What else will it be able to do!

In my first 'non cat related post', i spoke of some of the marvels that the 'next gen' gaming consoles can in fact achieve and compute.

Jokingly in rival gaming arguements, i would regularly say how 'PS3 can deflect bullets' or 'PS3 cures cancer'. Little did i know that it does in fact do the latter.

Well it doesn't exactly cure cancer so to speak. But it does do its part to help.

Basically the PS3 uses a programme known as 'Folding at Home' which is a type of 'distributed computing'(a method for solving large complex problems by dividing them between many computers.), its is a project that harnesses the power of idle PS3's and uses them to generate computing power that is needed to 'crunch' small packets of data and then send them back over the internet to a central computer (holy moley!)

What does this have to do with cancer? Well its not only just cancer its malaria and Alzheimer's too, but F@H uses all this distributed power to examine protein folding and how it maybe linked to diseases.

"It is clear that none of this would be even remotely possible without the power of PSased our research capabilities by leaps and bounds," said Prof Pan
Hes a Prof, he must know what hes talking about.

Questions

1. The PlayStation 3 is considered as a part of new media technology, but what specific category does it fall into?

2. What is more powerful, the average home computer, or Sony’s PlayStation 3?

3. What does ‘Folding At Home’ Consist of?

For more detail, and probably a article that makes more sense on this, just click the title.


In other news (what the hell, you cant underline o.O )

Any way, again in my 'first non cat related post' i said how i didn't know whether to get a ps3 or a xbox 360.
I got a comment from close friend Michael Bond saying how i should get a xbox, so being a good friend, i did the opposite and got a ps3.

Will keep you posted as to what its like in the future.