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[–]M3rcos1ty 3 points 1 day ago*

You guys must be strapped for funding or is Zika (funny the dictionary in my browser didn't recognise the word) being funded as abundantly as it should be.

I can imagine that a lot of your costs are apportioned to human resources. Do you think you could use the BOINC and WCG more efficiently?

BOINC is an open-source volunteer oriented computing grid that combines the processing power of all individual users for the purposes of scientific research. It's free, and harnesses the unused clock cycles from processors and graphics cards to attempt to cure Cancer/Aids/Ebola/Zika/Malaria, map the Milkyway, crack Enigma Codes, etc..

Gridcoin was created as a method to help compensate citizen scientists donating their spare resources, to help the common good, by solving complex problems through distributed computing.

http://www.gridcoin.us/

I'm glad to be able to donate my spare resources in order to help make OpenZika a success.

I and my colleagues at Gridcoin are behind you all the way with our spare distributed computing resources.

We'll help all we can to ensure you succeed!

Maybe your Zazzle shop will accept Gridcoin (GRC).


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[–]Open_ZikaOpen Zika | IBM World Community Grid[S] 1 point 1 day ago

Thanks - we have zero funding - thats why we started OpenZika - thats why we started a a Zazzle shop to raise awareness and a few dollars to buy compounds..http://www.zazzle.com/openzika+gifts (sean)