Resources?
perhaps if the project could run only at times when the screen saver is active then it may be of more interest.
Pre-assigned functions shouldn't be toooo hard to set up for download for running in the background when other applications are suspended for example with auto-uploads of data when given milestones are reached.
Seem to remember a Climate Change project using distributed crowd resources which did this, even though the actual project had errors... so not beyond the realms of the organisers to provide this option
Looks like a good idea in principle and I wish them luck