Thanks to Xataka Móvil, we know about the Boincoid project, an Android port of BOINC platform, that is one of the most famous platforms for grid computing.
BOINC was released by Berkeley University and serves as the foundations for grid projects like SETI@home (a reference in grid computing), Rosetta@home, ClimatePrediction and many others.
Now, an Israel-based team has managed to port its 40,000 lines of open-sourced C++ code to Android platform. They have announced an upcoming Java platform version, as well.
Their first goal was Android Developer Challenge, but once they are not in the Top 50, we hope they will go on with the project.
Anyway, mobile grid faces some barriers that makes its adoption a bit harder than PC-based grid computing. First, power comsumption. Battery life is a very precious thing in mobile devices - despite PCs, where it can be simply not considered. Second, data plans. Nowadays, data plans of mobile carriers are not cheap enough in order to people spend their money on grid computing.
Via XatakaMovil
Link Boincoid
