PlayStation 3 gamers can aid medical research, Sony says

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the other ps3 thread was getting a bit stale so heres a new one :P

A Game Console that Cures

TOKYO: People who buy Sony's new PlayStation 3 console, which hit U.S. stores Friday, could help search for a cure to diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's by connecting their machines to the Internet.

The new PS3 machines are as powerful as supercomputers and can help Stanford University researchers speed up analysis of complex human protein structures, according to Nanako Kato of Sony's gaming arm, Sony Computer Entertainment.

When the program — dubbed Cure@PLAYSTATION 3 — is launched, PS3 owners can contribute by registering their machines with Stanford, downloading specially designed software and leaving their machines online to process data when they're not playing.

"The PlayStation 3 system is a console with a conscience," said a release issued by Sony and Stanford in August. "The Cure@PLAYSTATION 3 project will potentially transform the way medical research is conducted."

The university's research time could be up to 20 times faster with a global network of PS3s, which are fitted with advanced CELL processors that can perform billions of calculations per second, according to Sony.

The Stanford team, led by Professor Vijay Pande, is studying how proteins in human cells interact or malfunction to bring on cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other crippling and fatal diseases.

The program will kick off after the PS3 becomes available globally, Kato said.

PS3, the much-awaited update to Sony's popular PlayStation series, went on sale in Japan on Saturday. It was set to launch in the U.S. on Friday and in Europe in March.

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Source: PlayStation 3 gamers can aid medical research, Sony says - iht,business,Japan PlayStation - Business - International Herald Tribune

guess its like folding with a ps3 !
 
I think it is not the PS3 but its processor, rather I say super-computer-processor that is so powerful to do that job.

Wondering when can we see CELL based desktop PC !! or it will marry PS3 and live happly-together ever after.
 
yes maybe the seti project will implement this concept too.. but only after noting the success in this project...

its just the boinc client whic allows ppl to use such reaserch stuff...
 
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