K9 Returns

Just a quick entry to welcome to return of K9 in last night's Doctor Who episode "School Reunion".

It was a great story, although it did remind me of why K9 became a problem - it's too easy to use him to get the Doctor out of a tricky situation. But overall very well written, the buzz between Rose and Sarah-Jane was especially good. David Tennant's first series looks like being a classic.

You can find out more about K9 at my K9 page.

Mike Myers vs The Robots

It's reported that a new robot movie is in the works, to star Mike Myers.

The new Paramount film is a comedy called "How To Survive a Robot Uprising", based on the book of the same title written by Daniel H. Wilson. The original book is subtitled: "Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion".

Although the book is light-hearted, Wilson knows his stuff - he's a doctoral candidate at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University.

Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant are writing the script for the film in which Myers will play a technician charged with monitoring the rise of the robots and keeping them under control.

Robot Hall of Fame - 2006 Inductees

Carnegie Mellon University has announced the latest inductees to its Robot Hall of Fame.

2006 sees five robots newly honoured. These are:

• Maria (Metropolis)
  
• Gort (The Day The Earth Stood Still)
  
• David (Artificial Intelligence: AI)
  
• AIBO (Sony)
  
• Selective Compliance Assembly Robot
  Arm (SCARA) (an industrial arm used on assembly lines)
  

Congratulations to all five of them.

Robot Hazing Scandal

I just have to share this wonderful spoof from The Onion:

MIT Fraternity Accused Of Robot Hazing

It describes an alleged "robot hazing" incident at MIT which left one pledgebot missing and two others in critical condition!