Foldit

[Cromewell]

I saw this article in the news today, thought all the folders here and possibly a few others may be interested http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/09/19/technology-foldit-hiv.html

The game itself can be found at http://fold.it/

 

[voyagerfan99]

Looks interesting. I got it installed, but the server load is really high and I haven't been able to create an account yet.

 

[Cromewell]

The news is hitting it pretty hard, I'd imagine it's effectively creating a DoS attack.

 

[Aastii]

what an achievement, a lot of props for everyone involved up to now. This is incredible to say the least

 

[voyagerfan99]

Well I finally got to make a username and started playing. It's quite weird and I don't understand it just yet.