Don’t hide it Japan, you’re just doing this to make cat girls
Why stop there? I want my dog and fox and wolf girls too
How about horse girls?
Nothing comes between a horse girl and her daddy’s money.
Beware the horse barrel racing girl.
Luckily you can already get those at your local stable AND with a bit of leather at your local bdsm club!
Won’t someone think of the poor working class furries? A fur suit can already cost 10 or 20 grand. Now they’re going to have to add cyborg body parts to the mix as well? Talk about gentrification!
Gerontofication, in this case.
Gentoworifation
just get your slightly used weirdly moist tail used at half off!
The rich are going to take every last thing from us
wait what. i made one for 200 bucks that the theater program i made it for is still using 30 years later (i build shit to last). you mean i could make money doing that?
I’m not in that community myself, but from what I hear a high quality for suit can cost $10-20k. Not sure what differences in construction may exist between those and what you made. But some artists definitely make decent livings making them.
Cooling systems, animatronics, durability.
I’m not part of that community, but I’ve built props for advertisements and museum installations; durability and reliability are where most of the money is, especially in low volume products.
Mmhmm. A nice head is 2kUSD or more. A whole custom suit starts at maybe 10, 15k, and can easily exceed 20.
I can believe it for the head. I had to build a horse head the next year and it was hard as fuck.
Also these ears will help to uh, absorb the echoes and extra noise of the world around you. Yeah.
Wait, I … could make human-cat hears that actually have microphones in them and that turn towards the gaze and they could actually ear out of them if they’re wearing linked earphones … could even do some psychoacoustic filtering to give some kind of “superearing” ability … Then some cunt like Elon is going to just steal my idea… meh. … eff it
Damn, this is totally gonna be a thing, and I’m all for it. We shall all become cute cat girls.
Why do I keep doing this
Use a combination of different size microphones diaphragms and not just MEMS devices, Use the earshape parabolic concentration points for finding the optimal location and orientation of diaphragms include ultrasonic transceivers for out of band perception (also echolocation, room mapping, darksight) also to allow covert/out of band ultrasound communication with other catgirls that normies cannot hear (that means connecting transceivers AS transceivers, with US band amplifier for transmission) Using servogalvos to modify ear shape for acoustic focusing, if ear direction is using a gear drive, use double helical gear and a low acoustic profile dampening coating on the gears (acoustic anti-reflection) because we are making a listening device and we don’t want to listen to gear noises ! Consider ultrasonic motors instead of geared drive. Software wise, using direct wifi and ble for communication (DECT sucks, proprietary standard sucks) this should work with a raspberry pi and only open source software out of the box, no drivers needed, yes that means multichannel transmission and do all the processing off device actual software, we’re using the various microphones as an asynchronous, heterogenous phased array, unlike regular phased arrays which have many identifical receivers along a straight plane here we are going to skip a couple technological steps and use “receiver diversity” in the phased array design, so not only are the receivers in different places NOT on a plane, they are also receivers with different acoustic profiles (different sensibility of different frequencies) and anisotropic (due to ear “lens-shape”) reception patterns, so all of that diversity has to be correlated between all receivers to create an acoustic map of the world, so that we can decide also what sounds are psychoacoustically relevant and point the ears in that direction, listen if the received signal is actually signal or noise and then send that to the user, in realtime (max processing time is 20ms top end) make sure ear shape flexibility is enough to receive and focus some signal backwards… there’s still a few things to consider but I think that’s mostly it, for the earbud, use close loop ear canal acoustic feedback for the amplifier drive, use only open standards and open firmware in all devices. System to use myoelectic ear movement as control input feedback, at least with these two modes, ear movement to manual steering of the acoustic phased array, and the other ear movement to select auditory focus of signal sources (that is, automatic switching between detected relevant auditory sources). Add RED+IR laser pointer to the ears that can be used as a pointed, to indicate (covertly for IR) which auditory source is currently select and in what direction this signal currently use (ensure positional live tracking is reflected in beam direction). Use sub-vocal command interface for higher function control of the listening device. Provide standardized pattern and calibration equipment definition for microphone correlation calibration, use only open hardware assemblages. Include live transcription to text of all received text, ensure at least capacity for 12 simultaneous audio to text transcription channel, include live audio MP3QR decoding and all other digital audio transmission standard live decoding and transcription as part of the transcription channel capability. Include text summary ability, include voice signature automatic identification and tagging of decoded text stream, at least 4 terabyte storage space, maximum head weight 150 gram excluding battery, battery system must have 1 minute with no battery operation time or dual battery swapping system. include hardware audio encoder and decoder supporting all current ffmpeg codecs. Include acoustic counter battery targetting receiver system. Oh almost forgot, dual laser system mounted with microprism(for aimed laser microphone ability, to listen sounds through walls or from vibrating surfaces)
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🛰️ Raytheon CAT&EAR System
Cybernetic Auditory Telemetry & Echolocation with Anisotropic Reception
Engineering Requirements Draft — v1.0
📑 Document Overview
This document outlines the full set of engineering requirements for the CAT&EAR system, a wearable, cybernetic auditory perception platform. CAT&EAR is a heterogeneous, phased-array auditory sensor suite that uses biomimetic design, ultrasonic telemetry, laser vibrometry, and advanced audio signal processing to enable real-time environmental awareness and communication.
