From Playstation to Supercomputer

I thought this was rather interesting, it seems Sony's little gem (playstation) has no end to its uses.

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As perhaps the clearest evidence yet of the power of sophisticated but inexpensive game consoles, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has assembled a supercomputer from an army of Sony PlayStation 2 devices.

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Full article can be found here: Playstation

I see that Playstation is also releasing a new Super Playstation 2 with 120 gb hd and a basket full of other features. Also later this year I believe Sony is releasing the handheld Playstation. Woohoo!