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Shin-Ra · 11-06-2008, 07:43 AM

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT’S SUPPORT FOR FOLDING@HOME™ PROJECT ON PLAYSTATION®3 RECEIVES THIS YEAR’S “GOOD DESIGN GOLD AWARD”

Tokyo, November 6, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced that the company’s support for Stanford University’s Folding@home™　project on PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3®), including the Folding@home application developed and designed by SCEI specifically for PS3, received the “Good Design Gold Award 2008” from the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization today.

Through Folding@home for PS3, users are able to enjoy the fascinating visualization of the global map as it changes in appearance as time elapses. Users can also visually identify the PS3 Folding@home participants throughout the world through lit areas on the map that represent the place and number of people joining the project. This unique approach of visualizing the contribution that the company makes to the society and adding entertainment elements to it, successfully attracted many PS3 users to join Folding@home, and received the “Good Design Gold Award” for suggesting the future possibilities of design work.

Folding@home is a distributed computing project which aims to understand protein folding and misfolding, and how they are related to diseases and many forms of cancer.

“It is a great honor to receive the ‘Good Design Gold Award’ for our support for the Folding@home project on PS3,” said Masayuki Chatani, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Technology Platform, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. “Over 1.5 million PS3 users have participated in the Folding@home project and I truly appreciate their contributions for making this project a success. We will continue our efforts in delivering compelling and original services only possible on the PS3 platform.”

In addition to the “Good Design Gold Award” for the Folding@home project on PS3, the PlayStation®Network logo and PlayStation®Store user interface design have also received this year’s “Good Design Award.”

SCEI will continue to create unique and sophisticated design and will develop content and services to further enrich the PlayStation experience.

※ The “Good Design Award” is Japan’s only comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system. This system itself has its origin in the “Good Design Selection System” instituted by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1957. This year, over 3000 entries were made and as a result of first and second screening, 1067 items received “Good Design Award.” Out of 1067 Good Design Award items, 15 entries received “Good Design Award Best 15,” which includes 1 “Good Design Grand Award” and 14 “Good Design Gold Award.”

Crim122 · 11-10-2008, 10:19 PM

Ok I have a question, I was doing the Life thing and then I saw Folding@home, my globe went dark and it shows that its downloading something? What is it downloading?

Shin-Ra · 11-11-2008, 03:53 PM

A folding work unit?

I just noticed what was once a picture of the Folding@home XMB background has turned into another.

If you look hard enough you can see Daniel Craig jumping rooftops.

caliblue15 · 11-11-2008, 04:01 PM

does it change on its own, or has it been changing with every update?

Shin-Ra · 11-11-2008, 04:40 PM

It's a picture on the Life with PlayStation site.

http://www.playstation.com/life/en/index.html

Pelican170 · 11-11-2008, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crim122

Ok I have a question, I was doing the Life thing and then I saw Folding@home, my globe went dark and it shows that its downloading something? What is it downloading?

Good question, ive been wondering that since ive created 2 work units?? What does that mean hahaha, what have I been doing?

Crim122 · 11-11-2008, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pelican170

Good question, ive been wondering that since ive created 2 work units?? What does that mean hahaha, what have I been doing?

I have like 5 units now, I left it on while I was asleep and all day at work. I understand that its using my ps3 simulations or something... IDK!

Pelican170 · 11-18-2008, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crim122

I have like 5 units now, I left it on while I was asleep and all day at work. I understand that its using my ps3 simulations or something... IDK!

ahhahaha me either!

Pelican170 · 11-18-2008, 08:11 PM

I do have a couple of questions about Life with Playstation and Folding home if someone can answer them. 1 - is folding home running when Life with playstation is open? 2 - Does Life with Playstation do anything special besides show you the weather and news? and 3 - when looking at Folding Home. Those yellow dots im assuming shows you where people are located running the ps3 across the world. now, does each dot represent an individual ps3? Also, are those dots representing an online ps3 or only ps3's that are running Folding Home?

Seeking_Alpha · 11-25-2008, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pelican170

I do have a couple of questions about Life with Playstation and Folding home if someone can answer them. 1 - is folding home running when Life with playstation is open? 2 - Does Life with Playstation do anything special besides show you the weather and news? and 3 - when looking at Folding Home. Those yellow dots im assuming shows you where people are located running the ps3 across the world. now, does each dot represent an individual ps3? Also, are those dots representing an online ps3 or only ps3's that are running Folding Home?

