The game “FoldIt” has emerged as one of the more prominent examples of how games have applications in health, challenging players to fold a computer image of a protein into shapes that could be used […]
Video games have cultural cachet – so recognise their place in society and history Ashok Ranchhod, University of Southampton and Vanissa Wanick Vieira, University of Southampton The UK’s video games industry body Tiga has called […]
Foldit, Do extreme 3d jigsaw puzzles: fold proteins! Instead of spending computer time planting corn or throwing birds around, why not put your clicks and swipes to use solving puzzles involving proteins? Proteins are extraordinarily […]
Gaming for social good is more than an ethical diversion Marigo Raftopoulos, RMIT University Most of us are only too aware of the seemingly intractable problems we’re facing within healthcare, education, community building, environmental sustainability […]
Computational enzyme design holds promise for the production of renewable fuels, drugs and chemicals. De novo enzyme design has generated catalysts for several reactions, but with lower catalytic efficiencies than naturally occurring enzymes. Here we […]
The protein folding game Foldit shows that games are an effective way to recruit, engage and organize ordinary citizens to help solve difficult scientific problems. Modern science is filled with challenges of massive scale. From […]
Citizen Science Games 2019