ASIMO RUNS
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Didar Masifi December15 most TV stations around the world covered the details of the first democratic election in Iraq, showing images of Iraqis lining up in front of hundreds of electoral voting stations inside and out side of Iraq. In total three pictures represented the three major participated groups in the election process. Kurds were dancing their popular dance SHAII or HALPARKE by which they often express their feelings even if they hear a meaningless none rhythmic applause, sounds of military drum, or cry from a misfortunate nightingale. Shi'is were manoeuvring on the streets as they were in the ritual occasion of Ashura never forgetting the colour of Imam Hussein’s blood; and Sunnis were sitting in front of polling stations and bewilderment covers theisr faces between supporting the so called resistance or voting in favour of new democratic Iraq. From all these none similar three images anchors of TV stations read the out come of this remarkable event with optimistic moods full of wishes to Iraqis. There were other things on the news that day, for example the Canadian election, European summit in Brussels, AIDS in Africa, hostages dilemma, Iranian hardliner president; scandal of Harriri’s killing, and then continuously narrowed down to drugs, shootings, and sexual abuses and other resembled ugly stories. The kind of brief news stories that are most times were considered small materials in making news. However, they were shocking enough to change the optimistic moods of the well dressed TV anchors one hundred per cent opposite. Accordingly, they were so abrupt in their reactions and to miss all what their polished faces had gained because of some hopeful head line in the news, the Iraqi election for example. Despites all those dramatic types of news finally there was something very interesting and different. The news of new innovation in robot science and that happened spontaneously with the event of Iraq’s election. This was about ASIMO’s run in Japan.
Two years before ASIMO travelled along with the Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in a European tour in which he walked like a diplomat in historic castles of Prague. And then at the state dinner he was so relaxed and witty when he threw a savvy question to the Czech Prime Minister Vladimir Spilda about the possibility of dancing with him for no reason. Like most politician so smart in manipulating the question the Czech Prime Minister replied “I Like science and various technically advanced things” ASIMO stands for (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) but in some sources mentioned that ASIMO named after the Jewish science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Any how today ASIMO is not any more a theoretical lifeless phrase or a fictional character of Asimov, but he is the reality with many more human characteristic. He can walk, talk, and work. Also after celebrating his fifth birthday, today he can runs like a free man; 6 Km per hour which is surprising for a human made humanoid robot. According to Japanese sources ASIMO has got plenty of job opportunities from organizations inside and outside of Japan. But because he thinks like proud Japanese he decided to serve his nation first and start to works in Tokyo as a receptionist. All at all now the existence of ASIMO among us as human being is reality and controversial. And recently ASIMO was presented in many rich and poor countries around the world; countries from the USA to Vietnam, Australia to Sweden; and he was also presented in the UAE.
In future those nations certainly will be having the like
humanoid robot either by manufacturing them or buying them from Japan or
elsewhere. That time the terrorist organizations in Iraq and around the
world can easily get the like ASIMOs from the Gulf countries thus instead
blowing themselves among innocent civilians they will use In that era a Kurdish person will never be able to find a peaceful ASIMO to dance with!?s
References: http://world.honda.com/news/2005/c051212_asimo_1.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3170061.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3170061.stm
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