Gareth
19-09-2006, 15:13
Some good news on the PS3, for a change...
"CNN reports that Sony has teamed up with Folding@home to use the PS3 to study how proteins are formed in the human body and how they sometimes form incorrectly. From the article: 'Donating [a gamer's] PS3's down time to researchers could help cure Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or mad cow disease.' PS3 users will be able to download a software package that tracks when the PS3 is not being used. While gamers are in school, at work, or asleep, their system's Cell processor can be used to perform simulations for research organizations.
source: http://slashdot.org/articles/06/09/18/1910208.shtml
Now, this seems a good idea, to me. It's a shame the app won't be installed and enabled by default, as they would then have millions of extra users automatically. Still, any extra folders has to be a good thing :tu:
"CNN reports that Sony has teamed up with Folding@home to use the PS3 to study how proteins are formed in the human body and how they sometimes form incorrectly. From the article: 'Donating [a gamer's] PS3's down time to researchers could help cure Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or mad cow disease.' PS3 users will be able to download a software package that tracks when the PS3 is not being used. While gamers are in school, at work, or asleep, their system's Cell processor can be used to perform simulations for research organizations.
source: http://slashdot.org/articles/06/09/18/1910208.shtml
Now, this seems a good idea, to me. It's a shame the app won't be installed and enabled by default, as they would then have millions of extra users automatically. Still, any extra folders has to be a good thing :tu: