Boston Dynamics is developing robots for futuristic millitary and sivilian purpuses. The Big Dog project got most of my attention. Its a big robot, looks almost like a mule without the head. Boston Dynamics is trying to develop robots who act like animals, and at this stage they are trying to program the "reflexes" or the stuff we got in our cerebellum(lillehjernen). You should realy watch the movie, becaus that robot freaks me out! They kick it, and it stays put! It moves its legs so it wont fall, and when it slides in the mudd it compansates with it legs so it wont go down!! Its like it "wants" to stay up! Freaky!

David Hanson from Hanson Robotics also got some cool projects going! He focuses more on the apperences of his robots, so they look a bit more real... :S David accualy invented a new type of "robot skinn", Frubber. This new material almost maches human skinn, it only requires 1/20th the energy you normaly would use to "move" the skinn. To "move" the Frubber right they use electroactive polymers, this is almost like "plastic" but it changes form when an electric curent goes through it. This abilety can be used almost like a muscle, becaus our muscles contracts when we want them to. One of Davids projects, "Philip K Dick resurected" was an atemt to build a android that looks like Philip K Dick, the father of The Laws Of Robotics. It was a beautifull robot, but alas David left the head on the airport and never saw it again...

I know I was supose to update a list over my roskilde bands and pictures, but.. some other time:P

I came back from roskilde last morning:D i was so fucking tierd! I drowe for 7hours back from denmark, at night. And when I got back here I got 2hours of sleep before I had to drive to work. I was so tierd i almost puked;P

HOWEVER; the festival was greate! Lots of great bands, lots of greate beer, and lots of great people! :D It was the best week this year! Me and my GF slept in camp with 24others, 10 of them were our friends and the rest was a bunch of rednecks from Råde(farming comunety outside in the next county) Great festival annywho! :P

Next update will have pictures and a bandlist over what i saw(and what i liked) :D:D

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[16.09.04]

Los Angeles, CA (September 15, 2004) -- Johnny Ramone, co-founder and lead guitarist of seminal 70’s punk rock band The Ramones, died in his sleep this afternoon at 3:03 pm in his home in Los Angeles. Ramone had been fighting an ongoing five year battle with prostate cancer. At the time of his death, Ramone was surrounded by friends and family that included his wife Linda Cummings, Eddie and Jill McCormack, Rob and Sherrie Zombie, John Frusciante and Robert Carmine. Additional friends who gathered at the home included Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lockwood, Pete Yorn, Vincent Gallo, Steve Jones, Talia Shire, Gia Coppola and Jackie Getty. Johnny Ramone, whose real name was Johnny Cummings, co-founded The Ramones in 1974 along with fellow bandmates Joey Ramone, DeeDee Ramone and Tommy Ramone, the only surviving member of the original band. The band, which gained critical acclaim and a huge following in New York’s underground music scene at the time performing at clubs such as CBGB’s, is widely credited for bringing the “punk rock” genre to the forefront. The Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Johnny Ramone is survived by his wife Linda Cummings and his mother Estelle Cummings. His body will be cremated during a private ceremony.

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