Saturday, October 30, 2010

Whats The Difference Between Cubefield 1 And 2

Bekloppte in München, Teil 164

Naja, so richtig in die Kategorie "Bekloppte" paßt das folgende Erlebnis zwar nicht. Aber eine neue Rubrik "Kackfrech in München" wollte ich jetzt auch nicht aufmachen.

Our nerve dwarf has recently been a proud owner litter interactions activist a rodent of the genus Mesocricetus, Art auratus, for the non-Latin: a golden hamster. As a rodent with Syrian immigrant he meets all the classification criteria of the great geneticist Sarrazin: ineffable name, sleeps all day, takes over when (shit impeller) is only menial tasks and does not speak German, although he has lived in the 200th generation in Germany. I think also with pork and alcohol consumption, I do not get it, but that's what does not now.

Our hamster has problems in his neighborhood cage a wheel, and indeed already in its second generation. The first, a cast-iron monster with alloy wheels and central locking enabled, although our rodent that contribute one or two kilowatts of power for home, but unfortunately accompanied by the truly infernal squeaking of the circulatory apparatus. In children, it was therefore at night sometimes so loud as if a patrol car of the fire with wailing siren always about driving around the house, at least one firefighter was sitting with a powered leaf blower on until at the height of our floor extended ladder. Also my face in my advanced age now splendidly rampant wool ear, the sight of our Hamster already suspected a fellow buried in the ear canal, could dampen the noise sufficiently. The eavesdropping bags of ladies of the house, unfortunately, have such a wonderfully practical ear sweater on the first place, the same well only the hunter-gatherers is reserved for the night frostklirrender recreates the mammoth. Thus, the decision was taken very quickly to replace the trek mature large stainless steel grind against a model with ball bearings handgelutschtem acacia wood.

Unfortunately began squealing to this after a short time and creaking like a twenty-year-old Ford Taunus. After only 4 weeks had our little Zatopek Sun persevering in his exercise bike around badly degraded that the outside is still quite stable trim-looking device a no longer had to correct imbalance. In German: It wobbled around his middle like the former pastor at the altar. Moreover, our young hamsters had probably developed such fun with his marathon runner *, that he constantly on the run for joy einnäßte. The untreated wood previously tolerated this type of stain is not really. So we decided to bring back this model again.

said - done. We were now at the "plant Kölle Center", a fairly well-stocked garden center with a large Zooabteilung.
There was the broken and with clear (Visual and olfactory) impeller wear-prone and without objection withdrawn. The friendly service man could apparently also to the functioning or non-operability of different wheels, at least he was in receipt of the rodent toy from commentaries.

now ensure our views of a surprise when we after a short tour around the market and our wobbly vollgepieseltes wheel again encountered in shelf. And although not as reduced-priced copy of shortcomings, but for the original purchase price.

Maybe I think about that again with the "Fresh dirty in Munich" category ...


*) to outsiders and non-rodents such enthusiasm is difficult to understand

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Icc Hairdressers 4.15

Nummer 5 gibt auf

ran Sunday night in "Spiegel TV" probably is not entirely serious review of the state of robotics research in Germany. In the beginning it was said that robots should be used in future for the care of old people.

What followed was a satire on robot nerds at German universities and institutes.

proudly presented as an engineer from the Technical University of Munich with a bulging plastic lips equipped, head-high heap of metal, which - you hear and believe it - a person can submit a cup. However, just if the handle showing the cup in his direction. If not, did the proud inventors report, could Schrotti or whatever was the dumping ground with eyes that ask another robot, which could then turn the cup for him in the right position.

What? Looks like the elderly in the future? Imagine then the pensioner flats full of giant robots that turn against each other cups, grease sandwiches and transmission oil change? And - incidentally - a multiple of the cost, which would cost a normal, human analog nurse? In fact, I've assumed that robots today after "a cup of A B adjust "phase are grown and we no longer look like C3PO after the lightning strike. Why has the thing at all, only 2 arms? The ancient Hindus have their gods conveniently equipped with more arms than can be healthy.
I imagine, even in the ZDF holiday program with Anke and Benny in the early 80's robots were shown, which featured some random things from A to B, while half went broke and gave R2D2-strange noises. Judging from the mirror-TV report for has been done since then not too much.

But further in the text. Above engineer based his inquiring mind to the fact that man robot sometimes unpleasant tasks such as garbage Bring Out them lose weight. So, again slowly for the record: The average person will buy it for the price of an Italian sports car, a very heavy piece of electronics that without the help of another Tin Man aufbekommt probably not even the door, let rise for stairs can order the thing then takes the trash out ? Views from the fact that I can buy for the money a stable of Brazilian au pair girl, bring out the garbage can without having to demolish the staircase and it also look nice.

Next, could a "neuroinformatics" to the University of Bielefeld occur, the bust of a robot named "Flobi" has developed that can simulate with their Lego-face emotions. According to researchers such a thing will soon give us information on the switch or motivate people. can a robot that look clueless and stupid grin: In other words. Something to which humanity is waiting very, very long time.

speech was the thing also, with beautifully modulated tinny computer voice, often seen from thirty-year-old science fiction movies. Again, I thought so far, the research would be a little further. To top off the proud hobbyists trying to communicate with "Flobi" which failed thoroughly. Apparently was also saved on the voice recognition chip, at least understood the only thing the station. The nights can

wanted to demonstrate robotics, recognize how great his robot it. This, another man-high sheet pile that put on a screen to show a moronic Grinsegesicht understood and spoke for some unknown reasons, only English. This, however, another two points worse than the first mate, snoring so boring modulated electronically distorted, just as a drunk, babbling in a Blechgieskanne. As far as the demonstration went well with this robot with flying colors. Instead of the actual owner of the robot recognized as his business partner master - disastrous if such a time as a guard robot must distinguish between burglar and a homeowner. But so far is research has not clearly anyway.
Another highlight was allowed to identify the Tin Man after a few seconds to think a can of Pringles, as such, and attempting to grab Selbig, they expected to simply overturn only. Great show.

We will show the clip again here: http://www.spiegel.de/sptv/magazin/

However, in order to give honor to the truth: Even if the pictures shown are not necessarily from the audience cut the socks, it seems actually the most advanced humanoid robots to be. The illustrated robot models might seem just as inadequate as its decades-old predecessor, but is research heute auf einer anderen Basis. Wie ich z.B. bei wikipedia erfahren durfte, sind die Wissenschaftler der Meinung, die KI humanoider Roboter müsse Fähigkeiten genauso lernen wie z.B. Kinder Dinge lernen. Und damit " Nummer 5 " demzufolge menschliche Verrichtungen abschauen, nachahmen und ausprobieren kann, muß er eben wenigstens auch annähernd aussehen wie ein Mensch.

Was für mich allerdings schwer nach "Bewußtsein" und "Selbstbewußtsein" klingt und so langsam auch nach Asimovs Robotergesetzen schreit.
Wohin auch immer sich die Forschung mal entwickeln mag: Möchte ich, daß ein gefühlloser, 150 Kilo schwerer, aus Plastikwülsten lächelnder Metallkoloss by my home and surprised me abputzt the wrinkled butt when I'm old? I think not.