I have experience in multithreaded/parallel programming and want to put it to good use on a side project that could generate decent revenue.
I need some help with ideas. At first I was thinking to offer up computation as a service. We already do storage as a service (see: Dropbox) and it's been wildly successful. I was hoping to find some way to frame computation as a useful service that could affect everyday users' lives. The most basic option I think is to set up a little computer farm and let people run batch jobs for some fee. But that's pretty far-removed from everyday people. So maybe this is the wrong tree to try climbing.
What about a database application that takes advantage of many-core computers? Or maybe a nice wrapper API to use with database systems already in place. Or does something like that already exist?
Summary - brainstorming lucrative ideas to do with parallel programming of many-core machines.
