Jarvis Cocker invading stage at Brit Awards 1996

In 1996 a great moment of show history took place when Jarvis Cocker invaded the stage because he felt disgusted of Michael Jackson and tried to "save" some children from him. He was taken to prison for one night after that incident but his strenght to be authentic and show when he feels a situation is contradicting made his fans (like me) love him even more..

An official statement from Jarvis himself followed the next day:
My actions were are form of protest at the way Michael Jackson sees himself as some kind of Christ-like figure with the power of healing.
The music industry allows him to indulge his fantasies because of his wealth and power. People go along with it even though they know it's a bit sick.
I just couldn't go along with it anymore. It was a spur of the moment decision brought on by boredom and frustration.
I just ran on the stage and showed off. I didn't make any physical contact with anyone as far as I recall. I certainly didn't push anyone offstage.
I find it very insulting to be accused of assaulting children. All I was trying to do was make a point and do something that lots of other people would have loved to have done if only they'd dared.


Jarvis meets Michael Jackson

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Face Morphing

A very interesting online experiment I found which is on top free. upload a front facing picture of yourself and you can morph it with an celebrity or anyone else you like to upload a picture. it shows you the exact average between you and the other person. it is absolutely fascinating.

The picture above is a morph between me and Gisele Bundchen..

http://www.morphthing.com/

Social Integration of Robots into Groups of Cockroaches to Control Self-Organized Choices

I personally dont like cockroaches very much, but this experiment is amazing..

Social Integration of Robots into Groups of Cockroaches to Control Self-Organized Choices, ETH Zuerich

Collective behavior based on self-organization has been shown in group-living animals from insects to vertebrates.

These findings have stimulated engineers to investigate approaches for the coordination of autonomous multirobot systems based on self-organization. In this experimental study, we show collective decision-making by mixed groups of cockroaches and socially integrated autonomous robots, leading to shared shelter selection.

Individuals, natural or artificial, are perceived as equivalent, and the collective decision emerges from nonlinear feedbacks based on local interactions.

Even when in the minority, robots can modulate the collective decision-making process and produce a global pattern not observed in their absence.

These results demonstrate the possibility of using intelligent autonomous devices to study and control self-organized behavioral patterns in group-living animals.

Winter in Austria

I wish you all a very Happy Christmas with some wintery pictures from close to where I live..

More pictures from the Cote d´ Azur

Take a break with a joke

A blonde walked up to a coke machine, put in a dollar, and got out a coke. She then put in another dollar, and got another coke. Again and again, she put in more and more dollars and got out more and more cokes.

As she was doing this, a man came and stood behind her. he tapped her on her shoulder, and said “What on earth are you doing?”

She replied angrily ” Shut up! Cant you see im winning?!”