[DGthe3]

I've heard that the Playstation 3 is a monster for figuring out protein folding. Any of you that have a PS3 download this program! Its 10x better at this than any PC.

And irpq11, there are several of these programs: folding@home (helps to determine the folding of proteins which is important in determining their function), einstien@home (searches data for signs of gravity waves), the original SETI@home (searche for extra terrestrial life=seti), and many others. All the programs operate like a screen saver. When your computer isn't doing anything else, it crunches data. When one data set is done, it downloads another.