I have 7 grand kids. Several are interested in science and one in will be going to a magnet school for math and science. 2 others are in advanced studies in science. They often brag about their papaw that does science on his computers.

It would be helpful when I am encouraging their interests in science if I could show something physical related to the projects. A 3d printed protein or amino acid molecule especially one I had earned here as a badge would be pretty cool. While I realize you want to use them as awards I would like to buy one as I earn it to show my grand kids. I would love to see a "store" where I could buy related merchandise for the grand kids.

I have tried to bring up my kids and now grand kids to be global citizens. To care about humanity and this planet. Being involved in international science projects I think helps show they too can be global citizens and contribute to the knowledge and betterment of human kind. Anything that helps make that real to kids I would like to see.

Thank you.

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An absolute great idea :)

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DSKAG Austria Research Team: http://www.research.dskag.at

I also think it's an excellent idea ....

And I want to congratulate the GPUGrid team for innovations in the website. Especially statistics and the ability to see our participation in various projects....

I'm in!

In fact, a nice idea. Why I'm part of GPUGRID.net?

I like the idea of being part (with my computer) of a scientific project. So I got part of seti more than a decade ago. Still interested in astronomy, I think it is better now to work on real-world problems of humanity. That's why I switched to GPUGRID.

If there's anything I should win, I would like to pass this value as a donation.

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Regards, Josef

I realy like these ideas

What about introducing a shop with some nice T-Shirts, Polos, Shirts,... may 3D print of your account level molecules?

I would even buy some of your stickers, and you could ask more than it's printing costs.
I'm sure there will be other who would like to donate you this way.

If you own a 3D printer already then a proteins/aminoacid molecule of ones level + scientific publications contribution ranks would be awesome.

Or simply any kind of thing we could hold in our hands, wear, set on a desk, etc. Would add a very real component to the rather theoretical work.

If its 3D models, dont make them too big, so that production and shipping costs are low but sturdy enough so they dont brake.
Set a minimum price that includes all cost + a fixed donation.

You may even sell different sizes and for example for bigger models add a higher fixed donation value.

From a quick search, the production cost seems to go hand in hand with size.

http://www.trinckle.com/object.php?id=1278


http://www.trinckle.com/object.php?id=1372


http://www.trinckle.com/object.php?id=1378

and of course it depends on the material used. ( orange button "Konfigurieren und bestellen" for prices )

Implementing a shop may not be as easy as a lottery but compared to the handfull of winners everybody would win.