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Shatter Me, Entry 2: The Reason I'm Here

''Shiny the recog! The story we continued to draw, shine light now! Wandering through time, a place where absurdity swirls. I had a blue and sad dream, the figure that was temporarily hidden. The meaning of this world is intertwined. I run through, hoping to meet up sometime, a view of the far, far future. Shiny the recog! When I wake up, the story that continues tomorrow! Grab it with these hands, the strength to believe will become a miracle! If it's the despair that resides in you, I'll cut through everything in my sight. The reason I'm here is because I want you to smile.''

– Recognize by MegaMan X DiVE

xXxXxXx

''Hey, Tails! Have you seen where the picnic blanket it?''

Tails looked up from the device he was working on, a bit surprised to see Sonic holding a picnic basket. ''Uh, sure… It's on the shelf, over there.''

''Thanks, little bro,'' Sonic replied, going over to the shelf and grabbing the blanket.

''You're going out for a picnic?'' Tails asked curiously.

''Yeah, with Shadow. I finally managed to find him and convince him to have a victory lunch since he had helped us save the Paradox Prism,'' Sonic replied, placing the blanket into the basket.

''I'm surprised that he agreed to it,'' Tails said.

''Well, what can I say? I'm quite persuasive when I want to be,'' Sonic replied, walking out of the workshop. ''Once again, thanks for the help Tails! You're the best!''

''Uh, huh, thanks, but…'' Tails sighed when he saw Sonic already speeding off. He hummed in thought, wondering what had happened to Sonic. Ever since they had saved the Paradox Prism, Sonic started to act weird… Well, perhaps ''weird'' wasn't the right word. Instead, he actually became more attentive, paying close attention to what others said before giving his own input. Not only that, but when it came to Tails, Sonic had started to praise him even for the most mundane stuff, reminding him how he would always be there for his little brother and to ask him if he ever felt bothered by something. While Sonic being a supportive big brother was welcome, Tails didn't understand what had triggered this change.

To add to it, Sonic would also keep running off to find Shadow, noting how he needs to thank him properly for his help and talking about how he was glad to have Shadow around. While Tails agreed that it was good that Shadow helped them to save the Paradox Prism, he wasn't really sure why Sonic made such a big deal out of it. He tried to ask Sonic about it, but the azure hedgehog had already ran off to his next adventure.

''I guess I'll ask him next time he stops by,'' Tails muttered, only to turn to his computer, surprised to see a change in the weather pattern. ''This is not good. I hope Sonic won't get caught in the approaching rainstorm.''

xXx

As per their agreement, Shadow was already waiting at the beach, observing the waves crashing against the sand and staring ahead at the sky. He took note of the thick dark grey clouds approaching Green Hill, feeling concerned about a possible storm. His ears flicked when he heard the familiar sound of Sonic running up to him, skidding to a halt as he held the picnic basket tightly in his arms.

''Sorry for being late, but it took me a bit to get all the spices right… Uh, is something wrong?'' Sonic followed Shadow's gaze, now seeing the drearily dull sight before him. ''Aw, com'n! I thought we'd have nice weather today!''

''It seems like we would have to postpone the beach picnic,'' Shadow said, glancing at Sonic. The azure hedgehog's ears drooped as he stared at the oncoming clouds in disappointment, with the wind picking up. He was looking forward to this so much, only for all of his effort being for nothing. Shadow then turned back to the horizon in thought, already feeling the rain droplets on his fur. He did feel bad for Sonic and him wasting his time and energy to arrange this only for the weather to ruin it.

''I guess we should go home then…''

''Wait.''

A dispirited Sonic, who had already turned on his heel to leave, was caught off guard when Shadow grabbed him by the hand and revealing the green Chaos Emerald in the other. ''I know a place where we can take shelter from the storm. Do you want to come along?''

''Of course!'' Sonic perked up, feeling Shadow tightening his grip on his hand as he held up the Chaos Emerald. There was a flash of light and both disappeared from the beach, just as the rain had started.

This was followed by a flash of light in what appeared to me some kind of alcove close to Hedgehog's Pass. It wasn't too shallow, but not too deep either to even be considered a cave, providing the two hedgehogs with enough space to shelter them from the wind and rain, but also keeping them close to each other. Shadow turned to Sonic, still holding his hand. ''I suppose we could have the picnic here instead on the beach, if you're fine with it.''

