Technology

> Prof Avni Sali of Swinburne University's School of Integrative Medicine in Melbourne said the key to longevity was within reach. > He said enough was now known about how to minimise the risk of killer diseases such as some cancers and heart disease to avoid serious threats

This whole cell phone thing is blowing our minds. We're not sure what to make of it. We're too McLuhanite to embrace it mindlessly, but we're not Luddite, either. We still haven't figured out the speed dial features on our cell phone

The next big techie thing? Neighborhood wi-fi access. It supposedly builds neighborly relations. We like it, but our approval might end when the laptop-totin' homeless population arrives to sit on the curbs: > The Fourth Street hotspot is part of a communal wireless project called Neighbornode, started by then

> A new report [http://www.telegeography.com/ee/free_resources/pdf/gig06_exec_summ.pdf] from TeleGeography [http://www.telegeography.com/products/gig/index.php] shows that "global cross-border internet traffic grew by just 49 percent in 2005, down from 103 percent in 2004." In rich countries,

Two interesting blurbs from the Reuters Technology Summary. > TOKYO (Reuters) - Imagine watching a football match on a TV that not only shows the players in three dimensions but also lets you experience the smells of the stadium and maybe even pat a goalscorer on the back. Japan plans

But will it lunge at an intruder's privates? > Stores across Japan started taking orders Thursday for the Roborior - a watermelon-sized eyeball on wheels that glows purple, blue and orange - continuing the country's love affair with gadgets. > Roborior can function as interior decor,

Perhaps it's not odd, but we're intrigued by case-mods. A case-mod is "any modification performed on a stock computer case. Mods can be functional or purely decorative, but they're all created in the name of creating a custom computer." Link [http://www.

Bring on the next savage round of meth-fueled bath-house parties! > Scientists in Australia's tropical north are collecting blood from crocodiles in the hope of developing a powerful antibiotic for humans, after tests showed that the reptile's immune system kills the HIV virus. > The crocodile&

> Scientists in Singapore have invented a battery powered by urine. > How It Works > The battery sandwiches copper, paper laced with copper chloride, and magnesium between two plastic layers. The "sandwich" is later laminated. > "When a droplet of human urine is added into the