Robots turn off senior citizens in aging Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) - Ifbot, the resident robot at a Japanese nursing home, can converse, sing, express emotions and give trivia quizzes to seniors to help with their mental agility. Yet the pale-green gizmo has spent much of the past two years languishing in a corner alone."The residents liked ifbot for about a month before they lost interest," said Yasuko Sawada, director of the facility in Kyoto, western Japan, shaking her head as she contemplated the 495,000 yen ($4,300), 45-cm-tall (18-inch-tall) "communication robot."

"Stuffed animals are more popular," she remarked dryly.

High-tech gadgets and futuristic robots which Japan had hoped might lend a hand when the population turns gray haven't caught on with the elderly, who according to forecasts will make up around 40 percent of the population by the middle of the century.

"Most (elderly) people are not interested in robots. They see robots as overly-complicated and unpractical. They want to be able to get around their house, take a bath, get to the toilet and that's about it," said Ruth Campbell, a geriatric social worker at the University of Tokyo.

Japanese manufacturers have learned the hard way that the elderly want everyday products adapted to their needs -- easy to read for those with poor eyesight, big buttons for people with trembling hands and clear audio for the hard of hearing.

Among the most high-profile failures was Hopis, a furry pink dog-like robot capable of monitoring blood sugar, blood pressure and body temperature.Faced with poor sales, its manufacturer Sanyo stopped production of the robot dog and instead focused on utilitarian devices for the elderly such as height-adjustable countertops and phones with jumbo-sized keys.

Not all high-tech products aimed at seniors have disappeared, though many are hardly blockbusters.

Kitchenware maker Zojirushi Corp. offers the i-pot, an electric kettle equipped with a radio transmitter that sends e-mail twice a day to relatives to let them know if Grandma has made tea. Some 3,300 of the devices are in use across Japan.

Secom Co.'s My Spoon, an automatic feeding device for those whose hands are too shaky to eat on their own, is available in Japan and the Netherlands. Two hundred have been sold, including 150 in Japan, since it first went on the market in 2002.

High production costs and difficulty of use make it hard to sell specialty electronics to seniors, according to Mieko Ohsuga, a biomedical engineer specializing in geriatrics at Osaka Institute of Technology.

"When talking about how to market more complex products, we keep coming up against the same problems," she said. "They are costly to create, require supervision to use, and in the end the manpower issue is not solved. We can see things work, but who is going to pay the expense?"

It won't be the elderly themselves, at least for now.

"They just want simpler phones and tools," said Dr. Kanao Tsuji, a geriatrician with Life Care System, a home visit health care provider.

Lirik Lagu

Left Behind - SlipKnot

I've known faces that have disappeared in time
Find me wrapped in glass and slowly soaked in lime
All my friends have pictures meant to make you cry
I've seen this and wondered what I've done to
Calcify!

(I ignore you)
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
(I come towards you)
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away

(I ignore you)
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
(I come toward you)
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away

I can't stand to see your thalidomide robot face
I don't even try it
You had to be a liar just to
Infiltrate me - I'm still drowning

(I ignore you)
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
(I come toward you)
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away

(I ignore you)
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
(I come toward you)
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away

Take this away
Take this away
I can feel it on my mouth
I can taste you on my fingers
I can hear you like the holy ghost
And kill you if you get too close

(I ignore you)
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
(I come toward you)
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away

(I ignore you)
As I close my eyes, I feel it all slipping away
(I come toward you)
We all got left behind, we let it all slip away

We let it all slip away
We let it all slip away
We let it all slip away
We let it all slip away


Slipknot - Wait And Bleed

I've felt the hate rise up in me
kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed

I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed

Goodbye

I wipe it off the tile, the light is brighter this time
Everything is 3-D blasphemy
My eyes are red and gold, the hair is standing straight up
This is not the way I pictured me
I can't control my shakes
How the hell did I get here?
Something about this, so very wrong
I have to laugh out loud,
I wish I didn't like this
Is it a dream or a memory?

I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed

Get outta my head 'cause I don't need this
Why didn't I see this?
I'm a victim - Manchurian Candidate
I...have...sinned...by...just
Making my mind up and taking your breath away

I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed

I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed

Goodbye

You haven't learned a thing
I haven't changed a thing
The flesh was in my bones
The pain is always free

You haven't learned a thing
I haven't changed a thing
The flesh was in my bones
The pain is always free

I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed

I've felt the hate rise up in me
Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves
I wander out where you can't see
Inside my shell I wait and bleed

And it waits for you!


ALL THE SMALL THINGS - BLINK 182

C G F G
All the small things true care truth brings
C G F G
I'll take one lift your ride best trip.
C G F G C
Always I know you'll be at my show
C G F G C
watching waiting commiserating.


