Not sure if you all noticed, but the application already has a working screensaver.
Is there a meaning to the color changes in the picture? Part of the brain turns from brownish to turquoise and then back. Or is it just a random animation for the moment?
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Yep, Mine does as well. Frontal Lobe perhaps ? Just a guess though. It would be nice to see the part of the Brain the Work Unit is working on. :)
But thats just off the top of my head. LoL ...
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I must admit that the screen saver is one of the coolest graphics around.
A big congrats to Jack for his hard work.
Jack you done a fine job on the graphics. I would imagine you have more work to do to get it perfect but it is really cool.
John in Ireland.
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Not sure if you all noticed, but the application already has a working screensaver.
Is there a meaning to the color changes in the picture? Part of the brain turns from brownish to turquoise and then back. Or is it just a random animation for the moment?
The animations are not random but actually representative of the work being conducted on the volunteer\'s machine. Different models utilize different regions of the brain.
The graphics displayed is a 3-D brain model illuminating regions that correlate to Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) function Magnetic Residence Imaging predications of recent model runs on the volunteer’s computer. ACT-R produces BOLD point predictions (Anderson J., et al 2003) and these predictions have been expanded to the a larger brain region for visual effect. Future versions will have the ability to visualize the predicted region more precisely.
Anderson, J. R., Qin, Y., Sohn, M-H., Stenger, V. A. & Carter, C. S. (2003) An information-processing model of the BOLD response in symbol manipulation tasks. Psychonomic Bul-letin & Review. 10, 241-261.
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I done a few animated MindModeling@home screensaver images. Pop a small one on the front page to get more volunteers! They are just \".gif\" images!
Screensaver 1; 60K image
Screensaver 2; 191K image
Screensaver 3; 990K image
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Thought I would share some fun stuff about the visualization.
The Brain is a fullly interactive 3D OpenGL model. There are some fun things you can do if you bring the visualizations up in windowed mode.
1. Rotate and Zoom
--Grab the Brain with the left mouse button to move it around [x and y access]
--Grab the Brain with the right mouse button to move it in an out [z access]
[you can even go inside the brain]
2. Press F for fast mode (very CPU intensive for windows, runs fine on my Mac)
3. Press D for some debug info
4. Press S for a SETI@Home tribute
Enjoy
--Jack
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Albert BOINCstein Crunching MindModeling@home
Smiley Link; http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n46/john502/boinc/Albert/AlbertBOINCsteinCompMindModeling90x.gif
Medium Image link; http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n46/john502/boinc/Albert/AlbertBOINCsteinCompMindModeling215.gif
Large Image link; http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n46/john502/boinc/Albert/AlbertBOINCsteinCompMindModeling.gif
All the BOINC smileys are avalable at Boincteams.com; http://www.boincteams.com/viewtopic.php?t=303
John.
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Thought I would share some fun stuff about the visualization.
The Brain is a fullly interactive 3D OpenGL model. There are some fun things you can do if you bring the visualizations up in windowed mode.
1. Rotate and Zoom
--Grab the Brain with the left mouse button to move it around [x and y access]
--Grab the Brain with the right mouse button to move it in an out [z access]
[you can even go inside the brain]
2. Press F for fast mode (very CPU intensive for windows, runs fine on my Mac)
3. Press D for some debug info
4. Press S for a SETI@Home tribute
Enjoy
--Jack
Very cool! Nice to have a screensaver with such a young project. This isn\'t the case for the folks who try to help out with young alpha and beta projects, but in order to get a wider audience a screensaver is a big mark in your favor!
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