Online game turns web users of all ages into Alzheimer’s fighters

September 12, 2017

Thousands of internet users, of all ages, are playing an online game all around the world to help researchers fast track the fight against the Alzheimer’s disease. Stall Catchers, launched nearly a year ago, has […]

We are joining the first Stall Catchers competition to #CrushALZ

April 6, 2017

Scientists are searching for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease and we can help hands-on. Together with collaborators at Cornell, Berkeley, and Princeton, and with support from the BrightFocus Foundation, the Human Computation Institute has created […]

The Crowd & The Cloud – The first episode of the TV series features Stall Catchers

March 10, 2017

The Crowd & The Cloud is a TV series focusing on the power of “Citizen Science in the Digital Age,” with examples of projects that range from how crowdsourcing is speeding up Alzheimer’s research to […]

EyesOnALZ is 1! The year in review

January 3, 2017

One year ago, in January 2016, EyesOnALZ project officially kicked off! Which is why today is double special for us – it’s the beginning of the New Year AND the first Birthday of EyesOnALZ 😊🎆🎁 […]

Stall Catchers – The Crowd: our newest weapon in the fight against Alzheimer’s

November 15, 2016

The Crowd: our newest weapon in the fight against Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s research breakthroughs cannot come fast enough, which is why we need approaches that break the rules and find new proactive ways to fight the […]

Five articles about citizen science games on Discover Magazine

October 1, 2016

1. The Computer Game That Could Cure HIV, May 12, 2008 2. Guilt-Free Procrastination: This Online Game Could Cure Genetic Diseases, November 30, 2010 3. Nanocrafter: Playing a Game of Synthetic Biology, February 22, 2015 […]