Volunteer Computing

http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2005-05-17/volunteer-computing

Listen Tuesday, May. 17, 2005 at 12:06 p.m. in Environment, Health, Science, Society, Tech Tuesday, Technology, Weather

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.

Audio archives, transcripts and CDs will be available approximately 15 minutes after the program ends.

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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