1- Yes
2- Aside from simulating protein folding in hopes of better understanding and an eventual cure for cancer and or Alzheimers, no
3- Only PS3s running folding@home, I am not sure if its individual or aggregate of an area.

Those who are wondering what folding is or what the heck a work unit is can try googling folding@home and checking out the faq.

or click this:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-main#ntoc2

dk3dknight · 11-25-2008, 03:50 PM

this was actually one of the things I was looking forward to doing when I bought my ps3.

Omegaice · 12-01-2008, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dk3dknight

this was actually one of the things I was looking forward to doing when I bought my ps3.

+1. I leave my PS3 on constantly to do it's tasks with Folding@Home. I currently have it set to compute advanced protien mapping which only allows my PS3 to complete approximately 2 work units a day. This is a good program & I'm happy to help out. Plus my PS3 has to earn back it's $599 price tag someway!

Easywolf32 · 12-02-2008, 10:10 PM

Installed it, saw a globe with a few cities and uninstalled it, what's the point of this besides supposedly helping some research teams?

Wasnt this suppose to be like an MMO where you go in with your avatar and stuff and talk to other people...?

Omegaice · 12-03-2008, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Easywolf32

Installed it, saw a globe with a few cities and uninstalled it, what's the point of this besides supposedly helping some research teams?

Wasnt this suppose to be like an MMO where you go in with your avatar and stuff and talk to other people...?

Uhm, no. The "MMO" that you are speaking of is called "HOME". Life with Playstation is a joint project between Sony & Standford University to compute a vast amount of protien "folding". And I guess each to his own when it comes to utilizing this program or not. I for one believe that it is a good program that may lead to some really good research. Also, I paid $600 for my PS3 back in March of 2007 & this is one way that I feel the PS3 can "earn" it's price tag!

Nathan P · 12-03-2008, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Easywolf32

Installed it, saw a globe with a few cities and uninstalled it, what's the point of this besides supposedly helping some research teams?

Wasnt this suppose to be like an MMO where you go in with your avatar and stuff and talk to other people...?

I presume then that you haven't read the stuff on the website that explains what the project is for, or you have and just don't want to help. My PC is folding every second that its on and I don't mind paying the extra electricity bill because one day it might help save my life, or my wife's life. Remember cancer affects 1 in 3 people and i would hope that everybody runs folding@home, whether for the blu ray team or another one

its me · 12-04-2008, 12:48 AM

woot! just passed the 100 WU's

and climbing into the top 100 (our team rankings ofcoz)

I say: fold, fold and fold some more

MuG · 12-04-2008, 01:07 AM

Newbie. what is Folding@Home for??? How do I get into it??

Nathan P · 12-04-2008, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MuG

Newbie. what is Folding@Home for??? How do I get into it??

NOt having a PS3 i can only be of general help, go to folding.stanford.edu for info on what it is, you will also be able to download the clients for your PC/mac/linux box, if you want to fold using your PS3 perhaps a PS3 owner can help you out....

Omegaice · 12-06-2008, 05:50 PM

When are we going to be allowed to view our stats?!? I have been trying for the last 4 days now to view the team's stats as well as my individual progress. All I get is the "Status Update in Progress" screen. Any ideas?

Seeking_Alpha · 12-06-2008, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by omegaice

When are we going to be allowed to view our stats?!? I have been trying for the last 4 days now to view the team's stats as well as my individual progress. All I get is the "Status Update in Progress" screen. Any ideas?

