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Zoran Popovic: Massive multiplayer games to solve complex scientific problems
Zoran Popovic is the Director of the Center for Game Science and a professor at the University of Washington. He founded Foldit, a game that turns protein folding into a competitive sport.
The idea is also in Neal Stephenson's Reamde. One is a 10 minute video and one is a 1000 page novel.