Gamers Can Now Help Stanford University Researchers with the “Folding@Home” Project Now you can help fight cancer simply by playing video games from the comfort of your own home. Researchers at Stanford University have teamed up with Sony Computer Entertainment America, the makers of PlayStation, on the “Folding@Home” project. Folding@Home helps researchers study the folding, and more important, misfolding of human proteins, which can lead to understanding the cause and cure of diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cystic fibrosis. In order to study protein folding, researchers need more than just one super computer, but the massive processing power of thousands of networked computers. Previously, PCs have been the only option for scientists studying this, but now, they have a new, more powerful tool—PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3). The PS3’s cell processor is about 20 times faster at folding than a standard PC, giving even greater results in real time, allowing scientists to not only see but navigate the molecule in 3D. To take part voluntarily, gamers just need to click on the Folding@Home icon within the main menu of the PS3. Then whenever their game system is idle, it will automatically begin the real-time simulations and the PS3’s graphic chip actually allows you to watch the process first hand. You can even manipulate and study the protein strand yourself. Produced for Sony Computer Entertainment America
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wtf ? ps3 cure CANCER ????? LoL
imagine an argument.. which is best xbox or ps3: the xbox has more exclusive games yeah well the ps3 can cure cancer. lol
@lupecotefg umm…. there is no 2:25 to 2:55
wow
Pretty cool O_O
why doesn’t sony strike a deal with these studiers. that gammers that do this for them recieves so many free games for time spent helping with these studies.
or cheapen the cost of the system in a rebate money back after so many hours. like 3000 hours then we would get a rebate of the cost of the system.
Brilliant game I like 2:25 to 2:55 I managed to get it free at 115 games |.| com There are simply thousands of PS3 games there but the best thing is they are all free too superb game
ps3 is helping people to save lives where xbox 360 has almost taking some lives when some of the launch model which caught fire
cool but but i love my 360
bullshit
the ps3, it only plays games, blu ray, surfs the web, cures diseases, and everything, unlike the crapbox 360 which only plays games and breaks
fucking sweet, no lets see it end all the wars
@personnumber19398321 you could if you place the beef on the cell processor and cook it there
Origami lol nah i dunno either but it cures cancer
ps3 is awesome.sony is the best love them
im watching this video off my PS3….lol ironic
“it only does everything” can the PS3 make me a roast beef sandvich? no..
ps3 cant do everything, can it make me a a roast beef sandvich? no….lol
just one more reason to why the ps3 is better, ” ps3, it only does everything “
It only does everything
thats amazing
eveytime you stop playing games, an orphan dies from cancer
PS3 FTW my 360 died a long time ago
Actually, today as a matter of fact, a article on Yahoo said that they found out a Xbox 360 can help out with Heart Disease by computeing faster than PCs…but PS3 is still da shyt because besides faster and part of the nations supercomputers they r also helping scientists figure out how stars get swallowed by the black holes in space!! PS3 Technology is KING
And Xbox thinks they’re better. xD
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