An app that allows users to help find a cure for cancer
by pooling their smartphones' computing power has been launched today
by Vodafone Foundation and The Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
DreamLab
automatically downloads and solves research problems while the user
sleeps, sending the results back to the Institute and speeding up
research into breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer.The app only works when the phone is fully charged, and will not access personal information. Users will still be able to use their phone at the same time.
DreamLab aims to create the nation's first "smartphone supercomputer", and if 100,000 users pooled their phones' processing capabilities researchers would be able to crunch data approximately 3,000 times faster than the current rate, the Institute said.
The app is currently only available for Android users.
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