Well, every hour of TV after the age of 25 can, according to the University of Queensland. Researchers studied a cross-section of 11,000 Aussies who were at least 25 in 2000, and checked that data against national mortality figures for 2008. They estimate that Aussies aged over 25 spent 9.8 billion hours in front of the TV — equal to 286,000 years of life that ended prematurely.
In a nice discovery for Australian researchers at the University of Queensland and UNSW School of Physics, the team have created a plastic film that can conduct electricity in the same way metals conduct electricity across an electrical wire.
Wilber Williams has spent the past 25 years or so building the Museum of IT at Queensland University. Now the University has decided to shut down the museum, and a large section of historical computer hardware, software and documentation faces the very real threat of being thrown in a skip. We’re hoping that someone out there can help find this equipment a new home.
