Posted on 03/23/2007 9:31:00 PM PDT by texas booster
_INTO THE FOLD: Despite all the criticism the PlayStation 3 has received, everyone acknowledges it's a powerful piece of hardware. Scientists at Stanford University want to harness that power while you're not using it to play "Virtual Fighter."
The researchers are studying the folding and misfolding of proteins, processes that may lead to diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and many kinds of cancer. It requires a lot of computing power to simulate the processes, so the Folding@home program has set up a global network of computers to handle the calculations.
By the end of this month, Internet-connected PS3 owners will be able to donate time on their machines to the Folding@home project. It's the first "distributed computing" project to take advantage of the PS3's zippy Cell processor, and Sony promises it won't be the last.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Thanks to all the new members of the Folding team, as we search for a cure to Alzheimer’s and cancer!
G&HLowry
IslandGirl
Ol_Painless
Deitiker
nerdwithamachinegun
kevsher
Please encourage your friends to fold for Team Ronald Reagan!
There has to be more people besides G&HLowry and myself running the PS3!!!
I know they send different sized work units to the PS3 but it flat out screams compared to my PeeeeCeeeee.
I think we have about 1/2 dozen PS3s in the fold.
Is there a game ping for FR that we can shout out to, and maybe add a few more PS3s to the team?
I have been told that you can manipulate the protein on the PS3 display and rotate the molecule that is being folded. Pretty neat!
PS3 here
Getting quiet in here.
Maybe we should start a new thread with “Folding with your Tax Refund”
I need another PC anyway (as if I didn’t have too many now)
BTTT.
Shame so many of us need to work for a living.
We will have a couple of more folks join us in the next week.
Maybe we can get someone with one of the new Mac 8-way systems to donate a few cycles!
Those systems are for work - Luckily I only need about 3-8% of CPU for the tasks and can donate the rest.
Would be really cool to see those Macs perform (probably blow me out of the water, but still cool).
Just makin’ sure we are all still here Bump.
:O)
P
I’m here, but that’s no guarantee that anyone else is.
Woo! Hoo!
Just cracked the top 100 Team Reagan folders!
Time for a new thread!
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