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One of the distinctive features of early [[BOINC]] projects was the '''project screensaver.''' Many screensavers featured a real-time animated display showing the volunteer's computer actively contributing to science. When a BOINC-attached machine sat idle, the screensaver would launch and visualise the underlying computation: radio telescope signals sweeping across a star field for [[SETI@home]], protein chains folding in three dimensions for [[Rosetta@home]], or a climate model globe spinning for [[Climateprediction.net]].
One of the distinctive features of early [[BOINC]] projects was the '''project screensaver.''' Many screensavers featured a real-time animated display showing the volunteer's computer actively contributing to science. When a BOINC-attached machine sat idle, the screensaver would launch and visualise the underlying computation: radio telescope signals sweeping across a star field for [[SETI@home]], protein chains folding in three dimensions for [[Rosetta@home]], or a climate model globe spinning for [[climateprediction.net]].


As LCD and OLED monitors replaced phosphor-coated CRTs, the original technical justification for screensavers (preventing phosphor burn-in), became obsolete. BOINC projects gradually stopped shipping screensaver graphics. The gallery below preserves recordings of every known BOINC project screensaver. Click any '''▶''' link to watch the YouTube recording; where an animated GIF exists on [[Wikimedia Commons]], it appears in the left column.
As LCD and OLED monitors replaced phosphor-coated CRTs, the original technical justification for screensavers (preventing phosphor burn-in), became obsolete. BOINC projects gradually stopped shipping screensaver graphics. The gallery below preserves recordings of every known BOINC project screensaver. Click any '''▶''' link to watch the YouTube recording; where an animated GIF exists on [[Wikimedia Commons]], it appears in the left column.
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM6kiaM228Y&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ Boinc Xplor 7.41]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM6kiaM228Y&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ Boinc Xplor 7.41]
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[Proteins@home]]'''<br/><small>Biochemistry / Protein folding</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[proteins@home]]'''<br/><small>Biochemistry / Protein folding</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | An early protein structure prediction project. The screensaver displayed evolving protein geometry using the Boinc Xplor visualiser.
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | An early protein structure prediction project. The screensaver displayed evolving protein geometry using the Boinc Xplor visualiser.
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mae7JfL1giE&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ HadSM3 Slab Model]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mae7JfL1giE&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ HadSM3 Slab Model]
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[Climateprediction.net]]'''<br/><small>Climate science</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[climateprediction.net]]'''<br/><small>Climate science</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | Displays an animated global climate model: a spinning Earth overlaid with colour-coded temperature anomaly, cloud cover, and atmospheric flow vectors. One of the oldest continuous BOINC projects (launched 2003), still active.
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | Displays an animated global climate model: a spinning Earth overlaid with colour-coded temperature anomaly, cloud cover, and atmospheric flow vectors. One of the oldest continuous BOINC projects (launched 2003), still active.
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GAYKw5SakQ&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ malariacontrol.net 5.53]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GAYKw5SakQ&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ malariacontrol.net 5.53]
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[Malariacontrol.net]]'''<br/><small>Epidemiology / Public health</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[malariacontrol.net]]'''<br/><small>Epidemiology / Public health</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | Ran stochastic simulations of malaria transmission dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa to evaluate cost-effectiveness of intervention strategies. Concluded around 2015.
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | Ran stochastic simulations of malaria transmission dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa to evaluate cost-effectiveness of intervention strategies. Concluded around 2015.
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJmm60Wgl8&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ Beta 2.61]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJmm60Wgl8&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ Beta 2.61]
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[MindModeling@home]]'''<br/><small>Cognitive science</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[MindModeling@Home]]'''<br/><small>Cognitive science</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | Applied cognitive architecture models (ACT-R and PRIMs) to simulate human thought processes. Run by Wright State University and the University of Dayton. Ran approximately 2009–2016.
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | Applied cognitive architecture models (ACT-R and PRIMs) to simulate human thought processes. Run by Wright State University and the University of Dayton. Ran approximately 2009–2016.
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHJ4KBdwVew&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ cmsearch 0.13]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHJ4KBdwVew&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ cmsearch 0.13]
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[RNA World (BOINC)|RNA World]]'''<br/><small>Biology / RNA research</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[RNA World (beta)]]'''<br/><small>Biology / RNA research</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | Searched for functional RNA molecules using the cmsearch algorithm from the Infernal software package. Run by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | Searched for functional RNA molecules using the cmsearch algorithm from the Infernal software package.
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| style="text-align:center; padding:6px; vertical-align:top;" | —
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTeYa66qkxc&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ Starboard 5.21]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTeYa66qkxc&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ Starboard 5.21]
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[Primates@Home]]'''<br/>Playing around
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[Pirates@Home#Primates@Home (April Fools 2008)|Primates@Home]]'''<br/>Playing around
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | The Starboard screensaver variant echoes the Pirates@Home fun atmosphere with secret messages
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | The Starboard screensaver variant echoes the Pirates@Home fun atmosphere with secret messages
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RVFLPdrwiA&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ Version 7.00]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RVFLPdrwiA&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ Version 7.00]
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[BOINC]]'''<br/><small>Infrastructure / Testing</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[BOINC]] test project'''<br/><small>Infrastructure / Testing</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | Generic BOINC test project screensaver used for client validation.
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | Generic BOINC test project screensaver used for client validation.
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6ugQIq7Zao&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ General]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6ugQIq7Zao&list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy ▶ General]
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[BOINC]]'''<br/><small>Promotional</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px;" | '''[[BOINC]] processing for science Screensaver'''<br/><small>Promotional</small>
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | A promotional screensaver recording showing BOINC processing across multiple projects.
| style="vertical-align:top; padding:6px; font-size:0.9em;" | A promotional screensaver recording showing BOINC processing across multiple projects.
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|[[File:NanoHive@Home Screensaver.png|thumb|Static image only]]
|'''[[NanoHive@Home]] Screensaver'''
|NanoHive@Home Screensaver with explanations.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy BOINC Screensavers — full YouTube playlist]
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLblxpyGay1Q7Bp3Mx2GACRc2XU6F0Yduy BOINC Screensavers — full YouTube playlist]
* [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/BOINC-screensaver BOINC screensaver technical documentation (GitHub)]
* [https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/BOINC-screensaver BOINC screensaver technical documentation (GitHub)]
* [[commons:Category:Berkeley_Open_Infrastructure_for_Network_Computing|BOINC media on Wikimedia Commons]]
* [[commons:Category:Berkeley_Open_Infrastructure_for_Network_Computing_projects|BOINC media on Wikimedia Commons]]


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