However, before Shadow could even finish his sentence, Sonic had already let go of him and grabbed the blanket out of the basket, setting it down on the ground and took out the sea dogs, offering Shadow one, having a wide smile on his expression.

''You never miss a beat, do you?'' Shadow couldn't help but smile at Sonic's optimism, taking the sea dog and sitting down next to Sonic.

''Heh, I'm just glad that we could have a picnic, no matter the place,'' Sonic replied, before taking a huge bite out of his sea dog. ''Nothing beats a good meal, especially when you're sharing it with your friend.''

''Friend?''

Sonic almost chocked on his sea dog when he heard Shadow's tone. It was strangely serene and inquisitive, as if Shadow was questioning the very nature of their relationship without even asking anything. Sonic wasn't sure why, but something about it struck a nerve and he was suddenly worried that maybe he said something that might've offended Shadow, so he decided to quickly elaborate on it.

''Well, yeah… I mean, at this point, being rivals and friends is practically the same,'' Sonic said, remembering all those times people beat him up before becoming his friends. Somehow, this way of making friends was becoming more and more common, much to his amusement and exasperation.

''If it's the same thing, why did you get so nervous?''

Sonic gave him a blank look, only to take note of the slightest of smirks Shadow gave him as he ate the sea dog. It took a moment for his brain to process that Shadow was just teasing him. Shadow couldn't help but snort in amusement when Sonic pouted in annoyance, reaching for the basket for another sea dog, a faint tint of pink spreading on his fawn muzzle. He ate it in silence, trying to figure out how to quip back to Shadow's comment, but all that came to his mind was a rush of adrenaline and fear when a memory flashed in his mind. He tried to shake it off, sighing instead as he continued to eat.

Shadow raised an eyebrow at Sonic's sudden silence. Usually, he appreciated it when Sonic actually shut up for once, but for some reason, he felt a little concerned about the lack of response. He felt an urge to reach out for him, even lifting his hand on instinct, but stopped himself, resuming to eat in silence and watching the downpour outside.

xXx

''I hope that Sonic is fine…'' Tails muttered as he observed the downpour outside from his workshop. The weather really took a turn for the worse and it was fortunate that it didn't turn into a full-blown thunderstorm. While Tails had figured that Sonic would be able to find shelter, it didn't make him feel less worried about his older brother. Suddenly, he heard a knock on his window, surprised to see Rouge flying outside, gesturing at the closed entrance to his workshop. He quickly walked over and opened it, letting the bat inside. Rouge flapped her wings, shaking off the rain droplets. Tails then walked over with a towel in his hands, tossing it towards Rouge. She used the towel to dry herself off, placing it over her shoulders.

''Ugh, the weather outside is horrible! Good thing I was close to your workshop,'' she said, looking around. ''Isn't Sonic with you?''

''No, he went out for a picnic with Shadow,'' Tails replied. Rouge's eyes widened in surprise.

''Really? I'd never expected for Shadow to actually agree to socialize with anyone, let alone Sonic,'' Rouge said. Tails shrugged.

''That's what Sonic had told me,'' he replied. ''As a matter of fact, he had been talking a lot about Shadow lately.''

Rouge tilted her head, humming in interest. ''Yeah, I had also noticed a change in Blue's attitude… Well, I hope their date didn't get ruined by the rainstorm.''

''D-Date?'' Tails stared at Rouge in surprise. She just gave him a nonchalant look.

''I mean, what else would you call these two going alone on a picnic,'' she said, a sly grin spreading on her lips. Tails was still baffled by Rouge's take on the situation, wondering if she was being genuine or just messing with him. Rouge didn't seem to be interested in giving him an answer, instead just starting to walk around the workshop and looking at the tools and devices on the shelves and desks. ''In any case, thanks for letting me stay here until the storm stops.''

''You're welcome, but please, don't touch anything,'' Tails replied in a deadpan tone, well aware of Rouge's treasure hunting reputation.

''Do you have any gems here?'' Rouge asked, with Tails shaking his head. She then gave him an assuring smile. ''Then you have nothing to worry about.''

