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PS3 Enters DARPA Urban Challenge

Posted by Zonk on from the gogo-black-box-of-death dept.

billdar writes "Terrasoft Solutions posted an article on their development of a stereo vision object detection system built upon Sony's PS3 for Axion Racing's entry into the DARPA Urban Challenge. The PS3 running Yellow Dog Linux replaced one of the on-board Dell servers to process the realtime stereoscopic sensor data. The whole system was developed and integrated onto the vehicle in ten days. So far, Spirit has been making the competition's highlight reels."

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  1. Re:not done? by G+Fab · · Score: 0, Troll

    admittedly, I would be shocked if I ever find myself using my PS3 more than my 360 because the games are just better on the 360, but the PS3 is cool in and of itself, or at least gives off that impression to me and many others.

    While this is silly, and folding at home doesn't prove much, I think these types of supercomputer style marketing efforts really do help sell these consoled. It's too little too late, but it's something.