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DOSBox emulates DOS and the environment in which DOS ran in the past (like an old pc), including memory management and sound configuration, but with the power of your computer today. PowerUp Rewards - Home Page. Gamers Succeed Where AIDS Researchers Could Not. Thousands of people playing an Internet game called Foldit successfully formulated a structure for a key enzyme related to the development of the AIDS virus, coming up with a model that had consistently eluded scientists.

Gamers Succeed Where AIDS Researchers Could Not

By using a game developed by researchers at the University of Washington, players were able to come up with a viable structure for a protein that's crucial to the early development of AIDS. Foldit allows users to assemble potential proteins out of different molecular building blocks, and video game players ended up accomplishing what scientists couldn't. People have spatial reasoning skills, something computers are not yet good at, said Seth Cooper, a University of Washington computer scientist who is Foldit's lead designer and developer. Games provide a framework for bringing together the strengths of computers and humans.

Few of the players had any background or training in biochemisty, but expertise isn't required to excel in Foldit. Imagining Skyrim In 2012.