Next time there is a fanboy pissing contest, pull this trump card: The PLAYSTATION 3 fights diseases like Alzheimer's, Huntington's and cancer. Stanford University's Folding@Home (just "FAH" to the hipsters) links together hundreds of thousands of PCs worldwide. When these machines are not in use, they can run algorithms and get research data. And since, the PLAYSTATION 3 is a "super computer," FAH says:

The PS3 client will also support some advanced visualization features. While the Cell microprocessor does most of the calculation processing of the simulation, the graphic chip of the PLAYSTATION 3 system (the RSX) displays the actual folding process in real-time using new technologies such as HDR and ISO surface rendering. It is possible to navigate the 3D space of the molecule using the interactive controller of the PS3, allowing us to look at the protein from different angles in real-time.

Uh, okay. Neat. But, don't you just love that Stanford writes "PLAYSTATION 3"? Don't you just love it?! Brian Ashcraft

More Here [FAH] Thanks, John!

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