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Check out exactly what competitive protein folding is all about!

Channel: Education
Uploaded: May 9, 2008 at 4:33 am
Author: UWfoldit

Length: 00:03:45
Rating: 4.79
Views: 39620

Tags: foldit "protein folding" "proteins" "educational games" "games for science" "science" structure prediction"

Video Comments:
Hotdogbunker (November 16, 2008 at 10:10 pm)
Thanks, I needed that little extra intro!
pikmindoctor (November 12, 2008 at 3:57 pm)
errr- I think it probably is in 3D but using cell-shading. Just like in Zelda: The Wind Waker.
I like the idea of this game - kinda reminds me of that crappy 80s sci-fi film where there's these arcade machines that play a space-shooter game that secretly uploads the results to a network to find the best fighter pilot!
MishaVargas (November 14, 2008 at 6:44 am)
Ah, I should have been more specific. I think this program could benefit from being displayed so one can use old fashioned color filter glasses to see it in true 3-D.
pikmindoctor (November 14, 2008 at 1:48 pm)
oh ok - yea I'm so used to calling this sort of thing '3D'! - yea 3D glasses would be good - in fact I'd like to see some mainstream games try experimenting with 3D - perhaps as an option you can turn on and off.
Only trouble of course is that the whole scene would have to be rendered once for your left eye and again for your right - so the GPU could have twice as much work to do. - but it should still be a great feature for those with powerful enough PCs.
aromatichydrocarbons (October 1, 2008 at 8:47 am)
hey man, at least you're OVER 9000!!!!!!
frokenfrost (July 29, 2008 at 3:58 am)
I play this game and can inform that the environment is welcoming towards new players, so it is really easy to learn. Questions are always answered! And the people are from all time zones with the most different of backgrounds, too, so all it takes is a little patience in the beginning.
Fronika (June 10, 2008 at 6:55 pm)
Too clever for me and for most ordinary people too, I imagine.
marmuhlade (August 3, 2008 at 8:26 am)
Not really, it's basically just moving stuff around. You get used to how the protein is optimized after a bit, I assume.
42foxfire (June 2, 2008 at 4:32 am)
How utterly fascinating! Brilliant! Old as I am, I may try it ;-)
FozIber (June 2, 2008 at 1:54 am)
Let me see what I can do. Deep interesting.