In June in Rotherham, England, Gaak the robot, who is part of a research project into equipping robots to think for themselves, escaped from the lab while it was momentarily unattended and made it as far as the parking lot of the Magna science center before being stopped by a visitor's car. It had forced its way out of a small pen used to house units scheduled for repair. Said Professor Noel Sharkey, "(The robots) have all learned a significant amount and are becoming more intelligent by the day." [The Age (Melbourne), 6-20-02]
<-----anyone else scared by this?
Smugglers With Bright Ideas: A woman's snakeskin "belt" was confiscated by airport customs officials when they realized it was an actual snake (exotic and endangered, yet harmless, which had been sedated by chilling but which had heated up) (Glasgow, Scotland, February). Authorities in Chicago and Orlando recently confiscated shirts from Thailand and Colombia, respectively, that had been "starched" with heroin and which would later be chemically soaked to extract the drug. And since Sept. 11, Customs officials say drug cartels' Mexico-to-U.S. tunneling activity has increased, with five new tunnels recently raided, including one that ended near the parking lot of the Customs office in Nogales, Ariz. [Glasgow Herald, 2-18-02] [Edmonton Journal-AP, 2-16-02; Albuquerque Tribune, 4-27-02] [Tampa Tribune-AP, 5-13-02]
I got home from work yesterday all stressed out & whatnot. Blixx tucked me in to the couch with a book, brought me a Mikes and started cooking dinner. He made Mahi Mahi with a pineapple curry sauce, green beans and some creative noodles. Mmmmm good! We then headed to Vincent’s to hang out with some folks. I’d planned on getting to bed early – 1am is early, right? So I’m operating on 7 hours of sleep in the past two days. No, that isn’t affecting my miserable mood at all. :)
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