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The Zika Virus & Your Computer - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 05-24-2016
If you're reading this on a computer right now (rather than a phone or tablet) you can donate your extra processing power to the World Community Grid to help fight the Zika Virus. Who knows, you could be part of the solution to keep Zika out of Hawaii.
Here's where to sign up:
https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/discover.action#what-if
Here's how it works:
for more than a decade, an IBM-run initiative has helped scientists tap into the computing power of millions of machines across the planet as a way to speed up research into deadly diseases and other public health problems.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/zika-idle-computer-world-community-grid/483887/
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RE: The Zika Virus & Your Computer - Lee M-S - 05-24-2016
I'd be worried about my computer getting the Zika Virus.
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