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Old 2011-09-19, 08:51 AM   #1
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This is where Foldit comes in.
Developed in 2008 by the University of Washington, it is a fun-for-purpose video game in which gamers, divided into competing groups, compete to unfold chains of amino acids - the building blocks of proteins - using a set of online tools.
To the astonishment of the scientists, the gamers produced an accurate model of the enzyme in just three weeks.
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/g...919-1kgq2.html

Not strictly a gaming topic but even interesting to this non-gamer.
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Old 2011-09-19, 10:22 AM   #2
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simply shows that scientists are't the only group with brain power. hopefully this innovation can and will be applied to other problems
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Old 2011-09-19, 11:32 AM   #3
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Sounds like a certain Stargate franchise...
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