Technology

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

> 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

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 to

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, but

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

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. >

> 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

. . . Wait until the porn perverts get ahold of this stuff. Link [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4154366.stm]. Currently, the "skin" is only a receiver: of heat and pressure. But eventually we assume it could progress to feeling like skin, which would be great