Chorus:
C G F C
Say it ain't so I will not go turn the lights off carry me home
C G F C
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na


C G F G
Late night come home work sucks I know
C G F G C
she left me roses by the stairs, surprises, let me know she cares.

Chorus:

C G F C
Say it ain't so I will not go turn the lights off carry me home
C G
Keep your head still I'll be your thrill
F C
the night will go on my little windmill.
C G F C
Say it ain't so I will not go turn the lights off carry me home
C G
Keep your head still I'll be your thrill
F C
the night will go on we got to go home my little windmill.



"Vermillion, Pt. 2" - SlipKnot

She seemed dressed in all of me, stretched across my shame.
All the torment and the pain
Leaked through and covered me
I'd do anything to have her to myself
Just to have her for myself
Now I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do when she makes me sane.

She is everything to me
The unrequited dream
A song that no one sings
The unattainable, Shes a myth that I have to believe in
All I need to make it real is one more reason
I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do when she makes me sad.

But I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me

A catch in my throat choke
Torn into pieces
I won't, no!
I don't wanna be this...

But I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me
I won't let this build up inside of me

She isn't real
I can't make her real
She isn't real
I can't make her real


"Let's Go To War" - MurderDolls

I’m the motherfucking wrench
Thrown in the gears
Everything was great til I got here
I’m a bad guy inside and out
Put your faith in me and I’ll spit it out
And I admit, I’m a basketcase
With lipstick smeared across my face
Cocked and loaded can’t shut me up
Blame it on the music to cover it up

[Chorus:]
Hey stupid, don’t suck your thumb
Take your diaper off and put your helmet on
Destory til there is no more
Put your helmet on let’s go to war
Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go

Some things are better left unsaid
But I’d like to see a bullet in your head charge the damage to my card
And I’ll see you on the Graveyard Blvd.
Have a boot to the face, it’s on me
Hard to talk shit with no fucking teeth
Spit ‘em out, spit ‘em out al in a row
So pucker up sucker here’s one for the road

[Chorus]

Shut your face and open your eyes
You whole fucking life was a lie
And everything that you stood for
Just had its ass kicked out the door
Well I am rubber and you are glue
I’ll beat the mother fucking shit outta you
You’re pro-life and I’m pro-death
And I’ll throw you from the tree and break your fucking neck

[Chorus]


WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN - ARCTIC MONKEYS



B Eb7
So who's that girl there?
Emaj7
I wonder what went wrong
Ebm
So that she had to roam the streets
Emaj7
She don't do major credit cards
Ebm
I doubt she does receipts
C#m C#m F# E Ebm C#m Ebm
It's all not quite legitimate

B Eb7
And what a scummy man
Emaj7
Just give him half a chance
Ebm
I bet he'll rob you if he can
Emaj7
Can see it in his eyes, yeah
Ebm
That he's got a driving ban
C#m C#m F# E Ebm C#m Ebm
Amongst some other offences

G#m Ebm
And I've seen him with girls of the night
G#m Ebm
And he told Roxanne to put on her red light
G#m Ebm
They're all infected but he'll be alright
C#m Ebm E F# (start strumming on this line)
Cause he's a scumbag, don't you know
Bm
I said he's a scumbag, don't you know


G F#(2) Bm


G F#(2) Bm
Although you're trying not to listen
I bet your eyes are staring at the ground
She makes a subtle proposition
Sorry love I'll have to turn you down

G F# Bm
And oh he must be up to something
Want half a chance to show he's more than likely
I've got a feeling in my stomach
I start to wonder what his story might be
What his story might be

Em F#m Bm
They said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
Around here
A F#
Around


G F#(2) Bm
And look here comes a Ford Mondeo
Isn't he Mister Inconspicuous
And he don't have to say 'owt
She understands she's here to get picked up
And she's delighted when she sees him
Pulling in and giving her the eye
Because she must be fucking freezing
Scantily clad beneath the clear night sky
She don't stop in the winter, no and...

