Using your ps3 for more useful tasks 
Astrophysicist Replaces Supercomputer with a Cluster of Eight PlayStation 3s
Abstract: Using a cluster of eight PS3, and taking advantage of the PS3 open architecture, the capability to install Linux in it and the high parallelization capabilities the Cell processor possess, a group of scientists have started using this platform as a means to study gravitational waves.
Maybe Sony should just change the PS3 target market. I wouldn't complain at all if my lab got a cluster of these
Astrophysicist Replaces Supercomputer with a Cluster of Eight PlayStation 3s
Abstract: Using a cluster of eight PS3, and taking advantage of the PS3 open architecture, the capability to install Linux in it and the high parallelization capabilities the Cell processor possess, a group of scientists have started using this platform as a means to study gravitational waves.
Maybe Sony should just change the PS3 target market. I wouldn't complain at all if my lab got a cluster of these