The system is designed to operate autonomously, using only open standards and open-source software, while supporting embedded AI-driven perceptual functions. This document reflects both functional and non-functional requirements for CAT&EAR across all relevant subsystems.
The CAT&EAR system (Cybernetic Auditory Telemetry & Echolocation with Anisotropic Reception) is a next-generation, wearable auditory intelligence platform designed for advanced signal perception, real-time environmental awareness, and covert communication. It leverages a biomimetic ear design combined with a heterogeneous microphone array—featuring diverse diaphragms and directional acoustic profiles—to form an asynchronous, non-planar phased array. This allows it to isolate, enhance, and track psychoacoustically relevant audio sources with high spatial precision, even in noisy or cluttered environments. Real-time beamforming, signal classification, and source switching are handled off-device via open-source DSP pipelines, ensuring low latency (≤20 ms) and full operational transparency.
In addition to traditional sound acquisition, CAT&EAR incorporates ultrasonic echolocation and laser vibrometry, enabling through-wall audio surveillance and remote surface vibration analysis using IR/RED laser beams with microprism-guided targeting. The system includes a covert ultrasonic communication channel, allowing encrypted, inaudible data exchange between units—ideal for non-verbal team coordination. Myoelectric sensors and sub-vocal command inputs provide silent, intuitive control interfaces for users, allowing manual beam steering or hands-free selection of tracked sound sources. Ear motion actuators and a visible/infrared laser pointer visually indicate attention direction, enhancing situational awareness without audible cues.
Field usage scenarios include reconnaissance, electronic surveillance, remote eavesdropping, low-visibility communication, and audio-based environmental mapping in both urban and wilderness environments. The system is optimized for silent operation, rapid deployment, and open hardware integration. All processing occurs locally or on an open compute platform (e.g., Raspberry Pi), with no reliance on proprietary software or cloud infrastructure. With up to 12-channel live transcription, digital audio decoding, 4TB onboard storage, and support for all major codecs, CAT&EAR serves both tactical intelligence roles and high-end experimental research in audio-based perception systems.
System requirements
🎤 Microphone Array & Acoustic Sensors
Mic Diaphragm Diversity – Use MEMS and larger diaphragm mics.
Earshape Mic Placement – Place mics at parabolic acoustic focus points.
Ultrasound Transceivers – Include US sensors for echolocation and darksight.
Ultrasound Data Comms – Use US transceivers for covert device communication.
Heterogeneous Phased Array – Mic array shall be non-planar and diverse.
Frequency-Profile Diversity – Use mics with different frequency sensitivities.
Anisotropic Reception – Account for directional response patterns from ear shape.
Psychoacoustic Focus – Detect and prioritize perceptually relevant signals.
Mic Cross-Correlation – Synchronize all mic data spatially and temporally.
Real-Time Acoustic Map – Build a 3D sound map from multi-mic input.
Mic Calibration Pattern – Provide physical pattern for mic array calibration.
Open Hardware Calibration – Use only open hardware for calibration tools.🧭 Ultrasonic Subsystem
Ultrasound Mapping – Perform echolocation for 3D environmental awareness.
True Transceiver Mode – Ultrasound sensors must transmit and receive.
Ultrasound Band Amp – Include amplifier suitable for US transmission.
Covert US Communication – Transmit data in inaudible US band.
Spatial Mapping via US – Derive positional data from ultrasound TOF.👂 Ear Shape & Actuation
Dynamic Ear Focus – Use moving ear shapes to focus sound.
