Gamers Pwn Noob Scientists

[burn_this_city]

http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/...202/story.html

[IliketoPuck]

That is absolutely amazing. So much good could come out of all the hours people spend gaming.

Imagine an MMORPG where a quest is actually a cure for cancer....

[FlameOn]

Stargate Universe had something similar on the pilot episode, embedded a puzzle into a game and let online gamers solve it. Life imitates art, art imitates life.

[calumniate]

They probably had god mode enabled.. cheaters!

[Pacem]

As an avid MMORPG player since the early 2000's, this is very cool stuff.

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

That is absolutely amazing. So much good could come out of all the hours people spend gaming.

Imagine an MMORPG where a quest is actually a cure for cancer....

The reward would also have to include a "Legendary" weapon as well, otherwise no one would do it. If it doesn't raise your stats what MMORPG player is going to care?

[Hack&Lube]

Foldit is much slower than folding which has existed for years where distributed computing is used to compite protein folding (you download a program to your home computer, let it work for science while you sleep) but I supposed Foldit allows the power of the human intellect to see and solve problems to apply itself to problems like this instead of just using brute force computing to try to find every possible solution.