Isnt what you saying similar to the boinc projects such as seti@home where users contribute there computer power to projects in terms of number crunching?
Regards, Jonathan From: Beowulf <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Chuck Petras Sent: 26 November 2019 21:08 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [Beowulf] Is Crowd Computing the Next Big Thing? Seen the below where a company wants to rent your smartphone as a cloud computing resource. From a few years ago there was a company making space heaters that contained servers to compute and heat your house. Are there any classes of problems that would be monitizeable in a grid computing environment to make those efforts financially viable? Is Crowd Computing the Next Big Thing? https://www.eejournal.com/article/is-crowd-computing-the-next-big-thing/ Heating houses with 'nerd power' https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32816775#<https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32816775> Chuck Petras, PE** Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc Pullman, WA 99163 USA http://www.selinc.com SEL Synchrophasors - A New View of the Power System <http://synchrophasor.selinc.com> Making Electric Power Safer, More Reliable, and More Economical (R) ** Registered in Oregon.
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