The+Whos+Down+in+Whoville-5th+hour

The Whos Down in Whoville-5th hour Lydia Sisko Olivia Fucinari Rachel Watson media type="youtube" key="CLwICJKV4dw" width="425" height="350" This was at the 2011 All Japan Micromouse Robot Competion (yep, it exists, here is a link takes you to the website which has a bit more of information about it: []. It is in Japanese, so all of the characters show up as squares but if you put the link into Google Translate and put translate from Japanese to English it will translate it for you. [] : this is the very intense link that has it translated for you.) At this competition, robotic mice compete to complete this large maze as quickly as possible. This robotic mouse happened to complete it in 3.921 seconds. Yes, these are robotic mice and not actually real mice, but Algernon was not quite like a real mouse now was he?

media type="youtube" key="bmNhMvXv86w" width="425" height="350" Now THIS, this is a REAL mouse. Okay, no, not really. They're more like hamsters. They are alive, though!

I guess Micromouse competions are quite popular around the world. Here is one in the UK. They're not quite as speedy as the Japanese, though. This made me feel very stressed. I was very frustrated at this robotic mouse. He just didn't know which way to go. media type="youtube" key="ZszTOpILeP0" width="425" height="350" But in all seriousness, Daniel Keyes must have gotten his inspiration from somewhere. It could very possibly have been something similar to this. This mouse actually did remind me of Algernon, however. He started out very slow and as he progressed he got more and more efficient. That exactly what happened to this robotic mouse. Even at 3:11-3:13 it even showed similar behavior to Algernon in that it got very frustrated and erratic and ran into the walls. __Some Examples of the Rorschach inkblots:__ media type="youtube" key="xyCwz2EML5Y" height="315" width="560" I am pretty sure this is a fan made video but I thought it was very good :) Its a trailer to the book. Enjoy! :) -Rachel

media type="custom" key="11825932" A __Flowers for Algernon__ wikispace is not complete without a virtual mouse wheel. -Lydia

media type="youtube" key="loi3gDeGTwU" height="315" width="420" This is the first part of the movie for __Flowers for Algernon__. In my head, I thought of Charly as being a little more stupid(is that the correct word?) than what he is portrayed. Also, he sounds like someone from the South. Additionally, I wouldn't have thought of Miss Kinnian being British. The other parts of the movie are on YouTube so you can watch it without buying it. -Lydia