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Charity Engine now part of Wolfram Language!

October 20, 2020

We're in VERY good company...!

Charity Engine selected for UK Govt "G Cloud"

October 6, 2020

Charity Engine is proud to be an officially approved cloud computing supplier to the UK Govt G Cloud Digital Marketplace.

What could you do with the power of 500,000 PCs...?

The Answer To Life, The Universe, And Everything - MIT News

April 24, 2020

"I really liked running this computation on Charity Engine — we actually did use a planetary-scale computer to settle a longstanding open question whose answer is 42."

Mathematicians find a completely new way to write the number 3 - New Scientist

September 18, 2019

Third time’s a charm: just weeks after cracking an elusive problem involving the number 42, mathematicians have found a solution to an even harder problem for the number 3.

Big data (and volunteers) help scientists solve hundreds of protein puzzles - Geekwire

January 20, 2017

"Baker paid special tribute to the contributions of Rosetta@Home and Charity Engine volunteers, who are acknowledged in the Science paper.

The Power of Charity for Protein Design - University of Washington

August 16, 2014

We always donate some computing to science, and Rosetta@home is one of the most worthwhile medical research projects out there.

The Greenest Volunteer Grid Of Them All? - ScienceNode

March 14, 2012

"Last week, we brought you seven innovative ways to cool a scientific computer.

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Yes, our logo is a pink and yellow flame. This is why:

Blog - August 19, 2013 by Mark McA

Charity Engine started long before Charity Engine started. In other words; researching how to create it, partnering with the charities, legal work and due diligence took the best part of two years before the website even existed.

Why we quit Facebook - the full story

Blog - August 10, 2013 by Mark McA

In January 2010 we set up a Facebook fan page for Charity Engine, our free PC app that constantly earns money for top charities – and cash prizes for the users – all thanks to spare computing time that otherwise goes to waste. The app was still a long way from being released but, as Facebook had recently introduced vanity URLs, we figured we'd better grab www.facebook.com/charityengine while we could. Bad idea...

Charity Engine exposes Facebook scam on Channel 4 News (UK)

Press - August 10, 2013

http://www.channel4.com/news/facebook-fake-likes-online-business-charity-engine

Charity Engine chosen by Accelerate 2013!

Press - June 26, 2013

We're proud and humbled to have been chosen as one of the Accelerate 2013 top 250 UK companies. In their words:

$1000 - James Chabot-Weingart

Prize Winner - June 19, 2013

I am a Systems Administrator working toward a Masters in Computer Science. My wife and I have two year old son. We are turning the prize money into an investment in the future, by using it to help pay for my classes. We're happy to help support international charity efforts and spread the word about grid computing.

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Charity Engine now part of Wolfram Language!

Charity Engine selected for UK Govt "G Cloud"

The Answer To Life, The Universe, And Everything - MIT News

Mathematicians find a completely new way to write the number 3 - New Scientist

Big data (and volunteers) help scientists solve hundreds of protein puzzles - Geekwire

The Power of Charity for Protein Design - University of Washington

The Greenest Volunteer Grid Of Them All? - ScienceNode

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Yes, our logo is a pink and yellow flame. This is why:

Why we quit Facebook - the full story

Charity Engine exposes Facebook scam on Channel 4 News (UK)

Charity Engine chosen by Accelerate 2013!

$1000 - James Chabot-Weingart

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