Em F#m Bm
They said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
Around here
Em F#m Bm
They said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Em F#m Bm
Around here
A F#
Around here


B Eb7
What a scummy man
Emaj7
Just give him half a chance
Ebm
I bet he'll rob you if he can
Emaj7 Ebm
Can see it in his eyes that he's got a nasty plan
C#m Ebm
I hope you're not involved at all

E F# ... G#m Gm B



B 7 9 9 8 7 7 or 2 2 4 4 4 2
Eb7 x 6 8 6 8 6 or x x x 3 2 3
Emaj7 x 7 9 8 9 7 or x x x 4 4 4
Ebm x 6 8 8 7 6 or x x x 3 4 2
C#m x 4 6 6 5 4
F# x 9 11 11 x x or 2 4 4 3 2 2
E x 7 9 9 x x or x 2 2 1 0 0
G#m 3 5 5 3 3 3
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
G 3 5 5 4 3 3
F#(2) 2 4 4 3 2 2
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2
A x 0 2 2 2 0

Puisi

AKU BERUNTUNG

Aku beruntung bisa bertemu denganmu
Dan hiasi hatiku yang penuh debu
Aku beruntung bisa bersamamu
Dan tentramkan jiwaku yang haus kasih
Aku beruntung jadi pacarmu
Dan jadi manusia tersempurna

Kau takkan tau betapa aku merasa beruntung
Kau takkan mengerti kalo dibalik benci itu
Masih ada rasa syukur tersembunyi
Memang aku merana, memang aku kecewa
Tapi aku sangat beruntung
Karna aku sempat mengenal cintamu

Aku beruntung bisa melalui masa bersamamu
Dan kita dapat bersatu selesaikan perbedaan
Aku beruntung bisa jadi teristimewah untukmu
Walau kemudian....
Aku beruntung kau mau habiskan sisa waktumu untukku
Namun setelah itu....
Aku beruntung kita berpisah tanpa ada penjelasaan apapun.
Dan kemudian....
aku hancur berkeping


MASIH ADA KAMI

Ada apa, sahabat
loe berhenti tersenyum dan tertawa
Mulai lagi dengan lamunan
Diakhiri dengan helaan nafas
Berbagilah dengan kami
Biar kami bantu angkat beban dibahu lu

Tenanglah, Masih ada kami disini
Yang siap menolong loe, Yang siap jadi algojo loe
Gak akan ada yang berani ganggu gadis kami
Kami akan selalu menjaga loe, adik tersayang kami
Easy, masih ada kami disini
Selalu pasang badan untuk loe
Jangan pernah berfikir kami akan bosan jadi sahabat loe
Loe udah banyak bantu kami
Sudah waktunya kami balas jasa loe

Tersenyumlah, kami depresi ngeliat loe BT
Ikutlah tertawa lagi, yang pergi biarlah pergi
Sudah saatnya loe bangkit lagi
Jadilah yang terbaik dan buat dia sesali
Pastinya kami bantu loe berdiri lagi
Asal loe mau lupain semua masalah dan nikmati masa


COWOK SEJATI

Cowok zaman sekarang
Lagaknya bak pujangga, yang mencintai segenap jiwa
Tapi sebenarnya Cuma playboy cap kodok
Cowok hari gene
Lagaknya bak superstar, ingin terlihat penting
Tapi sebenernya NOTHING!!!

Dimana harus ku cari cowok sejati
Yang mencinta pake hati
Mungkin akan sulit untuk menemukan
Pejantan tangguh yang kukuh
Pertahankan cintanya untukku
Kenapa tak ada cowok seperti papaku?

Memang tak semua cowok itu vampire
Yang senang menghisap darah sampai habis
Lalu tinggalkanmu tak bernyawa ditengah jalan
Mau tak mau Aku harus akui,
memang ada cowok yang benar-benar hargai cinta
seperti kakak dan papaku saja

Hot TV Show

o iya....
Tv show yang lagi digilain sekarang pasti udah pada tau dong
yap yap 'Heroes' serial flim ini paling didoyanin seantero raya. Begitu masuk ke TV indonesia wah responnya membludak.
sayangnya, TV kita gak ada yang bisa sesukses ini.
ya gimana mo sukses kalo bisanya cuma nyontek nyontek dan nyontek doang...
malu dong ama film negara lain yang kita coktek.
kalo aja ada seorang sutradara yang mau habis-habisan putar otak untuk membuat film yang lebih bermutu mungkin indonesia bisa lebih berbangga kali ya....

Puisi Lagieee

JANGAN GE-ER DONG BRO

Kau memang tinggalkan aku
Dan aku memang hancur saat itu
Kau memang sempat ROCK my world
Dan aku sangat mencintaimu masa itu
Saat ini aku merindumu
Sekarang ini aku ingin bertemu
Tapi tak terlintas untukku kembali

Jangan ge-er dong bro
Aku sudah jengah jadi pacarmu
Tersia-sia olehmu
Hanya jadi patung disampingmu
Aku hanya ingin nikmati hari-hariku
Tanpa tekananmu, tanpa tuntutanmu
Jangan ge-er dong boy
Sejak kau kecewakan aku
Sejak kau campakkan aku
Rasa itu sudah hilang melayang
Terbawa tetesan darah dihatiku
Jadi, jangan terlalu ge-er

