SpiralGalaxy Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Remember SETI@Home? Since then, lots of organizations have been seeking to use crowdsourcing to push their research forward. Here's one that I signed up for that's studying the genetic variations of egg-laying in nematodes. Researchers need the public's help in observing the behavior of tiny nematode worms. Citizen scientists visiting Wormwatchlab.org are shown a video of a worm wriggling around. The aim of the game is to watch and wait for the worm to lay eggs, and to hit the 'Z' key when they do. By watching these worms lay eggs, citizen scientists are helping to collect valuable data about genetics that will assist medical research. If you're interested, give it a try! The tutorial takes less than 2 minutes. I've been watching 30 sec video clips of worms during the boring bits of teleconferences at work. Quote SpiralGalaxy, Level 9 Halfling Elf AssassinSTR 17|DEX 13|STA 20|CON 13|WIS 21|CHA 15Electromagnetics Engineer, Freelance sci-fi critic in Maryland"I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it." Link to comment
CrisciMalosh Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Heh. That's awesome! Quote "I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy." ~~Marie Curie "All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: Freedom, Justice, Honour, Duty, Mercy, Hope. " ~~ Winston Churchill Level 1 Human Druid STR 1 DEX 1 STA 1 CON 2 WIS 3 CHA 2 (yes, human. Boring I know.) Link to comment
MoogleStomp Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 This is awesome. I love the idea of getting more people involved in science. We've been thinking about doing some crowd sourcing on the project I'm working on right now. Getting people to do some behavioural analysis of videos. So maybe if we get that set up I'll advertise here too. Quote Link to comment
SpiralGalaxy Posted July 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 This is awesome. I love the idea of getting more people involved in science. We've been thinking about doing some crowd sourcing on the project I'm working on right now. Getting people to do some behavioural analysis of videos. So maybe if we get that set up I'll advertise here too. Sounds cool! I agree, it's neat to get more people hand-on with current science. Quote SpiralGalaxy, Level 9 Halfling Elf AssassinSTR 17|DEX 13|STA 20|CON 13|WIS 21|CHA 15Electromagnetics Engineer, Freelance sci-fi critic in Maryland"I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it." Link to comment
BreadMage Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 There is one that I was doing a while back...I'm going to see if I can find it. It had something to do with neural networks I believe. I can't seem to find it again though . Quote *Flips Table*BreadMage Out! Link to comment
RedircSiuol Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Ever heard of IFLS on Facebook? It's doing great for public outreach. I'm sure that the owner would be more than pleased to advertise this. 1 Quote "And should I die on the morrow, None will know of my sorrow,Nor of the sweet agony,I take to my grave." Link to comment
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