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Just what the japanes elderly need, a heavy battery powered contraption strapped to their waist to be more stable. I’ve also heard in Tokyo that everyone is always 5ft apart from one another, plenty of room to be whipping a pseudo tail around.
Just uhh…give it a few wheels, optimally in the front…like make it 4 wheels and they can grab 2 handles with brakes to stabilize on slopes. They might not even have to use the tail too much
…oh…that‘s just a walker, isn‘t it?
Oh that rural Tokyo, where the rice fields go on further than the eye can see. This would be super helpful navigating those plank bridges.
I can think of another demographic that would like this…
It’s Japan, we all know what they really invented it for. But they needed something acceptable to put on the grant application
I was a bit surprised because I had never heard of that research group, but apparently they are not from the engineering department, but from media design.
Here is some more Info, if anyone is curious. But it seems more like a concept paper, than an extra prototype.
I’d get 5 so I can work without hands.
Be careful or you’re gonna end up fighting Spiderman.
Can I… uhhm… get one too? Maybe a little more fluffy? Ohh, and it would be nice if it could wag too… U know… Just for… uhhm… balancing purposes…
(‘~‘; )
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Theres a few companies that make moving tails (and wings) for a few hundred USD, but they tend to be waitless rather than designed for balancing
Are the wings flyable ?
Have you seen how big a hang glider is? That’s roughly what a human-mass creature needs to fly.
looks like human godzilla
All the transspecies creatures here: “want!”
transspecies creatures
Furries. Just call them furries.
No. Some furries might also be transspecies but they are two entirely different things.
There are furries, and there are furries who take things too far.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Please don’t comment again until you’ve actually done some research.
lol I know enough that i stopped doing commissions for furries over a decade ago because there were so many who took it too far and then got way too serious like this ^
It remeber me an painting of Patrick Woodroffe
Now that is some kickass artwork
They got the guy three sets of robohands but couldn’t figure out some mechanolegs for him?
Same for this Tail, there are better system to solve postural problems, walking difficulties and other physical issues. How will you simply sit down with this tail? Or precisely in Japan, entering in an Subway with it? They often invent overcomplicated solutions without need, for easy to solve problems, above solving it only tangential and even adding more problems.
Tails only cars. Obviously. Perfectly economical solution to tack a whole other car for the rich people with theriandroid tails to have space.
Oh goodness, it’s mounted to his HIP. At first glance I thought this was a whole other level of parody product lmao.
Just a pitch: Tail can easily be detached and works as a walking cane.
I do petty every physically sensative individual that has to take overcrowded public transport though
Ideally it would work as a seat that automatically braces under the user if they fall backwards, or just is able to touch the ground and help the user not lose balance, then revert to walking-balancing mode when the user stands up again.
It genuinely could have beneficial use for people with mobility problems, it’s too bad these uses are going to be utterly drowned out by furries looking for new accessories to feel unique.
what about the added weight of the tail? I dont believe elderly got good knees
Yeah we should make it more like the rear-half of a centaur
atp isn’t it just wheelchair but legs
so legchair
Is this a return to monke meme made manifest?
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.
I was hoping for research into genetically adding one to a human, but I’ll.take this.
You already have the nerves there, and it’s quite trivial to connect them to a neurotransmitter, especially since the patent expired.
Comes later.
Can’t we just find a way to upgrade the earth animals instead?
We can have real furries that way
I don’t think I want another class of slave/sex trafficking victims, we have enough problems with manmade horrors creating hell on earth for sentient creatures, we don’t need to make them sapient as well.
Nah, let’s do it.
Better to have practice right now than to commit the same mistakes when we meet aliens out there.
This planet is our cradle. Our place of learning. Our tutorial level.
My so-called government just canceled nearly every space probe and scientific endeavor planned for the next decade, de-orbited two climate monitoring satellites for no reason other than performative politics, put a stop to windmill energy farms, effectively pardoned one of the worst sex traffickers in the world to avoid being found complicit, armed a genocide, and the supreme court is deciding on how legal it is to arrest someone for not being white.
I’mma say naw dog. The only way I could possibly condone uplifting any non-human creatures at this point is if they’re designed to surpass us in every way and utterly overpower our species almost immediately so that we don’t make it out into the stars. We are a scourge, a pox upon our world. I didn’t even get into factory farming and what we’re doing every day to animals for profit.
I say this as someone who grew up watching Star Trek and reading Sagan. The stars are not for us. We are the same horrible primates who smashed each others heads in with rocks for a million years before we discovered agriculture and money. Same creature, more complicated excuses to smash heads.
Ok cancer cell. Go whine in your pathetic self esteem and let us humanity fuck yeah followers to bask in our glorious species.
The stars are ours for the taking and xenos should tremble. A safe galaxy is a human galaxy.
Upgrade?
Have we even seriously tried opening dialogue with elephant or whale tribes?
I know we jacked off a bunch of dolphins we raised in captivity, but, like… Did we send anthropologists anf linguists?
Did we send anthropologists anf linguists?
Yes actually, we’ve been studying the language of whales and cetaceans for decades, the study you are referencing, which ended tragically, was part of that ongoing research.
We are closer than ever to unlocking whale language, and have identified several key areas that are hinting that they have actual grammar, such as connecting sounds between repeated “terms” but even with our best tech, we may never be able to hold a conversation with them, as we live in such vastly different worlds that we can assume that they have extremely different perceptions and may not have the foundational experiences necessary to share words and language.
Dude, we jack off about first contact math abd how we would talk to aliens. Seti was(is?) A thing.
If we cant talk to fuckers whose antique bones my grandmother decorated her room with, whose grandmother read by the light of the burning flesh of? We have no god damn right to be calling ourselves intelligent or civilized as a species.
Just because we could talk to a whale wouldn’t make them a furry. They need to be anthropoidal to be a furry.
I said upgrade.
Let’s make their bodies more enjoyable for us to see. If we never meet aliens, let’s make them.
But that’s not an upgrade, it would be a lateral mov. Maube there are whales or eleohsnts with the same weird kinks as us; we don’t know: never asked.
And gave them LSD! Funded by NASA.
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.
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.
Fuck. Yes. Id make so many comments about killing spider man.
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.
Beware the chuck wagon 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)
Ok Machine, convert this schizo-ing document into Ratheon Cybernetic Auditory Telemetry & Echolocation with Anisotropic Reception (CAT&EAR) engineering requirement draft document
🛰️ 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-repairable
This feels more like monkey nannas. An entirely more niche kink.
Looks more like Mecha-Godzilla, tho.
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.
taps fingers together rhythmically
Good, gooood. It’s all coming together.catgirl mecha, if we’re being precise.
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
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.
