1. Distributed Computing Projects

2. Folding@Home Find cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's by analyzing the ways proteins develop (protein folding). Interest: Find the cure.

3. SETI@Home Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Uses radio telescope to search for narrow-band radio signals. Interest: Are we really alone in the vastness of space?

4. Cosmology@Home Search for the model that best describes how our Universe works. Interest: Understanding of how the Universe came to be and where its going.

5. DistrRTgen Generate rainbow tables that can be used to break weak password hashes Interest: Force developers to use stronger password hashes and encryption techniques.

6. Distributed.net RC5-72 Distributed computing project to break RC5 security keys through brute force attacks. Interest: Its just plain cool.