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April 19, 2012 02:40 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Hk3C7knnzA0/grid-computing-turns-your-idle.html
Grid computing turns your idle cycles into a charity-supporting supercomputer
Mark sez, "Charity Engine has a new twist on volunteer computing: using surplus, wasted PC resources to raise money for major charities including Oxfam, Amnesty, MSF and CARE - and also for huge prize draws for everyone running it. Based on UC Berkeley's famous BOINC software, the Charity Engine grid is hired to science and [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Hk3C7knnzA0/grid-computing-turns-your-idle.html
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