to simulate matches between candidate compounds and one key Ebola virus protein are largely complete. Simulations of matches against another, newly discovered target protein are beginning now. Even as simulation work continues, the team is beginning to analyze these results and home in on compounds that could form the basis for effective new drugs against Ebola and other related diseases. Thanks to your help, and a new grant, the work is proceeding well.

https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=448

I have it on 5 devices now ovo!

Dollar's team link: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=1WZJMC7X02

Your runtime will add up fast that way. I'm sure you'll pass me if you keep that up. Haha

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With the help of World Community Grid volunteers, researchers reveal their breakthrough discovery of how nanotechnology could be used to improve access to clean water for the 1 billion people around the world who lack it.

https://youtu.be/pDKXHOgdFoE

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Remember to install the application once you've signed up

With the generously donated computing time from World Community Grid volunteers, the Computing for Clean Water researchers discovered some surprising results they had not anticipated!

https://youtu.be/Z_v2KCQ3rpA

The Dollars Team Roster

I will post an updated version every weekend for others to see our overall performance.

wow something to add along to tab for a cause ^_^

btw does it make computers run slowly?? mine runs slow enough as is....

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This program utilizes your PC's unused processing power. It will not affect your daily usage. I'm happy to answer any questions from interested users.

>>54 okay thx, i just joined ^_^

btw i luv your name ^_^

>>55 Get that a lot. Never gets old :3

And thanks for joining the team. I post frequently. Probably more than I need to. So check back for progress updates like articles and videos on some of the projects we're working on.

New to the Dollars. I'm so glad this was brought up!!! I had this on my old computer and I totally forgot about it until now. Just finished the download/install. Thanks!!!

>>57 Awesome! Glad to have jogged your memory. Welcome to the team.

The global collaboration of World Community Grid volunteers and researchers can be a role model for future science endeavors.

https://youtu.be/dNFBbx6bmds

Researchers at Harvard have published a free database (cleanenergy.molecularspace.org) cataloguing the electronic properties of over 2 million organic, carbon-based compounds and their potential for converting sunlight into electricity. These compounds were screened by volunteers on World Community Grid and this initiative is believed to be the most extensive investigation of quantum chemicals ever performed.

https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/cep2/overview.do

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Just installed onto another PC. Running 3 devices 24/7.

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Click the link and download the application to get started!

http://discover.worldcommunitygrid.org?teamId=1WZJMC7X02

Congratulations to Kazeki for generating 100,000 points!

well i got it for android but i couldn't get it linked with the team so i guess im solo

thanks for joining. Haven't used the android version, but I'll see if there's a way around that issue. Best I can suggest right away is trying a browser if it's not working in the app.

You're on the roster. Welcome to the team.

Oh ok thx. Yeah i cant do it on the computer due to there not being a chrome version

>>66 Thanks ovo!

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FightAIDS@Home - Phase 2

Even with the advances in treating people infected with HIV, there are still about two million new infections and one million HIV-related deaths each year. HIV continues to be a challenge because it quickly mutates in ways that make existing drug treatments ineffective. FightAIDS@Home joined World Community Grid 10 years ago with the simple - but challenging - goal of finding new treatments for HIV. Since then, the project has made some incredible advances in understanding the virus, developing better drug search tools, and identifying chemical compounds that might be able to bind to the virus and disrupt its lifecycle.

When you volunteer your PC or laptop’s unused time to World Community Grid (WCG), created by IBM. Grid computing joins together thousands of individual computers, establishing a large system with massive computational power equal to a supercomputer. Because the work is split into countless tiny pieces and done simultaneously, research time shrinks from decades to months.

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Check back on Friday for this week's roster!

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It is beautiful. My processor is actually running over 30% for once hahaha.

It's like an orchestra playing an awesome symphony <3

I can help anyone who wants to fiddle with the advanced settings

I'm waiting for the stats to update before posting this week's roster. Its usually done by this time but for some reason today's update has just started and will take another hour to finish.

Here is this week's team roster. I'd like to thank all the members for their contribution.

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how do i join the team ??

it says i didn't contribute??? i left it running on my phone for 27 hours!

You can join the team here if you've already signed up

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=1WZJMC7X02

>>88 I'll look into what may have happened. But from what I've read before. The android version only does work when your device is plugged in and has over 90% battery.

