Volunteer Computing
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2005-05-17/volunteer-computing
Can the average person help search for life on other planets? Help create models for climate prediction? Or aid in finding a cure for mad cow disease? You can if you participate in volunteer computing. A Tech Tuesday look at how thousands of people are leasing out their computers spare power to solve the world's problems.
Guests
David Anderson
Research scientist, Space Sciences Laboratory, and director of SETI@home, University of California, Berkeley
Dan Wertheimer
chief scientist, SETI@home
Bruce Allen
principal investigator, of Einstein@home; Professor of physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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