Folding@home v1.2: now with Remote Play, Advanced Participation, more

Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI) has released a list of changes and new features that will be implemented in version 1.2 of Folding@home for the PlayStation 3 home video game console.

One of the big new features is Remote Play support for the PlayStation Portable handheld gaming system. With this feature, users can control Folding@home using their PSPs. For this feature to work, the PSP being used must be running firmware 3.50 or higher. Users must also first register the PSP with the PS3 for Remote Play use. See below for a full list of new features.

• Improvement: Visibility of Donor Locations on the Globe
• The markers indicating PS3 system donor locations on the globe have been improved to differentiate between daytime and nighttime areas.
• Improvement: Support for Additional Protein Simulations
• Additional computation cores are now supported. This allows Folding@homefor PS3 to support a wider range of protein-folding simulations.
• Improvement: Advanced Participation Mode
• An advanced participation mode has been added to Folding@home for PS3. This mode allows Stanford to send simulations of varying computational lengths to users of Folding@home for PS3.
• Because the simulations in this mode can take significantly longer, Advanced Mode is only recommended for contributors who run Folding@home for PS3 for at least eight (8) hours per day.
• Note: In Advanced Mode, an energy graph during the simulation will also be displayed. In this graph, the blue line represents the total energy level of the protein over time. The red line represents the average temperature level at which the current simulation is run.

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Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI) has released a list of changes and new features that will be implemented in version 1.2 of Folding@home for the PlayStation 3 home video game console.

One of the big new features is Remote Play support for the PlayStation Portable handheld gaming system. With this feature, users can control Folding@home using their PSPs. For this feature to work, the PSP being used must be running firmware 3.50 or higher. Users must also first register the PSP with the PS3 for Remote Play use. See below for a full list of new features.

• Improvement: Visibility of Donor Locations on the Globe
• The markers indicating PS3 system donor locations on the globe have been improved to differentiate between daytime and nighttime areas.
• Improvement: Support for Additional Protein Simulations
• Additional computation cores are now supported. This allows Folding@homefor PS3 to support a wider range of protein-folding simulations.
• Improvement: Advanced Participation Mode
• An advanced participation mode has been added to Folding@home for PS3. This mode allows Stanford to send simulations of varying computational lengths to users of Folding@home for PS3.
• Because the simulations in this mode can take significantly longer, Advanced Mode is only recommended for contributors who run Folding@home for PS3 for at least eight (8) hours per day.
• Note: In Advanced Mode, an energy graph during the simulation will also be displayed. In this graph, the blue line represents the total energy level of the protein over time. The red line represents the average temperature level at which the current simulation is run.
• Improvement: Screensaver Mode
• A screensaver mode can now be activated via the Settings menu. After no controller input has been detected for three (3) minutes, the screen will go blank except for a logo that periodically moves to avoid screen burn-in. Any controller input will exit the screensaver mode.
• This feature allows your PS3 system to consume slightly less power and to increase performance of protein-folding simulations.
• Improvement: Link to Project Description
• A link has been added to the Information menu that allows you to quickly obtain additional information about the specific research project that you’re currently contributing to.
• Improvement: Protein Visualization Enhancements
• All visualization modes have been enhanced with improved shading, highlighting, and focus effects. In addition, four new visualization modes have been added:
• Tapioca – Displays the protein as a smooth surface with improved shading and depth. (Tapioca replaces the “ISO Surface” visualization that was available in earlier versions.)
• Caviar – Displays the protein as a smooth surface with defined edges.
• Licorice – Displays only the protein’s bonds.
• Backbone – Emphasizes specific sections of the protein that are of the most scientific interest to researchers.
• Note: The Backbone visualization is not available for all proteins.

In order to update Folding@home to version 1.2, all you have to do is restart the application and then follow the onscreen update prompts. After that’s done, you’re ready to go back to folding them proteins.

Via SCEI