NanoDoc

Posted by jlee614 on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @10:35PM
from the nanodoc.org dept.

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.

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Re:NanoDoc by NotHereNotThere on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @11:04PM (#6325297)

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

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Re:NanoDoc by burke on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @01:52AM (#6325827)

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

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Re:NanoDoc by robotgal on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @02:40AM (#6325995)

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

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Re:NanoDoc by robotgal on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @11:08PM (#6325309)

Great feedback, will do!

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Re:NanoDoc by hadem on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @12:51AM (#6325627)

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Re:NanoDoc by zwass on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @01:02AM (#6325664)

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.

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Re:NanoDoc by robotgal on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @01:16AM (#6325705)

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

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Re:NanoDoc by robotgal on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @02:41AM (#6325999)

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

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Re:NanoDoc by shark234 on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @11:52PM (#6325422)

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

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Re:NanoDoc by chm on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @01:33AM (#6325761)

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

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Re:NanoDoc by angersock on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @01:41AM (#6325790)

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!)

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Re:NanoDoc by etrautmann on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @01:50AM (#6325822)

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.

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Re:NanoDoc by hallieatrobohub on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @09:57AM (#6327567)

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

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