IBM'S World Community Grid Unveils Research Projects on Three Continents to Improve Water Quality

IBM's World Community Grid, a worldwide network of PC owners helping scientists solve humanitarian challenges, today announced several computing projects aimed at developing techniques to produce cleaner and safer water, an increasingly scarce commodity eluding at least 1.2 billion people worldwide.

Read the press release: http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32422.wss

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• IBM
• water
• water quality
• World Community Grid

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This is so great... Being a full time student, I am short on both donation funds, as well as time, so I see this as an excellent opportunity to help!

[saultube44]

I participate and I feel happy to help Humanity, please join us.

[NewsFromTheShed]

This is far from an original or innovative idea. BOINC and Seti@Home have been doing this for years. I have been using Seti@Home since early 2007.

[TdotRob]

In the winter I dedicate 8 CPU cores to World Community Grid and it heats my office! The cost of the computing power is completely offset by the savings at the furnace which has to run a lot less. I've donated 60 CPU-days to the Computing for Clean Water project in the last week and more than 9 years of CPU time since I started. This is a GREAT way to make a difference in the world, quite literally while you sleep. If you have a computer, you can participate. Highly recommended!