Identifying malaria infected cells is time consuming and are done by a highlt educated doctor with the use of a microscope. In other words; a perfect task to gamify! That's exactly was UCLA has done in their new test project where they let gamers (with no relevant education) tries to solve the problem. The answers are combined in an advanced algorithm which make the end result more accurate.
To read more and try for yourself follow the link below!
http://biogames.ee.ucla.edu/
This is the story of two engineering students thoughts and troubles in writing a master thesis on how to introduce gamification in a business context at Cybercom, Sweden. Stay tuned.
