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#research
Xbox 360's Processor Delivers Budget Supercomputing
A team of researchers pulled off some supercomputing on the cheap using a single Xbox 360's graphical processing unit, instead of an array of processors operating in tandem, the BBC reports. More » -
#wellplayed
Tapping Into the Power of Collective Gaming
With the number of gamers playing online, why don't more video games tap into that millions-person collective to achieve something interesting, socially grand or just fun? More » -
#education
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo Talk Edutainment
So last month I picked a pet peeve to harp on and on and on about. I wanted to know why it is we don't see more educational video games for this next-generation of consoles. Why no awesome Math Blasters or Reader Rabbits or Typing of the Deads for the Playstation 3, Wii or Xbox 360. One thing I learned is that there are a few of those out there, but I still wanted to hear from the three console holders on the top. So I emailed Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony to see their take on number of prepared questions. All of which lead to my final question: Why not give away an educational game on your console? More » -
#ps3
Life With PlayStation Out Now
Sony has just released Life With PlayStation. The Sony service shows the Earth, and users can access current news and weather for locations around the world. It's possible to even pull up the full article from the headline. This comes as yesterday the service was available for a short time to some PS3 users. Hit the jump for the full press release and info for how it interacts with Folding@Home. More » -
#gamingscience
Foldit Makes Protein Folding A Game
Could you win a Nobel Prize in Medicine for playing a computer game? Foldit is a game for the PC and Mac that takes the Folding@Home concept and adds a more human element to the mix. Instead of having a network of computers work through all of the possible shapes for folding proteins, a problem so huge it could take centuries for all of the computers in the world to solve, Foldit presents unfolded proteins to the player in the form of puzzles, on the basis that human intuition could tackle the problem much faster."Some people are just able to look at the game and in less than two minutes, get to the top score," said (UW associate professor of computer science and engineering) Zoran Popovic. "They can't even explain what they're doing, but somehow they're able to do it."
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