Tails just sighed, walking back to the device he was working on, but it was hard for him to focus, as his mind was still replaying the conversation he had with Rouge in regards to Sonic and him supposedly being on a date with Shadow. He tried to shake it off as Rouge just making a wild assumption, but for some reason, the thought just wouldn't leave his mind.

Sonic, you really have some explaining to do.

xXx

''Man, I haven't seen a rainstorm this bad in a while now,'' Sonic commented, leaning against the wall of the alcove. He and Shadow have just finished their meal and were watching the constant downpour of rain that somehow had gotten stronger. ''It feels like someone is just dumping buckets of water all over the place. I just hope there won't be any flooding.''

''Once the rain stops, we can go and make sure that there isn't any,'' Shadow said, sitting next to Sonic, with one elbow propped on his knee. Sonic just nodded.

''I hope there won't be, because the last thing I need is to fall into water… again. I don't even have the kicks I had in No Place to keep me afloat,'' Sonic replied, wiggling his feet as he stared at the sneakers. ''Those really came in handy. I wish I had them when we fought Chaos.'' Sonic shuddered at the memory of Station Square being flooded. ''Man, I know everything went well… but that guy was made out of water! I was lucky I didn't drown.''

''Chaos?''

Sonic turned his gaze towards Shadow, who gave him a genuinely confused look. Sonic stared at him, wondering why the dark hedgehog looked so puzzled, until he realized it. ''Oh, right! You weren't there when we fought Chaos and Eggman. Sorry, my bad!''

''What did the Doctor do this time?'' Shadow asked, furrowing a brow when Sonic namedropped Eggman.

''Well, he unleashed this water deity named Chaos after shattering the Master Emerald, and Chaos went on to just destroy everything in his way because he was really angry and hurt because of what Knuckles' ancestors did to him in the past. You'd have to ask Knuckles for more details about this though, he knows this stuff better than I do,'' Sonic explained. ''Fortunately, we managed to calm him down and he left with Tikal.''

''Should I even ask you who Tikal is?'' Shadow asked in a dry tone, having gotten used to Sonic just namedropping people in a context that only made sense to him. ''Or should I ask Knuckles for an explanation?''

''Eh, heh…'' Sonic smiled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. He then leaned over, holding up his finger and thumb as he got an idea. ''You know, if you want me to, I could tell you all about my past adventures so you can get up to speed. What do you say?'' His ears then drooped as his eyes flickered to the side, adding, ''I mean, I know you're not exactly into small talk, but we're kind of stuck here… But you also have the Chaos Emerald, so you can just leave…''

''I'll listen to you talk,'' Shadow said, his eyes closed as he let out a soft sigh, his arms folded across his chest. He understood Sonic's desire to spend time with him, especially when there really wasn't any emergency to attend to. While he typically avoided small talk in favor of keeping things concise and to the point, he figured that he could humor Sonic for the time being.

''Really?! That's great!'' Shadow's attention snapped back to Sonic, being caught slightly off guard by just how happy Sonic looked, his emerald green eyes almost sparkling. Shadow couldn't help but stare into his eyes, feeling once again that weird sense of warmth spreading through his body. This strange sensation was both scary due to its unfamiliarity, and captivating, and Shadow felt a desire to lean into it.

Sonic then started to talk, telling him tales about his adventures, which were mostly exploits against Dr. Eggman, usually in the company of his friends. Shadow listened intently, taking note of just how animated and excited Sonic got as he talked about what had happened, going into details about the events and battles he had been through, showing pride in his heroism and assurance that, no matter how bad things got, he always found a way out. It was quite a fascinating experience, as the stories were detailed enough for Shadow to be able to imagine them in his head, and the only times he interrupted Sonic to ask him questions about something particular. He took notice of Sonic's mannerism whenever he asked a question, with the azure hedgehog being always eager to explain things and basking in the attention he got from Shadow. It was as if the world around them had slowly faded away and it was just the two of them remaining.

''…never told you about it, but I'm really glad that I met you,'' Sonic said, only to suddenly pause, his expression changing to a more somber one. Shadow could see the lack of focus in his green eyes, now dull as he seemed to have been reminded of an experience he wanted to forget.

