Distributed Computing–Google
Source: ExtremeTech
Now Available: Distributed Computing Feature via Google Toolbar
This service has been available to a selected group for several months. Today, it has become available for those toolbar users who choose to activate the feature. From the article, “Users with the Google toolbar enabled can add the Google Compute functionality, which allows an idle PC to evaluate proteins used by Stanford University as part of the Folding@home project for distributed-computing cancer research. By turning on this feature, you allow your computer to work on complex scientific problems when it would otherwise be idle. Google Compute runs only while you are away from your computer and stops as soon as you begin using your machine again,” the introduction to the toolbar states. “The work it does is automatically sent via the Internet to researchers who combine it with information sent by thousands of other users.”
See Also: To Add this Feature to the Google Toolbar, Click Here
See Also: Google’s FAQ About this Feature

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