This is so brilliant I had to share.

This is outright ingenious! Researchers at CMU have figured out how to turn tasks still difficult for computers into games for humans. They are creating a new concept called human computation, and they're getting it done by creating simple games playable over the internet that are pretty similar to games like Catchphrase or Taboo. I wonder if this has any application to identifying solutions to extreme poverty?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8246463980976635143