''Sonic?'' Shadow grew concerned, well aware that if Sonic ever went silent, it was obvious that things were bad. He lifted his hand instinctively, although he didn't make any further moves due to his own hesitance. Even though he had found himself feeling genuine worry for Sonic, going so far to comfort him, he could never make that crucial final step, no matter how much he tried.

''You know, when I saw you falling into The Void, it reminded me of…'' Sonic trailed off, guilt being reflected in his eyes. Shadow's ears drooped and his eyes widened when he realized what Sonic was referring to. Sonic took a deep breath, trying to continue the conversation, despite feeling as if someone placed a boulder on his chest, pressing him down, ''I thought I would lose you again. I couldn't save you when you fell to Earth, no matter how hard I tried, and I refused to let it happen again. I couldn't let it happen again, especially not when I had already lost so much because of my own mistakes.''

Sonic lowered his gaze, clearly still haunted by the memories of the past. He actually felt guilty for being unable to save Shadow after he had lost his Super Form and fell down to Earth, seemingly dying, and it was a burden he carried with himself for a while, even though he tried to push it out of his mind. He was glad that Shadow turned out to be alive, but this was something that still lingered on his mind, to the point that he had a full-blown panic-inducing flashback when he saw an unconscious Shadow falling into the darkest depths of The Void. Sonic placed his hand on his chest, his breath fast and shallow at the memory played out once again, and he could feel his heart beating rapidly. He could still hear his own desperate screams echoing in his head.

''No! No no no no! Shadow! SHADOW!''

''Sonic!''

Sonic gasped as he snapped back to reality, feeling as if he had been running for miles, his heartbeat as fast as back then. He registered a sense of weight on his shoulder and turned to Shadow, realizing that the dark hedgehog had placed his hand on his shoulder, trying to get his attention and break him out of his memory.

''I… I'm sorry…'' Sonic said, holding his breath as he tried to calm down, and forced a smile. ''I-I'm just glad that I had managed to save you this time. Heh.''

''Sonic, you're not fine,'' Shadow stated, his eyes narrowed in concern. He too remembered the moment he had tried to enter the gateway in the mistaken belief that the tech he stole from Sonic would grant him entrance to the Shatterspaces, and while he couldn't remember what happened after he fell unconscious, he did recall being in Sonic's arms, at least before the inevitable collision with one of the crystals. Even back then, Sonic tried to just blow it off as nothing, but it was clear now that this was something that weighted heavily on him.

''No, really, it's nothing…'' Sonic tried to assure him, but Shadow shook his head, giving him a firm look.

''I know what you're trying to do, and it's not working,'' he stated. Sonic's forced smile disappeared and he lowered his gaze.

''I guess that messed me up more than I thought,'' Sonic muttered.

''Even though my fall after the battle with Finalhazard was none of your fault,'' Shadow added. Sonic looked up back at Shadow, his eyes wide.

''No, I was trying to reach out for you. I was trying to save you! If I had only-'' Sonic protested, only to get cut off by Shadow.

''Sonic, I still remember that moment when you reached out to save me before I fell to Earth from the ARK, but it seems that what you have forgotten is that I had waved you away,'' Shadow told him. Sonic stared at him, speechless, trying to recall the moment as well. ''If I hadn't done that, you would have fallen with me. I appreciate your determination, even if you frustrate me to no end, but this was not your fault. I had chosen to let go, especially after all of the trouble I had caused because of my own mistaken beliefs.''

''Shadow…''

''I promised to myself that I would never forget that. Until I did,'' Shadow added, placing his hand against his temple, gritting his teeth and letting out a frustrated groan at his own issues with his memory. There was so much that was wrong with him, no matter how hard he tried. There was so much he tried to understand, but he felt like he'd always find himself at a dead end, always taking the wrong path. It felt so incredibly infuriating, despite all of his attempts to do the right thing. He then lowered his hand, sighing. ''So, as I said, don't ever think that any-''

Before Shadow could even finish the sentence, Sonic threw himself against him, burying his muzzle into Shadow's shoulder and wrapping his hands around torso, hugging him tightly. Shadow remained stunned and speechless at this move, unable to process what had just happened. His eyes darted towards Sonic as he tried to formulate a coherent thought, but nothing except a warm sensation of comfort filled his mind.

