Humans best computers in atom-snatching game By Adrian Cho, Apr 13, 2016 Bring Home Water relies on people’s knack for performing tasks that involve dynamic movement. […] Jacob Sherson, the physicist at Aarhus University in […]
The algorithm drawn from the minds of gamers is doing what supercomputers cannot. It’s a new, incredibly powerful tool for quantum physics. And it’s tucked away inside the brains of video gamers. A team of […]
EteRNA Leads Crowdsourcing Efforts To Help Scientist Better Understand RNA Molecules A game called EteRNA is being used to further research into how RNA folds itself into particular shapes. The game is a way of […]
When Aaron Swartz committed suicide in 2013, he was facing up to 35 years in prison and a one-million dollar fine for 13 felony counts related to violating copyright laws. Today the NY Southern District […]
First International ECSA Conference 2016 The first International ECSA conference will take place in Berlin (19–21 May 2016). One work shop will be about Gaming for good: Exploring the potential and pitfalls of citizen science […]
Beyond today’s crowdsourced science to tomorrow’s citizen science cyborgs Kevin Schawinski, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Millions of citizen scientists have been flocking to projects that pool their time and brainpower to tackle big […]
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