PlayStation 3 to take on incurable diseases
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Sony has announced to promote PS3 game consoles to help research the causes of cancer, Alzheimer's and other diseases. This is aimed to use the advance computing powers of the consoles to help fight diseases.
Did you know?
That PlayStation 3 processers are 10 times faster than chips is normal PCs.
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yeah.. this was said by the makers of the PS3.. that their processors could handle that kind of intensity..
for the PS2, there was talk of it being used in cruise missiles and Saddam buying about 1000 of them
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I cannot imagine...if...one day...the video games we play are real life? That's pretty awesome and scary at the same time =/
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I cannot imagine...if...one day...the video games we play are real life? That's pretty awesome and scary at the same time =/
That is too advanced
not in 21 century I think 
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It's okie with me. I dun think it'll happen during my lifetime!
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PS3 power requested for research project
By Daniel Terdiman
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: March 15, 2007, 7:02 AM PDT
If you bought a PlayStation 3 thinking it was just for games or watching movies, Sony wants you to know you can use the powerful device for something a lot more important.
Sony announced on Thursday that owners of any Internet-connected PS3 will be able to participate in a wide-ranging, distributed, scientific experiment led by Stanford University's Folding@home program, which is seeking to better understand a process called protein folding and its relationship to several serious diseases.
According to a release from Sony, the Stanford program is focusing on how two-dimensional protein strands in the human body fold into the three-dimensional molecules that determine their biological functions, and why incorrect folding can lead to debilitating diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
But studying the folding process is an extremely complex task requiring vast amounts of computing power, Sony said in its release. Hence the PS3/Folding@home initiative. PS3 participants will be able to lend their console's massive processing power to the effort, much as PC users are able to assist in the SETI@Home project, which is seeking to identify extraterrestrial life.
PS3 users are expected to be able to start lending their machines to the project on March 23, accessing Folding@home via the PS3's XrossMediaBar, the console's interactive menu system. Once participating machines are connected to the project and idle, Folding@home will tap the devices' unused processing power. Users will be able to watch the scientific simulations in real time, Sony said, as well as interact with the research by manipulating protein strands. -
I do see PS3 in the medical halls...especially when it comes to operations =) i think its gonna be a breakthrough =)