Posted on 03/27/2007 11:11:11 PM PDT by Lorianne
Sony's PS3 not only entertains but also cures cancer Use your Playstation 3 to help science PlayStation's serious side: Fighting disease
Perhaps you've seen headlines like these. Fascinating, huh? And they're all true - but only to a point and one that obscures something far more important. The process by which Sony's new game console is going to help fight disease has been around for years and this very moment (or rather, when you finish this article) you can become a part of this effort making use not of something you almost certainly don't have but rather something you do have - your PC.
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I've got 3 computers folding now, but I saw this on FNC the other day and figured I could justify to myself buying my son a PS3 now.
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Sony can go to hell.
Cool, thanks for the info!
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