Power Up On Good

This article is a repost of an article I wrote for Tribal Worldwide's Smoke Signals
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A new joint effort between the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) and HTC aims to combine the network power of mobile devices with scientific research. BOINC claims that the combined power of spare mobile computing cycles would be enough to solve complex problems related to AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease.

The idea is that people will donate their phone’s resources to a worthwhile cause with minimal effort applied.

HTC plans to tap into this through an app, HTC Power To Give, in the Google Play store. Through this app, users will also be able to select a specific research program that matters most to them. Additionally, the HTC Power To Give app only runs while the phone is charging and connected to a WiFi network, preventing any battery issues. Down the road, HTC plans to expand the app to work across all Android devices. The app will initially be available to download on HTC One and HTC Butterfly phones.

Learn more about the HTC Power To Give project here.

Implication: It is no longer about what technology can do just for you, but how you can use it to easily benefit the greater good.