Help Out Humanity through Distributed Computing from Your Gainesville Apartment

Computer modeling and supercomputers have allowed scientific research to progress far more quickly than it’s ever been able to before. Many companies and universities have computers more than 10 times faster than your standard desktop, which helps them calculate and model everything from global weather patterns to population movements to black holes. Unfortunately, even these powerful machines have limits to the amount of data they can process, and consequently competition for their use is fierce among professors and researchers. However, some innovative projects have been developed to make use of the untapped potential of home computers to help take up the slack left by limited access to these more powerful computers.

Normally your home computer uses only a fraction of its processing capacity at any particular time. A distributed computing network installs a small program to run in the background using your system’s extra resources and Internet connection to receive, process, and transmit data to other users’ systems, just like the individual processors of a supercomputer. These systems can also detect when you need more of your computer for your own business and will automatically slow themselves down so you’ll almost never see an effect on your computer’s performance. Whether you’re in your Gainesville apartment or on a wireless connection at your favorite coffee house, your computer can help solve some of science’s greatest mysteries.

A few popular distributed computing projects you may want to consider joining include:

Folding@home – digitally models protein folding to try to find cures for diseases
SETI@home – uses your computer to digitally analyze radio telescope signals to look for patterns that may indicate other intelligent life in the universe
Einstein@home – analyzes data from two ongoing experiments, LIGO and GEO 600, to search for gravitational waves
Ibercivis – uses computers to model and analyze a wide range of physics subjects, including the effects of light on nano-materials, improving the efficiency of medical radiation treatments and theories of nuclear fusion

You don’t have to be a scientist to help move science forward, just take a few minutes to download a distributed computing program to your desktop or laptop and maybe your system will help make the next big discovery. You’ll find Bellamay Grand to be a very tech-friendly community, complete with a business center with an Internet-connected computer for all our residents to use. For more information on our available units, contact us today.

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