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Salon.com
October 12, 2000
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Your computer can fight AIDS A PC can do more in its spare time than look for aliens. It can also save lives. Even while you're reading this Web page, you could be researching new AIDS treatments, or rather, your computer could...   |
Wired
August 2000
Howard Rheingold |
You Got the Power Next comes the payoff. A wave of startups is poised to harvest the network's most wasted resource: your idle CPU cycles. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Joel Johnson |
How to Donate Your PC's Downtime to Scientific Research Your computer rarely employs 100 percent of its processing capability, and it uses very little while sitting idle. Distributed computing combines the unused processing-power of multiple Internet-connected computers for scientific number crunching. |
InternetNews
June 17, 2010
Andy Patrizio |
IBM and Idle PCs Help Find Anti-Cancer Drugs Distributed computing can break up a massive task into manageable chunks in certain situations. Is it right for your company? |
PC World
May 2, 2001
Kevin McKean |
Give Your Unused Cycles to Science Say so long to screen savers and use your CPU's idle power for some worthwhile work... |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2006
Courtney McCarty |
Save the World with Your Screensaver Anybody would like to cure cancer or AIDS or solve the world's most complex problems. With the help of your computer, you can contribute to efforts to solve these enduring puzzles. |
InternetNews
December 7, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Got Some Spare CPU Cycles? Sell Them New distributed computing project lets you put your idle PC to work. It just needs customers. |
Geotimes
April 2004
Tim Palucka |
A Climate of Your Own The largest climate modeling experiment ever devised is running on borrowed time, literally. The model is taking computing time on loan from more than 47,000 personal computers worldwide, with the full knowledge and consent of their owners. |
Fast Company
July 2010 |
Update: Good Work and Good-bye Updates to stories on helping to cure cancer by utilizing idle computer power, the architect, Santiago Calatrava, and the demise of FiLife. |
