NanoDoc

[jlee614]

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.

[NotHereNotThere]

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

[burke]

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

[robotgal]

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

[robotgal]

Great feedback, will do!

[hadem]

Login to play...bye!

[zwass]

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.

[robotgal]

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

[robotgal]

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

[shark234]

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

[chm]

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

[angersock]

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!)

[etrautmann]

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.

[hallieatrobohub]

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