I seriously doubt you'll see a PS3 under the tree this Xmas (and if you did, someone proabably paid way over the RRP!!!). But if you are lucky enough to find one, and after you've grown bored of the lame launch titles you'll also find it could be a powerful tool in fighting protein-based diseases. Using distributed computing technology, Sony has teamed up with Stanford University's Folding@home project to take a quantum leap forward in simulation processing power.