Earlier November 7th, theJapan Industrial Design Promotion Organization, which awarded Sony Computer Entertainment the “Good Design Gold Award 2008†for continued support of Folding@home on the PS3.
There were 3,000 nominees and only 15 projects actually get a Gold award, all their success is not only to Stanford University, but to everyone of us who helps out by folding. Folding helps find out how proteins fold and misfold, which are linked to cancers.
“Analysis of proteins for the purpose of shedding light on diseases is just one example of solution design for social issues, a stance that indicates the direction that design should take in the future. Motivating the people who will be involved in these studies will be the key to success, but the program functions well as an idea for making participation in this project visible on a global scale.â€
Folding@home Honored for Good Design [PS BLOG]
