While doctors all over
the world are trying to find a cure for cancer, digital technology is not far
behind. The Vodafone Foundation and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research
have teamed up to create DreamLab, an app for your Android smartphone that
assists in finding a cure for cancer. Unbelievable, isn’t it? Let’s get to know
more about this life changing app.
What is DreamLab
Earlier we used to store uncountable amount of
research data in our supercomputers, which were highly expensive. But nowadays
even a small flash drive can store up to 256GB with lightning transfer speed.
Taking this approach, DreamLab stepped into the picture, to aid in finding a
cure for cancer. This app can turn normal android smartphones into
supercomputers that support the Garvan Institute in discovering a cure for all
types of cancer: prostate, ovarian, pancreatic and breast.
How does it Work
Wondering how you are going to contribute to
this effort? Relax; you don’t need to do anything. Just put your phone on
charge at night and go to sleep. Yes, that’s it! Once your phone is completely
charged, the DreamLab app will start its work. It will automatically download
the research data which will, in turn, resolve multiple cancer-related
problems. After this whole process, the app will send the results to the Garvan
Institute through the Amazon Cloud. What you are doing here is subsidizing your
smartphone's potential into processing the data and storing it on the cloud;
just like a supercomputer would do.
Benefits of DreamLab
Vodafone Foundation along with the Garvan
Institute of Medical Research has developed a great way of speeding up the
research process of cancer cure. As this app provides free access to critical
information, it can make any Android smartphone into a supercomputer that, in
return, will help in the research for developing an antidote for cancer. With
around 100,000 users around the world, this app will be able to assemble and
solve problems 3000 times faster. Just imagine a world without the fear of
cancer!
Why DreamLab?
The results often get delayed due to the lack
of availability of resources and standard storage management. As a solution to
this problem, this app works on the principle of 'more the users, the faster
the research will be'. You can use your mobile data or a Wi-Fi connection to
conduct this research. And don’t worry about this app eating up your mobile
network. You can choose how much data plan you want to use for this app. If you
ever run out of your data limit, then DreamLab will immediately pause its
research to save you from getting a hole in your pocket (paying the phone bill
often does that).
Had there been a
possibility earlier, of finding cures through smartphones apps, it would have
been pretty much easier to eradicate chronic diseases like cancer. Well, better
late than never. With an innovative approach towards finding a cure for cancer,
DreamLab is doing its job pretty fine. You don’t have to do it manually or
study and analyse the data; all you have to do is download the DreamLab app and
put your android smartphone on charge at night. Easy, isn’t it?
