DreamLab
Developer(s)
Initial releaseOctober 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)
Stable release
  • Android: 3.7.0.0
  • iOS: 2.6.3
/ August 21, 2023 (2023-08-21)
Operating systemiOS, Android
Size87 MB
TypeVolunteer computing
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.vodafone.com/vodafone-foundation/focus-areas/dreamlab-app

DreamLab is a volunteer computing Android and iOS app launched in 2015 by Imperial College London and the Vodafone Foundation.[1][2]

Description

The app currently helps to research cancer,[3] COVID-19, new drugs and tropical cyclones.[4] To do this, DreamLab accesses part of the device's processing power, with the user's consent, while the owner is charging their smartphone, to speed up the calculations of the algorithms from Imperial College London.[5][1][6]

The aim of the tropical cyclone project is to prepare for climate change risks. Other projects aim to find existing drugs and food molecules that could help people with COVID-19 and other diseases. The performance of 100,000 smartphones would reach the annual output of all research computers at Imperial College in just three months, with a nightly runtime of six hours.[3][7][8]

The app was developed in 2015 by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney and the Vodafone Foundation.[9][10] As of May 2020, the project had over 490,000 registered users.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "New COVID-19 project will use the power of smartphones to search for treatments | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  2. ^ "DreamLab". Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Archived from the original on 2020-04-21. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  3. ^ a b "Mobile app 'finds anti-cancer molecules in food'". BBC News. 2019-07-10. Archived from the original on 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  4. ^ "Modelling tropical cyclones". Imperial College London. Archived from the original on 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  5. ^ "Corona-KI". www.vodafone.com. Archived from the original on 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  6. ^ Wall, Matt (2022-11-10). "Why tropical cyclones could become even deadlier". Vodafone UK News Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  7. ^ "Leave your smartphone on overnight find ways to fight Covid-19". Evening Standard. 2020-04-08. Archived from the original on 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  8. ^ "Dreamlab app helps scientists speed up Corona-AI research". Tech Digest. 2020-12-04. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  9. ^ "Wirtschaft, Handel & Finanzen: App lässt Smartphones nachts für Corona-Forschung arbeiten". www.handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-07.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "DreamLab". Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Archived from the original on 2020-04-21. Retrieved 2020-05-07.

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