''Then, how about we avoid such scenarios in the future,'' Sonic said, still feeling the weight pressing against his chest. In that one moment, he couldn't think of anything else but to reach for Shadow and keep him close to himself, fearing that, if he let go, he would lose him again. What he didn't expect was that Shadow would wrap his hands around his back, pulling him closer.

''Yeah… The same goes for you,'' Shadow muttered, with Sonic lifting his head, still in Shadow's arms and meeting his stern gaze, crimson eyes observing emerald eyes intently. ''Your stunt with the Prism Energy, while necessary, was still idiotic beyond belief. You were lucky I was there to get you home before you vanished into nothingness.''

''Heh, so you were worried about me,'' Sonic said, cracking a soft smile. He tried to tease Shadow, but it was clear that the emotions between them were so raw that even acting as if what had happened wasn't a big deal was impossible. They had simply reached a point where any barrier they had built up between them was completely shattered. Any emotional vulnerability they wanted to hide from each other was now laid out for the other to see and it seemed to have sparked something inside them, something they still needed to process fully.

''Yeah, I was…'' Shadow said, his gaze fixed on Sonic. He still didn't understand why he allowed himself to show this side of him, the side that craved for someone he could trust, someone who could comfort him, but he knew that it was too late to back down. All the walls he had put between himself and Sonic were torn down, and he couldn't care less. Sonic was the reason he was still here, and he would be forever grateful for that.

Shadow's ears then flicked when Sonic snorted, giving Shadow a mischievous look. ''I always knew that you were a hugger.''

Shadow narrowed his eyes, feeling the familiar rush of frustration coursing through his body. He closed his eyes, speaking through his gritted teeth (with Sonic imagining an anime-like cross-popping vein appearing on his forehead), ''If you tell this to anyone, I swear I will kick your ass and throw you off the ARK with my own hands.''

''Yeah, you would,'' Sonic said casually, causing Shadow to look at him, only to notice a sly smirk on Sonic's lips. ''But, you would also catch me afterwards.''

Shadow just sighed, not wanting to answer that, as he and Sonic knew that this was the truth. It amazed and frustrated him to no end just how easily he lost his composure in Sonic's presence, becoming more and more open with his emotions. His rival really had knack for driving him up the wall with his constant antics and, to make it worse, Sonic was fully aware of it. Nevertheless, that was part of the charm of their rivalry and Shadow knew that things would not be the same without that aspect of their relationship.

He then snapped out of his thoughts when Sonic just pressed his head against the white fur on his chest, nuzzling it. ''Dude, you never told me that you had a cloud for chest fur. It's so soft!''

''You're really bold for someone who is about to get punched in the face,'' Shadow said in an irked tone. Sonic lifted his head, a sly smile appearing on his fawn lips.

''Oh, really? Then, why are you still holding me like you're afraid that I'm about to fade away?'' Sonic asked in a teasing tone, drawing attention to the fact that they still held each other in a tight embrace, with Shadow's hands being placed just under Sonic's back quills.

''Shut up,'' Shadow growled, clearly irritated by Sonic's smugness, but nevertheless, he pulled him even closer, digging his muzzle into Sonic's collarbone and enjoying the warmth that kept him comfort. Sonic was still smiling, although his expression became more soft as he understood that, despite everything that just transpired, Shadow still had trouble being honest about his emotions, putting up that intimidating look that kept most people away. Fortunately, Sonic wasn't like most people and he knew what kind of buttons to push to get a reaction from Shadow. He simply leaned into it, taking in the faint scent of lavender he came to associate with Shadow and listening to the faint sound of rain outside.

It seemed that the storm had finally lessened.

xXx

Shadow squinted, slowly blinking before opening his eyes. He was still in a daze, his eyes adjusting to the darkness. The first thing he took note of was the scent of freshness in the air, the kind that appears after rain. He gazed outside, realizing that the rainstorm had stopped and that the sky was dotted with stars. It was probably late in the night.