>>88 It could also be something silly like not being signed in on the app. Hard to figure out from my end.

nice idea~

yeah i don't think it was above 90% the entire time, but still it must've been for a couple hours. I had to uninstall it though because it was killing my phone speed...

>>92 Sorry to hear that. Wish I knew more about the android version. The PC version seems much more hassle free.

Congratulations to Mattan for generating 100,000 points!

02 Nov 2015 – R&D Moves Slowly Toward Open Source

The power of World Community Grid's crowdsourced research is highlighted in this article on PharmaVOICE.com

http://www.pharmavoice.com/article/2015-10-crowdsourcing/

Check back tomorrow for this week's team roster!

Here is this weeks team roster!

Is been exactly one month since this thread was started, and its been very surprising how many others took interest in this mission. Thank you all so much. We're making real progress.

Check out this page to see all the projects we're currently running!

https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/viewAllProjects.do

November 2 at 11:55am ·

Last month, World Community Grid volunteers donated over 12,000 years of computer run time and returned over 31 million results towards our humanitarian projects. Thank you members!

https://www.facebook.com/worldcommunitygrid.org/posts/10156195068680652

I'm considering turning the team roster into a daily post, and have it be a majority of my updates. They seem to garner more interest than a lot of the links I post. I'll wait until friday evening before I decide it's a good idea.

Donate you PC's free time to science and medicine

Congratulations to Mattan for generating 200,000 points!

I have generated 500,000 points for the Dollars team!

Be sure to install the program once you've signed up!

11 Nov 2015 – A decade of progress is just the beginning in our fight against AIDS

In this extensive update, the FightAIDS@Home team leader, Prof. Art Olson, recaps nearly a decade of progress in the fight against AIDS: new computational methods, new understanding of key HIV proteins, and huge volumes of computational results that have only begun to be explored. Though Phase 1 is winding down, Phase 2 of this enormous project will continue to advance vital research into the world's deadliest virus.

https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=454

Dollars team roster

Congratulations to Kazeki for generating 200,000 points!

>>109 Thanks ovo

Congratulations to kclyaine for generating 100,000 points!

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16 Nov 2015 – New research phase will attack more types of childhood cancer

Phase 2 of Help Fight Childhood Cancer will expand on the breakthrough discoveries from Phase 1. New collaborators, new disease targets and new therapy options will mean new hope for even more pediatric patients afflicted with cancer.

https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=455

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Joined yesterday. This is a neat program!

Check this link to view our active research on AIDS, Ebola, cancer, and clean energy!

https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/viewAllProjects.do

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Ok i already joind let`s break a record guys!

Nearly 30 members and counting!

http://join.worldcommunitygrid.org?recruiterId=991564

http://join.worldcommunitygrid.org?recruiterId=977726

My recruitment link

Be sure to download the application to get started!

I have returned +1,000 results, generated +700,000 points, and contributed +200 days of total runtime!

Dollars team stats and roster

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Weird? How so?

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There's actually 6-7 of us in that list. Just saying.

That is the Dollars team roster

Team Member Details and Statistics: The Dollars

Congratulations to Mattan for generating 300,000 points!

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Mapping Cancer Markers on World Community Grid aims to identify the markers associated with various types of cancer. The project is analyzing millions of data points collected from thousands of healthy and cancerous patient tissue samples. These include tissues with lung, ovarian, prostate, pancreatic and breast cancers. By comparing these different data points, researchers aim to identify patterns of markers for different cancers and correlate them with different outcomes, including responsiveness to various treatment options.

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/mcm1/overview.do

https://youtu.be/D6CIOqym2mw

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Congratulations to Mallco for generating 100,000 points
Congratulations to Kazeki for generating 300,000 points
And I'll pat myself on the back for generating 1,000,000 points

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Congratulations to Mattan for generating 400,000 points

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Book chapter: World Community Grid will contribute to the future of HIV research

By: Dr. Arthur Olson
Professor, The Scripps Research Institute
8 Dec 2015

"We've been invited to write a chapter for an upcoming book: The Future of HIV-1 Therapeutics. Our chapter focuses on structure-based drug design, and discusses the benefits of "in silico" modeling for dramatically expanding the scope and effectiveness of structure-based research. We pay particular attention to the benefits of the large-scale computation network that we found in World Community Grid."

https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=456

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Congratulations to Mattan for generating 500,000 points!