Servo Actuated Ears – Use servos to reorient ears toward signals.
Double Helical Gears – Use quiet gears for mechanical actuation.
Acoustic Dampened Gears – Coat gears to suppress audible reflections.
Ultrasonic Motors Preferred – Prefer silent ultrasonic motors over gears.
Backwards Reception – Ears must support rearward sound reception.
Flexible Ear Shaping – Shape ear surfaces dynamically for beam control.
Motion-Linked Focus – Ear movement must track beamforming direction.
No Mechanical Noise Leakage – Prevent gear vibration from reaching mics.📡 Communication & Connectivity
Wi-Fi + BLE Only – Support open wireless; no DECT or proprietary links.
Open Standard Protocols – Use only open protocols for communication.
Multichannel Audio Streaming – Support multiple audio streams over network.
Driverless Operation – Require no proprietary drivers for functionality.🧠 Software & Signal Processing
Open Source Only – All code and firmware must be fully open source.
Offloaded Processing – All signal processing handled off-device.
Max 20ms Latency – Entire processing pipeline must be under 20ms.
Live Beamforming – Perform real-time signal steering and separation.
Real-Time Source Relevance – Continuously rank sources by importance.
Noise vs Signal Detection – Separate noise from structured signals.
Real-Time Source Switching – Auto-switch auditory focus intelligently.
Plug-and-Play Sensor Config – Support hot-swappable or modular sensors.
Onboard Sub-Vocal Control – Allow silent vocal commands for control.🎧 Earbuds / Audio Output
Canal Mic Feedback Loop – Use in-ear mics for real-time output correction.
Open Firmware Audio Chain – Use programmable amps with open firmware.
Drive Adaptation by Feedback – Earbud output adjusts based on canal feedback.🎮 Control Interfaces
Myoelectric Input Support – Accept muscle signals as control input.
Manual Steering Mode – One ear for beam steering via myoelectric input.
Signal Selection Mode – One ear for selecting tracked signal via input.
Sub-Vocal Command Mode – Use throat activity to control high-level tasks.🔦 Laser Pointer System
Dual Laser Module – Use both red (visible) and IR (covert) lasers.
Laser Aiming Reflects Beam – Beam direction matches acoustic focus.
IR Laser for Stealth – IR laser used to show focus discreetly.🧾 Transcription & Recognition
Live Audio Transcription – Convert incoming audio to live text.
12 Channel Transcription – Handle at least 12 simultaneous streams.
MP3QR & Digital Decoding – Decode digital audio formats in real time.
Live Text Summarization – Generate summaries from live transcripts.
Voice Signature Tagging – Identify and label speakers in text.💾 Storage
4TB Local Storage – Minimum onboard capacity of 4 terabytes.
⚖️ Physical & Power
≤150g Head Weight – Total device weight must not exceed 150g (no battery).
1-Min No-Battery Buffer – Must operate 1 minute without battery power.
Dual Battery Swap – Hot-swap batteries without power loss.🎛️ Audio Encoding & Codecs
HW Audio Codec Support – Hardware encoder/decoder for all ffmpeg codecs. 🧱 System Design Principles
Modular Hardware – All subsystems must be physically modular.
User Privacy by Default – All processing must be local and secure.
No Cloud Dependency – System must function entirely offline.
Mainline Linux Support – Fully supported by Linux kernel and stack.
Open Protocol APIs – All I/O and control must use open APIs.🛡️ Counter-Acoustic Defense
Passive Threat Detection – Detect and localize hostile audio sources.
Acoustic Counter-Battery – Track and indicate direction of intrusive signals.🧪 Fallback & Safety
Failsafe Passive Mode – Fall back to passive listening if system fails.
🌡️ Environment & Durability
Passive Cooling Only – No fans; silent passive thermal control only.
Water-Resistant Design – Use hydrophobic materials for exterior protection.🧰 Maintenance & Testability
Open Test Fixtures – All testing hardware must be reproducible and open.
Self-Test & Calibration – System must run periodic self-alignment checks.
Community Repairable – Designed to be easily maintained by users.🔗 Licensing
Fully Open Licensed – All hardware, firmware, and software must use open licenses.
🔦 Laser Microphone Capability
Laser Mic via Microprism – Dual laser system shall include a microprism to enable laser microphone functionality.
Aimed Surface Listening – System shall capture audio from vibrating surfaces (e.g. windows, walls) via laser beam reflection.
