Help Cure Alzheimers.... while you sleep?

[Cleoriff]

I am all for medical innovation as you know....but I read this article with absolute amazement...

The headline is.......

Folding@Home Beta arrives for Sony smartphones, help cure Alzheimer’s while you sleep

(at first I thought it was a wind up)

I do not profess any great technological knowledge of how it may work... but stand in awe of those scientists who are convinced it will....

Sony has a long standing partnership with the Folding@Home research project and has just released a Beta version of Folding@Home for smartphones, following successful trials back in 2012.

http://www.androidauthority.com/folding-home-beta-sony-xperia-579844/

Read it and be amazed. If this helps people suffering with Alzheimers...an absolutely terrible degenerative disease of the brain...then it really does show how medical innovations can be used in conjunction with other technology.

[Cleoriff]

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@viridis wrote:
Yes @Beenherebefore
The setup and linking is very much like the botnets used for "other" things lol

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I am not asking...no.... I am not asking....

[Beenherebefore]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@viridis wrote:
Yes @Beenherebefore
The setup and linking is very much like the botnets used for "other" things lol

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I am not asking...no.... I am not asking....

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@viridis ......don't tell me it uses a torrent file distribution method 

[viridis]

No not torrent file distribution, well not to my knowledge anyway.

[browni]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

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@viridis ......don't tell me it uses a torrent file distribution method 

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And what is wrong with using a torrent file distribution method?

Back on topic...

I have donated countless CPU cycles to the Seti@home project and was rather surprised about the use of mobiles until post #4 by @viridis@ where the mobile has to be plugged in and at 100% charge. It doesn't really meet the aims of the original @Anonymous concept where spare CPU cycles can be used.

[Beenherebefore]

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@browni wrote:

And what is wrong with using a torrent file distribution method?

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Nothing whatsoever !......did you not recognise the hint of irony in the recent posts ? 

Most people assume botnets and torrents are only used in suspicious ways 

[viridis]

Exactly, if I mention the word botnet to some of my mates, I guarantee at least one would point out how "bad" they are.