A coalition of scientists and technology
companies is asking people around the world to use
their computers' extra processing power to help the
search for a cure for anthrax.
Participants download a screensaver that
runs whenever their computers have resources to
spare, and uses that power to perform computations
for the project.
When the user connects to the internet,
the computer sends data back to a central hub and
gets another assignment.
With enough participants, the project
would researchers 10 times more power than the
world's best supercomputer.
The screensaver is 100% free and you can
download it from the site at the Intel Peer to
Peer Site. Here you may find many superb ways to
use your computers processing time to make
contributions to science.