Covert Through-Wall Listening – IR laser + sensor must support long-range audio pickup from remote surfaces without line-of-sight audio.✅ Summary
Total Requirements: 76
System Class: Wearable, cybernetic, audio perception platform
Design Goals: Open-source, real-time, stealth-capable, user-repairableMy robot detector is going off… looks GPT’d…
How can you tell ?
Is it the em-dashes I left in ?
Or is it when I said
Ok Machine, convert this schizo-ing document into Ratheon Cybernetic Auditory Telemetry & Echolocation with Anisotropic Reception (CAT&EAR) engineering requirement draft document
If I wanted to, believe you me, I could have gotten the Gepetto taste out of this
But I’m not here to play cat and mouse games, I’m here to make the best goddamn cat hear you’ve never heard of.
So, uh, you reckon you could fit eight of those on one person?
I think we can do just four
They need to increase their birthrate somehow.
catgirl mecha, if we’re being precise.
This feels more like monkey nannas. An entirely more niche kink.
Is it prehensile? This could lead to octopus-like abilities if you added more than one.
contrary to popular beliefs real cat girls do exist in Japan. there is more information on the internet https://redlib.orangenet.cc/r/realscatgirls . unfortunately it’s on reddit not on lemmy (yet).
who tf upvoted this
it was you wasnt it
no, I removed the default upvote
hehe fuck you
:3
Good shit
Now if it can stab people and drain them of their bioenergy, I can reach my final form!
I’m supposed to be cleaning but now I’m laughing too hard imagining some “saturday morning cartoon” tokusatsu show about a squad of mecha-grandmas.
tokusatsu
What does this word mean?
It encompasses a few genres of live action japanese tv/movies but I was thinking like power rangers/super sentai.
Imagine working in a retirement home and one day one of the residents tells you “I am taking part in this clinical trial” and then she comes back as Doctor fucking Octopus.
Fuck. Yes. Id make so many comments about killing spider man.
I just want a third arm, is that too much to ask? Imagine how many tasks would be easier with that.
Say a prayer to the Four-Armed Emperor.
Furry costumes just got more lifelike.
Is that photo AI? All the videos of the real prototype look substantially different.
At best it’s concept art, tho that thin strap probably wouldn’t serve the purpose they’re looking for. At worst it’s generated by clickbait article writers.
How could they pass up an “electrified facehugger penis sheath” image like this?
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/japan-robotic-tail-intl-hnk-trnd/index.html
fr tho it’s pretty cool research
I’m just imagining the scene in a sci fi comedy.
“I thought you said we were getting mechanical tails? Why the Hell is this attached to my front?”
“Experiments determined that this was actually the more effective and cheaper option. Don’t worry, a front tail works just fine for balance!”
You’re right, it seems. That video is old (6 years), but I couldn’t find any photos or videos that look substantially different from it.
“Arque tail” is the keywords to search for, if anyone wants to do their own research.
I have a feeling a completely different audience has a definite interest. They would just cover it in the same fur as the rest of their costume.
Will it stop my girlfriend from poking at my butthole when I’m above her on the stairs?
Nothing will
Ladies first, for this reason
To be fair you are supposed to get her back when she’s above you, its unwritten relationship code.
Now you can iron tail her if she tries some shit. Let her know who’s the real Pokémon master.
Yup. That’s the most cost-effctive solution to the elderly falling problem. Trust me there is no other reason we are doing this.
My dreams of kick boxing like a kangaroo may finally come truee
Money for elderly that can prevent them from needing very expensive nursing home care is a huge market with no limit if the product works well. Especially for Japan but really everywhere will have increasingly large cohorts of their elderly people with not enough young people to care for them.
Yeah, that’ll help elderly people with mobility issues — hucking another 5 kg of metal, motors and batteries around.
In all seriousness, human elderlies are actually evolutionary anomaly, because if Darwinian tenet of “survival of the fittest” applies 100% of the time, they would not be the norm. But the fact that old people are prevalent in human society is the proof that we are compassionate and loving creatures that transcend cold evolutionary programming. We care for others and the vulnerable.
Almost all of it comes down to how long it takes to raise children. It takes a lot more people and effort and time to raise humans vs any other species, and its made us unique in that we have essentially support roles. Elderly people, people who can’t or dont want to have kids of their own, even older children, all have a role to play in making sure we make it to adulthood and continue the species.
