So this is my first week testing an automated Cool Tech friday. When I ahve hacked on this a little more, I’ll even be able to take submissions from people for tech stories.

And now on to cool tech this week:

Biotech

  1. Deleting `Anti-Aging` Gene From Yeast Greatly Lengthens Life Span
  2. New Scientist Breaking News – Gene turn-off makes meek mice fearless
  3. Blood Vessels Grown From Skin – New York Times
  4. Giant ape lived along-side humans

Culture

  1. Democrats unveil universal broadband
  2. Massachusetts Governor Calls for More Tech Innovation
  3. UK to passivly monitor all vehicles

Entertainment

  1. Warner Brothers to Put Classic TV on Home Computer

Environment

  1. Huge Solar Plants Bloom in Desert
  2. Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power
  3. Australia pioneers geothermal energy

Military

  1. Marines Quiet About Brutal New Weapon: The SMAW-NE

Physics

  1. Is Gravity Leaking From Our Universe?
  2. The Universe is Only Pretending, 3 dimensions may not exist

Space

  1. Wired News: Making the Red Planet Green
  2. Celestial odd couple baffles astronomers
  3. Lunar lawnmower to deal with Moon dust menace
  4. Stereo View of the Sun
  5. Japanese `Minerva` Robot asteroid-explorer is lost in space

Tech

  1. $100-laptop created for world’s poorest countries
  2. Turner Entertainment turns to holographic storage – Computerworld
  3. The 11-Year Quest to Create Disappearing Colored Bubbles
  4. Popular Science Best of Whats New 2005