π©βπ¬ Top 10 Free Games With Real World Impacts π¨βπ¬ Citizen Science!
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This video is not ranked by best or worst, just by most gamey, except for 9, 10, and the Honorable Mention which are websites with assorted games (one of which made the main list!). A list of the official YouTube Channels, websites, and resources for these games and their research groups is below, as well as additional information about Citizen Science. Please show them your support, share their videos, and make an impact! Do you know of any Citizen Science games that are still active? Comment below!
Sources and Additional Research:
0:00 Intro
0:15 Phylo
https://phylo.cs.mcgill.ca/index.html#about
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylo_(video_game)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKcvsgIQOt0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdQuO0HY88Y
2:31 Quantum Moves 2
https://www.scienceathome.org/games/quantum-moves-2/
3:39 FoldIt
https://fold.it/portal/info/about
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGjfDFjL-7rvhRRl2keqhcA
4:40 Eterna
https://eternagame.org/web/about/
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/science/11rna.html?_r=0
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/video_popup/4/29/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/videogamers-are-recruited-to-fight-tuberculosis-and-other-ills-1462290212
6:03 EyeWire
https://eyewire.org/explore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS0kqc2Y5ss
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-4ECekOho-f1AR2twA5FYg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyewire
8:28 Decodoku
https://decodoku.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Decodoku.Decodoku
https://itunes.apple.com/ch/app/decodoku/id1093080064?l=en&mt=8
9:55 Cazasteroides
http://cazasteroides.org/en/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmsUDhfcPeU
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=es.upm.cazasteroides
https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/cazasteroides/id1298492239
12:00 Cancer Crusade
http://cancercrusadegame.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.moffitt.cancercrush
12:40 Assorted Games at ScienceAtHome
https://www.scienceathome.org/games/
13:16 Assorted Games at Zooniverse (especially space games)
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects?discipline=astronomy&page=1&status=live
13:33 Honorable Mention: Bee The Swarm
http://www.beetheswarm.com/about
More About Citizen Science Games:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-based_computation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_science
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_citizen_science_projects
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Song in EyeWire Video:
"Hot Property"
by Barrie Gledden, Tim Reilly
Songs in Cazasteroides, FoldIt, Quantum Moves 2 videos unknown
Other Songs:
"Easy Lemon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
"Bassa Island Game Loop" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/