DreamLab
Volunteer computing mobile app for medical research
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DreamLab was a volunteer computing Android and iOS app launched in 2015 by Imperial College London and the Vodafone Foundation.[1][2] It was discontinued on 2nd April 2025.
- Android: 3.9.6.4972
- iOS: 2.6.8
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| Initial release | October 12, 2015 |
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| Operating system | iOS, Android |
| Size | 87 MB |
| Type | Volunteer computing |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
Description
The app helped to research cancer,[3] COVID-19, new drugs and tropical cyclones.[4] To do this, DreamLab accessed part of the device's processing power, with the user's consent, while the owner charged their smartphone, to speed up the calculations of the algorithms from Imperial College London.[5][1][6]
The aim of the tropical cyclone project was to prepare for climate change risks. Other projects aimed to find existing drugs and food molecules that could help people with COVID-19 and other diseases. The performance of 100,000 smartphones would reach the annual output of all research computers at Imperial College in just three months, with a nightly runtime of six hours.[3][7][8]
The app was developed in 2015 by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney and the Vodafone Foundation.[9][10] In May 2020, the project had over 490,000 registered users.