15 Dec 2015 – Working to detect lung and ovarian cancers before they start

Recent stages of the Mapping Cancer Markers (MCM) project have illuminated the protein-protein interactions and biological pathways involved in lung cancer, and have also suggested surprising results about its biomarkers. Once this current stage is complete, MCM will transition to analyzing ovarian cancer. Thanks to your help, we are making discoveries and helping the international research community. Dr. Jurisica, in particular, is one of the most frequently cited researchers worldwide.

Tags: Project Update

https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=457

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Congratulations to Kclyaine for generating 200,000 points!

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The Strongest Supercomputer on Earth Still Needs Your Laptop to Cure Cancer

Volunteer computing and BOINC, once the future of research, are an ocean of unrealized promise. Why? Its creators don't have a way to reach out to you.

Johnnie Chamberlin
December 20, 2015

A group of California computer scientists has built a tool for analyzing climate change, mapping clean water access, and formulating strategies to eradicate malaria, cancer, and AIDS, all using a system they can rightfully claim to be the most powerful computer network on the planet. And here’s what they want to talk about: How paltry the whole thing is. The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing may be rocking 157 petaFLOPS (and counting), but it isn’t nearly as muscular as scientists thought it would be when the idea of volunteer computing emerged in the mid-‘90s.

https://www.inverse.com/article/6592-the-strongest-supercomputer-on-earth-still-needs-your-laptop-to-cure-cancer

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Congratulations to Mattan for generating 600,000 points!

https://www.inverse.com/article/9261-how-to-start-volunteer-computing-in-2016

How to Start Volunteer Computing in 2016

BOINC and World Community Grid volunteers are working to save the world. Joining them is easy.

Joe Carmichael
December 16, 2015

If you’d like to volunteer for a good cause — or several good causes at once — consider volunteer computing. Heralded in the late ‘90s as a future-changing technology and summarily forgotten by the otherwise hyper-social World Wide Web, it’s still waiting for you to join, and to support the world’s most cutting-edge research. OK, now that you’ve considered that for a moment, go ahead and do it, because it’s really simple. Imagine all the effort of slacktivism, but with verifiable returns on finding quasars and understanding climate change.

Wow!! That is alot >>177 I only have 153 "T-T

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Congratulations to Althea for generating 100,000 points!

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https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/discover.action

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Congratulations to Mattan for generating 700,000 points!

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Hey there,
Just joined the team.
Username is the same as my Dollar name "T-jay14".
Look forward to work with you and the rest of the dollars on board with this

I just joined! (under the name Speaking, not Scurvy) this is such a great idea! I wish I knew about it sooner!

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Congratulations to Smoyd for generating 7,000,000 points!

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Congratulations to Kazeki for generating 400,000 points
Congratulations to Tuesd8y for generating 100,000 points

Congratulations to weegee721 for generating 100,000 points!

Congratulations to SaitoInu for generating 100,000 points!

Congratulations to Mattan for generating 800,000 points
Congratulations to Tuesd8y for generating 200,000 points

https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=459

13 Jan 2016 – New and improved sign-up page leads to 25 percent increase in registration rate

World Community Grid volunteers asked us to better explain the power and potential of volunteer computing, so that they could more easily recruit their family and friends. We listened, and our new sign-up page has already increased the registration rate by 25 percent.

Tags: Website Update

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>>219 Sorry I was out this weekend and didn't bother to say thank you. I returned to the Dollars specifically to share this mission with everyone. I feel it's the perfect mission for members who want to make progress while still working in the background with little to no maintenance.

awesome mission your now my sempai

Wouldn't this give people access you our pc, essentially?

>>223 No more than any other application or software.

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Joining.

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https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=460

21 Jan 2016 – World Community Grid to Appear at South by Southwest Interactive 2016

Thanks to votes from many World Community Grid volunteers, we were selected to present at South by Southwest on March 13, 2016 in Austin, Texas.

Tags: Event or Milestone

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Haha I may be able to get a bunch of my school's computers to run this. They're not often used, so they would be contributing almost 24/7.

>>235 that would be really nice!!

Congratulations to Mattan for generating 900,000 points
Congratulations to Tiensei for generating 100,000 points

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Congratulations to kclyaine for generating 300,000 points
Congratulations to ungjevel for generating 100,000 points

Thread recreated for better organization

http://dollars-bbs.org/missions/res/1454028964.html