Online Games Can Solve the Puzzle of Science
Online Games Can Solve the Puzzle of Science | Games and science appears to be two opposite things, even considered unrelated. Online gaming is always related to the entertainment experience, while in charge of science something very scientific and serious full trial.
However, not much is suspected, the game played online game on the one hand may help scientists solve the problem, which has often made scientists scratching their heads. This blog about Information Technology and The Latest Gadgets.
According to The Guardian, Monday, January 27, 2014, it is proved in two years ago. The concept of online game Foldit helps scientists solving solutions.
Game players 'Foldit' prompted scientists to solve the structure of proteins and it turns out they could solve the structure of the enzymes that cause diseases such as AIDS in monkeys.
Game Foldit is a game about protein folding. Scientists who for 13 years worked on the problem of protein folding surprised when the concept was resolved protein folding gamers in just three weeks.
Other evidence of the positive side of online gaming concept is still there. A year after the game Foldit was able to help scientists, astronomy-themed game, 'Planet Hunter' also help scientists find a planet other than Earth that could potentially support life.
Planet Hunter is a game to find a planet with four stars in the system. Indirectly, the astronomers found 40 habitable planet, which previously unanswered by professional astronomers.
How to save a pattern online games such blessing?
Although the field of gaming and science very much, but basically the two fields that run a similar analysis. Games run game with aligning patterns, score points. While researchers solve genetic analyst in which finding the sequence and random data patterns.
"Our brains are geared up to recognize a pattern," said Erinma Ochu, neurologist and Nobel fellow at the University of Manchester.
According to him, scientists could use the help gamers because human brains are better than computers.
"So, this is a new way of working scientists, but as long as they learn how best game developers to make games, then there are many people around the world employ a data scientist," added Ochu.
Zoran Popovic, director of the Centre Games Science Washington University, who is also the creator of the game Foldit gamers explain the potential of the relationship.
"No matter what the academic process we have been through. Finally, we reduce the large population who received his bachelor of science in college," he said.
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However, not much is suspected, the game played online game on the one hand may help scientists solve the problem, which has often made scientists scratching their heads. This blog about Information Technology and The Latest Gadgets.
According to The Guardian, Monday, January 27, 2014, it is proved in two years ago. The concept of online game Foldit helps scientists solving solutions.
Game players 'Foldit' prompted scientists to solve the structure of proteins and it turns out they could solve the structure of the enzymes that cause diseases such as AIDS in monkeys.
Game Foldit is a game about protein folding. Scientists who for 13 years worked on the problem of protein folding surprised when the concept was resolved protein folding gamers in just three weeks.
Other evidence of the positive side of online gaming concept is still there. A year after the game Foldit was able to help scientists, astronomy-themed game, 'Planet Hunter' also help scientists find a planet other than Earth that could potentially support life.
Planet Hunter is a game to find a planet with four stars in the system. Indirectly, the astronomers found 40 habitable planet, which previously unanswered by professional astronomers.
How to save a pattern online games such blessing?
Although the field of gaming and science very much, but basically the two fields that run a similar analysis. Games run game with aligning patterns, score points. While researchers solve genetic analyst in which finding the sequence and random data patterns.
"Our brains are geared up to recognize a pattern," said Erinma Ochu, neurologist and Nobel fellow at the University of Manchester.
According to him, scientists could use the help gamers because human brains are better than computers.
"So, this is a new way of working scientists, but as long as they learn how best game developers to make games, then there are many people around the world employ a data scientist," added Ochu.
Zoran Popovic, director of the Centre Games Science Washington University, who is also the creator of the game Foldit gamers explain the potential of the relationship.
"No matter what the academic process we have been through. Finally, we reduce the large population who received his bachelor of science in college," he said.
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