Does anyone currently have any elders taking care of their kids? Or having done so?
The current generation of Elders living today aren’t doing shit for support.
I would argue given how much voting power they have - they are actively making it worse for
parentseveryoneI think it’s less common in north america than in other continents.
It’s becoming more common where I am for a couple to move back to somewhere near one of their sets of parents before they have kids so they can rely on them for occasional childcare since both of the new parents usually have jobs
The grandparents have jobs as well here in uk so nobody has families anymore…
Sure, in the context of physical abilities.
However, i think bands of hominids who care for each other have a survival advantage. I guess thats who we’ve evolved to be social creatures.
Also, nanna might not be able to hunt mammoths anymore, but she knows what to do in years when the mammoth dont come.
darwinian selection has nothing to do with aging. that’s religious right / 1920s robber baron bullshit.
Actually having elders in human societies is shown to positively correlate with better outcomes for the youth in that society. Grandmothers in particular have a measurable benefit.
Yeah. One idea is that, since our offspring take SO long to mature and take so many resources relative to other animals, that it makes more sense at some point for mothers to devote their resources to existing children rather than focus on trying to have more. So it benefits us as a species to have “support” people like grandmas in our society. This is getting into a tangent but there are all sorts of things that kinda “make sense” if you think about life before modern society. Homosexual men would have probably been an evolutionary advantage to a clan of early humans since it would have provided extra strong male bodies without adding to mating pressure. People with a preference for staying up at night and sleeping during the day could have provided more alert guards to watch for predators. Etc etc.
Ohh, add this recent episode of Radiolab to the list.
Except that it isn’t a religious thing. I don’t know if it was natural selection or societal pressure causing artificial selection, but human’s are something of an evolutionary anomaly in the sense that the only other animals on earth who go through menopause are a few species of whales. There’s a whole evolutionary hypothesis tied to it called the grandmother hypothesis. Or you can watch this PBS video about it if you don’t feel like reading. It’s pretty interesting really.
Edit: I’m also just gonna paste a paragraph from the wikipedia if people want the tl;dr.
Evolutionary theory dictates that all organisms invest heavily in reproduction in order to replicate their genes. According to parental investment, human females will invest heavily in their young because the number of mating opportunities available to them and how many offspring they are able to produce in a given amount of time is fixed by the biology of their sex. This inter birth interval (IBI) is a limiting factor in how many children a woman can have because of the extended developmental period that human children experience. Extended childhood, like the extended post-reproductive lifespan for females, is relatively unique to humans.[8] Because of this correlation, human grandmothers are well-poised to provide supplemental parental care to their offspring’s children. Since their grandchildren still carry a portion of their genes, it is still in the grandmother’s genetic interest to ensure those children survive to reproduction.
There are other species which have elderly members, namely whales and elephants.
It’s postulated that having grandmothers helps in a species where young take a long time to mature.
The thing is, for it to be an evolutionary advantage it can’t be common. That’s one theory behind why grandmas aren’t more common in species.
I posted this further down but you would enjoy it if you haven’t seen it already. The end of the video supports your statement. Why Your Grandmother Is an Evolutionary Mystery
It was Herbert Spencer who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest,” and felt that Darwin’s biological theory of natural selection could be expanded to other aspects of society like philosophy and economics. His writings were misinterpreted by the creators of social Darwinism theory and eugenicists.
fact that old people are prevalent in human society is the proof that we are compassionate and loving creatures
It could be media/social programing from perspective of the wiser imposed on the foolish.
Finally something to balance the enormous mass I have in front.
If you have an erection lasting more than four hours please contact your doctor.
He’ll probably be pretty impressed and offer a high five.
But how will I then hang my coat?
on your mecha tail, duh
This is just the first step towards making Dr Octopuss a reality. AND WE DON’T HAVE SPIDERMAN TO SAVE US!!!
Don’t worry, Walmart is working on creating Shrimpman
Why do we need a spiderman? I’ve got two granny-pusses and a grandpaussy in the retirement home that can come put a squash on any shenanigans.
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Nobody wants to do that because men are thirsty.
true as a man, they thirst for my booty when all I care for is good back posture
As a five five man I can assure you that I do do this and the only ones thirsty for that are my cats seeking ont my blood.
Looking at other papers from the same lab and this is the silliest paper I’ve ever seen, they’re evaluating the effect of shining rgb lights at glass noodles on the eating experience
OwO