Try here:
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/

Use the "user search" on the left side

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11-06-2008, 07:43 AM	#1921
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT’S SUPPORT FOR FOLDING@HOME™ PROJECT ON PLAYSTATION®3 RECEIVES THIS YEAR’S “GOOD DESIGN GOLD AWARD” Tokyo, November 6, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced that the company’s support for Stanford University’s Folding@home™　project on PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3®), including the Folding@home application developed and designed by SCEI specifically for PS3, received the “Good Design Gold Award 2008” from the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization today. Through Folding@home for PS3, users are able to enjoy the fascinating visualization of the global map as it changes in appearance as time elapses. Users can also visually identify the PS3 Folding@home participants throughout the world through lit areas on the map that represent the place and number of people joining the project. This unique approach of visualizing the contribution that the company makes to the society and adding entertainment elements to it, successfully attracted many PS3 users to join Folding@home, and received the “Good Design Gold Award” for suggesting the future possibilities of design work. Folding@home is a distributed computing project which aims to understand protein folding and misfolding, and how they are related to diseases and many forms of cancer. “It is a great honor to receive the ‘Good Design Gold Award’ for our support for the Folding@home project on PS3,” said Masayuki Chatani, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Technology Platform, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. “Over 1.5 million PS3 users have participated in the Folding@home project and I truly appreciate their contributions for making this project a success. We will continue our efforts in delivering compelling and original services only possible on the PS3 platform.” In addition to the “Good Design Gold Award” for the Folding@home project on PS3, the PlayStation®Network logo and PlayStation®Store user interface design have also received this year’s “Good Design Award.” SCEI will continue to create unique and sophisticated design and will develop content and services to further enrich the PlayStation experience. ※ The “Good Design Award” is Japan’s only comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system. This system itself has its origin in the “Good Design Selection System” instituted by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1957. This year, over 3000 entries were made and as a result of first and second screening, 1067 items received “Good Design Award.” Out of 1067 Good Design Award items, 15 entries received “Good Design Award Best 15,” which includes 1 “Good Design Grand Award” and 14 “Good Design Gold Award.”

11-10-2008, 10:19 PM	#1922
Crim122 Banned Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Charlotte, NC Blu-ray collection:27 Blu-ray reviews:1	Ok I have a question, I was doing the Life thing and then I saw Folding@home, my globe went dark and it shows that its downloading something? What is it downloading?

11-11-2008, 03:53 PM	#1923
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	A folding work unit? I just noticed what was once a picture of the Folding@home XMB background has turned into another. If you look hard enough you can see Daniel Craig jumping rooftops.

11-11-2008, 04:01 PM	#1924
caliblue15 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2007 Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:85 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:6	does it change on its own, or has it been changing with every update?

11-11-2008, 04:40 PM	#1925
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	It's a picture on the Life with PlayStation site. http://www.playstation.com/life/en/index.html

11-18-2008, 08:11 PM	#1929
Pelican170 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Newtown, CT 4K collection:127 Blu-ray collection:735 DVD collection:256 Trading Score:13	I do have a couple of questions about Life with Playstation and Folding home if someone can answer them. 1 - is folding home running when Life with playstation is open? 2 - Does Life with Playstation do anything special besides show you the weather and news? and 3 - when looking at Folding Home. Those yellow dots im assuming shows you where people are located running the ps3 across the world. now, does each dot represent an individual ps3? Also, are those dots representing an online ps3 or only ps3's that are running Folding Home?

11-25-2008, 03:50 PM	#1931
dk3dknight Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Arlington, Texas PSNetwork: dk3dknight PostCount: 0001 Blu-ray collection:44 Blu-ray reviews: 2	this was actually one of the things I was looking forward to doing when I bought my ps3.

12-02-2008, 10:10 PM	#1933
Easywolf32 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Canada Blu-ray collection:75 DVD collection:17 Blu-ray reviews:8	Installed it, saw a globe with a few cities and uninstalled it, what's the point of this besides supposedly helping some research teams? Wasnt this suppose to be like an MMO where you go in with your avatar and stuff and talk to other people...?

12-04-2008, 12:48 AM	#1936
its me Junior Member Member since:Oct 2008 Location:HOPE BC / Canada Blu-ray collection:120	woot! just passed the 100 WU's and climbing into the top 100 (our team rankings ofcoz) I say: fold, fold and fold some more

12-04-2008, 01:07 AM	#1937
MuG Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:White Bear Lake, MN Blu-ray collection:56 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:2	Newbie. what is Folding@Home for??? How do I get into it??

12-06-2008, 05:50 PM	#1939
Omegaice Blu-ray Duke Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Burleson, TX. 4K collection:109 Blu-ray collection:427 Trading Score:24	When are we going to be allowed to view our stats?!? I have been trying for the last 4 days now to view the team's stats as well as my individual progress. All I get is the "Status Update in Progress" screen. Any ideas?

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