Puisi

BUKAN BERARTI

Kau cabik-cabik hatiku
Kau ludahi cinta yang kuberi sepenuh hati
Berpaling dari semua janji yang kau buat sendiri
Andai aku tau akan begini jadinya
Aku pasti sudah menendangmu begitu kau dekati

Aku diam, kau sakiti aku
Bukan berarti aku tak berdaya, sayang
Aku menangis kau tinggalkan aku
Bukan berarti aku mengharap kau kembali
Sayang, aku hanya menahan diriku agar tak membunuhmu

Kau tersenyum manis menatapku
Merasa menang bisa campakkan aku
Aku memang tak mampu berbuat apa-apa
Tapi aku percaya kalau suatu hari nanti
Kau pasti menangisi kepergianku

Puisi

AKU BENCI MERINDUNYA

Malam ini sunyi
Sesunyi inikah hatiku sekarang?
Semenjak kau tinggalkan, semenjak kau injak cintaku
Mulai terpampang lagi
Kenangan, memori, dan apapun namanya
Oh tuhan betapa aku benci saat seperti ini

Terdengar ucapan cinta lalu terhapus oleh ilfil
Terukir janji setia yang diingkari oleh dusta
Aku yang terlanjur curahkan semua cinta dan sayang
Teganya kau tinggalkan begitu saja
Walau berkali kali ku maki dirimu
Walau berjuta kutukan ku ucapkan
Tapi... rasa ini terus melemahkan hatiku yang mendendam
Aku benci merindumu

Malam ini kosong
Mungkin sekosong ini hatiku
Andai aku bisa bakar semua isi kepalaku tentang mu
Aku pasti sudah tidur nyenyak sekarang
Terus berharap, ada pertolongan dari langit
Jatuhkan petir dikamarnya, aku pasti tertawa bahagia

More about Joey Jordison

Full name: Nathan Jonas Jordison
Date of Birth: 26th April, 1975, Born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa
Plays: Drums (and Guitar!)
Height: 5"5
Status: Single
Wears: His mask is a white japanese expressionless kabuki mask, now painted with black scars and fake Blood. He has long black hair with vivid red-steaks.
He's the most talkative member of the groupHe is also the creator of the tribal S symbol for the band.
Joey is Known for being one of the fastest drummers in metal history.
He was one of the original members of Slipknot, and drummed for MFKRRip's off the arms and legs of his suit, because its easier to drum.
He's talkitive, diminutive, and just really down to earth.He writes a lot of their songs, including Scissors.
He mixed the self titled album.
He created the term "Maggot" for a slipknot fan...Doesn't do drugs
First Record Ever Bought: 'Kiss Alive'Musical Heroes: Fantomas, KISS, Slayer, Venom, Mercyful fate, Misfits, Mike Patton,Melvins.
The First concert he ever saw was Kiss on the "Asylum" tour
BAND WOULD MOST LIKE TO TOUR WITH: the Melvins.Is a big fan of Fleetwood Mac...actually he listens to Fleetwood Mac every night before going to sleep
Joey's first job was as sales associate at a retail record store in West Des Moines.Before Slipknot, Joey played in a band called Modifidious with Craig.
When asked to describe himself in three words, he replied: "Introvert, quiet and attentive", yet others say he is quite talkitive...In his opinion, Black Sabbath was the most heavy metal band ever.
Hobbies: "It is pretty much covered by music 24/7. Aside from that, maybe video games, sleeping and sex"
Bands played/plays in: "Anal Blast","Modifidious", "The Rejects"
Joey worked at a record store called "Music Land" and a gas station called "Sinclair's" he worked at the garage 4 nights a week for 10 hours after being tempted by a friend to get a job there.
Joey likes to wear a black hood that says on it "Little People Kill People". The Tribal "S" that is now the slipknot logo, was originally drawn by Joey, Joey also drew the main Slipknot logo, and the big "K" and "T" may come from the fact that at that time he was a HUGE KoRn fan.

Joey Jordison

Gue emang baru 3 minggu ini jadi fansnya joey jordison yahhh cuma gara-gara gak sengaja liat dia nampang di salah satu kumpulan gambar slipknot eh gue langsung suka gitu ya udah deh langsung gue kumpulin picture and lagu2nya slipknot emang qeren abis seh...
mana dia juga ganteng banget....
yang gue tau dia bermain di banyak banget band yang dari gak terlalu terkenal ampe dikenal ama seluruh jagat raya....
Untuk saat ini gue cuma pengen lu yang ngerasa tau berita terbaru tentang slipknot or joey kasih tau gue ya....
you the best deh pokoknya
ROCKS YOOOOOOOOO