NanoDoc(nanodoc.org)

20 pointsby jlee61413 anni fa13 comments

http://nanodoc.org/

A couple of guys out of the Bhatia Lab at MIT have made a game out of design and optimization of cancer nanotherapeutics. Nanodoc (http://nanodoc.org/) is on online game that allows bioengineers and the general public to design new nanoparticle strategies towards the treatment of cancer.

7 comments

NotHereNotThere13 anni fa

Sorry, but requiring a social network account to play this is simply ridiculous. Provide alternative options if you want this to catch on.

burke13 anni fa

Yup. I was actually really excited to try this, but was not okay with the permissions it requires for said social networks.

robotgal13 anni fa

Ok, we limited the facebook permissions. Hope this works better!

robotgal13 anni fa

Great feedback, will do!

hadem13 anni fa

zwass13 anni fa

I don't particularly mind having to connect to Facebook, but the permissions required go way beyond what makes sense for what this game claims to be. When I denied access, it caused a server error on the nanodoc website.

robotgal13 anni fa

Thanks! That can easily be changed, what permissions would be acceptable? I'll make the fix.

robotgal13 anni fa

We just restricted the facebook permissions. Should be more acceptable.

shark23413 anni fa

Great experiment, but I wonder how usefull can be a bunch of people playing a game without any knowledge of biomedicine.

chm13 anni fa

I haven't played it yet, but it might be useful in training neural nets?

angersock13 anni fa

Great to see another swarm game!

Check out the one we're doing for ICRA this year:

http://swarmcontrol.herokuapp.com

(you don't even need to log in to play!)

etrautmann13 anni fa

Very cool idea! The name made me think this was something about text editors and documentation, but I doubt most people outside of this context will make that association.

hallieatrobohub13 anni fa

Great to see swarm robotics combined with crowd-sourcing - such a natural fit.