[Yogesh Sarkar]

Here is a little background on what World Community Grid is all about:

Mission, Our Work and You
World Community Grid's mission is to create the world's largest public computing grid to tackle projects that benefit humanity.

Our work has developed the technical infrastructure that serves as the grid's foundation for scientific research. Our success depends upon individuals collectively contributing their unused computer time to change the world for the better.

World Community Grid is making technology available only to public and not-for-profit organizations to use in humanitarian research that might otherwise not be completed due to the high cost of the computer infrastructure required in the absence of a public grid. As part of our commitment to advancing human welfare, all results will be in the public domain and made public to the global research community.

Our Sponsor
IBM Corporation, a leader in the creation, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, has donated the hardware, software, technical services and expertise to build the infrastructure for World Community Grid and provides free hosting, maintenance and support.

How Grid Technology Works
Making a difference has never been easier! Grid technology is simple and safe to use. To start, you register, then download and install a small program or "agent" onto your computer.

When idle, your computer will request data on a specific project from World Community Grid's server. It will then perform computations on this data, send the results back to the server, and ask the server for a new piece of work. Each computation that your computer performs provides scientists with critical information that accelerates the pace of research!

I have recently joined the World Community Grid as I felt this is the least I could do for humanity, especially since my computer is running almost throughout the day and at majority of the time the CPU is sitting idle, while that idle time can be used by researchers to cure Cancer, Dengue and even AIDS!

If you feel the same way as me, then come join the World Community Grid and team BCMTouring for a better tomorrow.

[kunal]

If I am on some other team then can I join Team BCMT?

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Yes, kunal how long have been using the grid?

[darth_lucifer]

it can be useful for complex weather prediction which takes more than supercomputer or else something as stupid as joining SETI and scanning a part of sky for ET signals.

Average user hardly uses 3-4% of his computer processor which might be really powerful.So grid uses his processor for complex calculations which are processor intensive.

A few years ago CDAC was building Indias first grid computing system 'Garuda'.

PS: Nice initiative YS.

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Quite true, following are the projects I am currently subscribed to:

Discovering Dengue Drugs - Together

FightAIDS@Home

Help Conquer Cancer

Human Proteome Folding 2

[Prasham]

Ideas' great but my Celeron Lappy can't handle load of my work. So I can't join. Shall think about it when I get New Lappy.

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Actually I wouldn't recomend using it on a laptop as it could cause it to overheat and consume too much battery power. For those using desktops, it is perfectly safe.

[kunal]

I am using grid from some 3-4 months..

[Prasham]

Actually I wouldn't recomend using it on a laptop as it could cause it to overheat and consume too much battery power. For those using desktops, it is perfectly safe.

Battery is already dead and I am waiting till the lappy also follows...

[abhi1975]

Wonderful concept. I will join next week after shifting to my new home and getting a proper BB connection. I can't wait to get rid of this s*** Reliance Data Card.