Can you participate in scientific research? The answer is YES!
Technologies / / December 19, 2019
I hasten, in the opening lines, warn that this post is not worth reading too pragmatic natures that around looking for a practical meaning and benefits. There will be discussed at all about other things.
And now all those who stayed, I want to tell the good news. Now you will learn how to completely selflessly spend part of their time, effort and computing power of the PC to the noble cause of our civilization and scientific progress. You can take a very real and honorable part in studies such as the study of new galaxies and underwater depths, finding a cure for cancer and deciphering ancient manuscripts. As well as participate in many other equally interesting projects.
Perhaps you as a child dreamed of being a brave astronaut or at least daring archaeologist? Perhaps you have read all the books about the study of deep-water basins or saw themselves as brilliant chemist? Maybe your loved one has died from the disease, and you would like to make a contribution to the fight against it?
In any case, it's real. No, you do not have to give up work, get another degree or participate in the experiments as a guinea pig. All you need is a desire, a little bit of free time, access to the Internet and one of the sites listed in this review.
Number of participants: More than 850,000
Zooniverse - a special online platform that gives everyone the opportunity to participate in a variety of scientific studies. Here you can explore the atmosphere and the soil of the solar system planets, search for new stars in the universe, to decipher the language of whales or Greek manuscripts. In this case, you will need your personal efforts and great care. Basically the problem is offered to recognize and classify various objects, that is, that the computer brain until it is subject.
Number of participants: About 2.6 million active members
This project is to search for extraterrestrial intelligence is one of the earliest examples of the use of crowdsourcing to achieve the overall big goal. In addition, it is also the largest such project to date. The idea behind SETI @ Home is very simple: you install a small program on your computer, which is in its idle moments perform scientific calculations that are part of the project. Thus, your PC becomes part of a single network, all machines which solve the problem of data analysis with powerful radio telescopes.
Number of participants: about 250,000
This project uses the same principle and the same software to use the processing power of your computer in minutes of his downtime. Research focused on the confirmation of Einstein's general theory of relativity and its members have already discovered more than three dozen new neutron stars.
Number of participants: 101,000
This site created by NASA efforts to analyze an array of images of the Martian surface forces of amateur astronomers. Participating in the project you can help scientists and researchers to build a comprehensive database of the relief on the basis of satellite images of the Martian surface. It was launched in 2000 in order to verify whether the volunteers can be helpful in such a challenging project, and how their work will meet the requirements. As a result, the project was a great success and has been continued to the present.
Number of participants: unknown
Not only do you think one that the weather in the recent years that something was wrong. The best minds and the most powerful supercomputers solve problems of analysis of climate change and weather forecasting. But no one, even the most powerful supercomputer can not be compared with climateprediction.net network consisting of thousands of machines volunteers project. They are engaged in the creation of accurate models of climate change and its consequences for humanity. The principle of participation is the same - you register on the site and download the client software, which performs the minutes of idle part of the overall work.
And what social science projects, you know? Perhaps you have already participated in any of them?