The Folding@Home program on the Playstation 3 is a feature that allows users to donate some of their PS3’s processing power to aid in the study of protein folding. This study is helping scientists attempt to tackle the development of a number of diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Cystic fibrosis and certain forms of cancer.
The support for this program has reached a new milestone, as now over 1 Million ps3 users from around the world have signed up their console to participate. Sony have said that this is the equivalent of around 3000 people signing up each day, or two new members each minute worldwide since March 2007.
Vijay Pande, associate professor of Chemistry at Stanford University and Folding@Home project leader had the following to say:
“Since partnering with SCEI, we have seen our research capabilities increase by leaps and bounds through the continued participation of Folding@home users.”
"Now we have over one million PS3 users registered for Folding@home, allowing us to address questions previously considered impossible to tackle computationally, with the goal of finding cures to some of the world's most life-threatening diseases. "
"We are grateful for the extraordinary worldwide participation by PS3 and PC users around the globe”
Regardless of which console you have or support, this is great news.
Source: CVG
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