Sony PSPs enlisted as study aids by the Royal Navy

Courtesy Engadget  Sat, 11/28/2009 - 20:01

Whoever it was at Sony HQ that decided to pursue "military contracts" as a revenue source, kudos!

Mere days after the US Air Force expressed interest in expanding its PS3 supercomputer , we're hearing glorious Britannia's Royal Navy has conscripted 230 PSPs into duty as revision aids for its trainee sailors.

Loaded with maths and physics materials, the PSPs can be used in a bunk, have familiar controls for the young and mostly male recruits, and...


 

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