I just started writing my diploma thesis on agent technology at the chair of computer science 4. While working on this topic I recognized that there was much research over the past two decades, but no applications one can find "in the real world".
Till now. Thanks to our government and some mysterious companies there seem to be some products and need for them: Click me.
But if you are still interested in sound agent technology and rulebased systems visit www.jamocha.org.
What else happend that last few month? Hm, I finally did my exam in electro-technics and visited the Graspop Metal Meeting again. So everything is fine :-)