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Be the Eyes for Research
Projects
Computer
technology hasn’t quite reached the level of the
human brain and eye yet. The following project
require the use of a human eye to spot or detect
something that today’s computer software are not
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Stardust@Home
 Hunt
for interstellar dust, picked up by the Stardust spacecraft
during a dramatic encounter with a comet. Join thousands of
other volunteers around the world searching for these particles
using a 'Virtual Microscope'.
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Time Taken:
Approx
10 minutes – a small price to pay to find a star! |
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Impact:
Contributing knowledge to the scientific community about our
Galaxy |
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Cost:
Nothing |
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Donate Your Knowledge / Expertise
If you're
knowledgeable about certain topics, then why not
freely share that knowledge by helping to answer
questions posed by all sorts of people. The links
below cover a huge range of issues, so there's bound
to something there in which you can help out. |
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Advicenators!
 Advicenators
is a free website where people can get free advice and give
advice freely to those who seek to have their questions
answered. Many, many topics covered and you can even have your
own advice column.
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Time Taken:
10 - 15
minutes a question, but if you've done your homework, maybe
less! |
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Impact:
Helps
to put people's minds at rest with answers and advice |
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Cost:
Nothing |
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Proofread a Page
Are you good
at reading? Can you spot spelling mistakes? If you
can, then the following project is crying out for
people like you. |
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Distributed
Proofreaders
 This
is a web-based method to proofread a Public Domain book to ease
it's conversion into an e-book. By dividing the workload into
individual pages, many volunteers work on a book at the same
time. Proofread as many pages as you want, when you want.
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Time Taken:
3 – 10
minutes per page. Speed readers need not apply! |
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Impact:
Preserves old books for future generations to read |
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Cost:
Nothing |
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Volunteer
Your Spare Computing Power
This has got
to be the easiest one of all the volunteering
opportunities on this website. Just download a piece
of software to your pc and then let it use the spare
processing power of your computer to work on
problems that could potentially save lives. Once
downloaded, there is usually nothing more to do on
your part. |
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Distributed
Computing
 Use
the spare processing power of your pc to work on a small part of
a larger problem. The results are combined with thousands of
other computers around the world to solve challenges that a
single super computer could not achieve in a reasonable time
span.
Just install some free software and that's it!
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Time Taken:
Initially 10 minutes to set it up.
After that, zilch. You can watch telly as normal! |
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Impact:
Fight AIDS, search
for ET, predict the earth’s climate and so many more |
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Cost:
Nothing |
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