wraggster
July 8th, 2015, 20:49
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/3eb77550d4c49da0d218547e42ff19d/202253245/sony-folding-at-home-2.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/08/sony-folding-at-home-2-for-android/)Want to help cure Alzheimer's or breast cancer? From now on, you don't have to do much more than charge your phone. Sony has released (http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2015/07/06/foldinghome-2-0-new-version-of-the-sony-app-that-lets-you-fight-breast-cancer-and-alzheimers-while-you-sleep/) a big upgrade to its Folding@Home (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/01/guinness-calls-folding-home-most-powerful-distributed-computing/) app for Android that can use your phone's processor for medical research on a continuous basis -- so long as you're on WiFi and charging, you can doze off knowing that you're contributing to a good cause. It also ties into your Google account to both accumulate time on multiple devices as well as earn game-like achievements. The refresh is available now, so give it a shot if you'd like your phone to do more in its idle time than fetch your email.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/08/sony-folding-at-home-2-for-android/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/08/sony-folding-at-home-2-for-android/