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Researchers at the University of Washington have created a computer game called Foldit, that simulates protein structures using protein sequence-design algorithms. Players create protein structures, the more chemically stable the protein the more points the player earns.

The project is the latest innovation of the Rosetta@Home project that uses screen savers and computer downtime to work out how proteins fold.

"Foldit attempts to predict the structure of a protein by taking advantage of humans' puzzle-solving intuitions and having people play competitively to fold the best proteins."

More from Fold It!
http://fold.it/portal/adobe_main/

Rosetta@home
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/

University of Washington developers are working on vocal joystick software that can direct a mouse pointer on a computer screen, making for a hands-free voice controlled mouse. Check it out in this short article and accompanying video in Science Daily.

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