30,000 PS3s lined up to do some Folding (@Home)

Great news for all those PS3 owners out there now, including us. Not only are our home supercomputers helping to cure diseases; Game Industry reports that more than 30,000 of us signed up for the service.

According to their news report, 40,000 PS3 CPUs are already linked to the project, with three quarters of that actively performing calculations for Folding@Home! That’s great news, and if we can help tons of people with our computing power when we’re not doing anything, then so be it, right?

In any case, you may want to check our own QJ Folding team by joining 52781 (our QJ Folding@Home Team Number) or reading up on what Folding@Home does. In the meantime, we’ll be shutting off our PS3 for a little break. We smelled smoke an hour ago, so the 48 hour Fold-a-thon we had planned worked, but possibly to our detriment.

Great news for all those PS3 owners out there now, including us. Not only are our home supercomputers helping to cure diseases; Game Industry reports that more than 30,000 of us signed up for the service.

According to their news report, 40,000 PS3 CPUs are already linked to the project, with three quarters of that actively performing calculations for Folding@Home! That’s great news, and if we can help tons of people with our computing power when we’re not doing anything, then so be it, right?

In any case, you may want to check our own QJ Folding team by joining 52781 (our QJ Folding@Home Team Number) or reading up on what Folding@Home does. In the meantime, we’ll be shutting off our PS3 for a little break. We smelled smoke an hour ago, so the 48 hour Fold-a-thon we had planned worked, but possibly to our detriment.