Shadow then turned his attention to the weight on his shoulder, realizing that it was Sonic. The azure hedgehog was still fast asleep, his head leaning against Shadow's collarbone, with Shadow having placed his arm around his waist to keep him in place. The dark hedgehog sighed, realizing that they had somehow fallen asleep like this, leaned against the wall. Shadow didn't feel too uncomfortable about this position, but he did wish he had been leaning against a pillow or something similar. Sonic, obviously, was quite comfortable using Shadow as a pillow.

How did we end up like this?

Only a few days ago, Shadow was furious at Sonic for his lack of awareness and reckless behavior in the face of danger, reprimanding him for not listening to anyone in a critical moment, which led to their reality fracturing. He never expected that their forced teamwork would lead up to them starting to understand each other better, to the point of being comfortable enough in each other's presence to open up to each other. He understood that their relationship was way more than just a simple rivalry and that there was a level of deep understanding between them, a rare relationship that can enter one's heart.

Shadow knew that this was a relationship that he couldn't let go of.

He took a look down at his lap, having just realized that Sonic had placed his own hand on top of his, his gloved fingers curled slightly over Shadow's knuckles. Shadow couldn't help but smile softly, shifting his hand so he could intertwine with fingers with Sonic's and leaned his head against Sonic's forehead. He then closed his eyes, drifting off to a peaceful sleep while holding Sonic's hand in his own.

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june-gdprototyping · 3 months ago

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CNC development history and processing principles

CNC machine tools are also called Computerized Numerical Control (CNC for short). They are mechatronics products that use digital information to control machine tools. They record the relative position between the tool and the workpiece, the start and stop of the machine tool, the spindle speed change, the workpiece loosening and clamping, the tool selection, the start and stop of the cooling pump and other operations and sequence actions on the control medium with digital codes, and then send the digital information to the CNC device or computer, which will decode and calculate, issue instructions to control the machine tool servo system or other actuators, so that the machine tool can process the required workpiece.

‌1. The evolution of CNC technology: from mechanical gears to digital codes

The Beginning of Mechanical Control (late 19th century - 1940s)

The prototype of CNC technology can be traced back to the invention of mechanical automatic machine tools in the 19th century. In 1887, the cam-controlled lathe invented by American engineer Herman realized "programmed" processing for the first time by rotating cams to drive tool movement. Although this mechanical programming method is inefficient, it provides a key idea for subsequent CNC technology. During World War II, the surge in demand for military equipment accelerated the innovation of processing technology, but the processing capacity of traditional machine tools for complex parts had reached a bottleneck.

The electronic revolution (1950s-1970s)

After World War II, manufacturing industries mostly relied on manual operations. After workers understood the drawings, they manually operated machine tools to process parts. This way of producing products was costly, inefficient, and the quality was not guaranteed. In 1952, John Parsons' team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed the world's first CNC milling machine, which input instructions through punched paper tape, marking the official birth of CNC technology. The core breakthrough of this stage was "digital signals replacing mechanical transmission" - servo motors replaced gears and connecting rods, and code instructions replaced manual adjustments. In the 1960s, the popularity of integrated circuits reduced the size and cost of CNC systems. Japanese companies such as Fanuc launched commercial CNC equipment, and the automotive and aviation industries took the lead in introducing CNC production lines.

Integration of computer technology (1980s-2000s)

With the maturity of microprocessor and graphical interface technology, CNC entered the PC control era. In 1982, Siemens of Germany launched the first microprocessor-based CNC system Sinumerik 800, whose programming efficiency was 100 times higher than that of paper tape. The integration of CAD (computer-aided design) and CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) software allows engineers to directly convert 3D models into machining codes, and the machining accuracy of complex surfaces reaches the micron level. During this period, equipment such as five-axis linkage machining centers came into being, promoting the rapid development of mold manufacturing and medical device industries.

Intelligence and networking (21st century to present)

The Internet of Things and artificial intelligence technologies have given CNC machine tools new vitality. Modern CNC systems use sensors to monitor parameters such as cutting force and temperature in real time, and use machine learning to optimize processing paths. For example, the iSMART Factory solution of Japan's Mazak Company achieves intelligent scheduling of hundreds of machine tools through cloud collaboration. In 2023, the global CNC machine tool market size has exceeded US$80 billion, and China has become the largest manufacturing country with a production share of 31%.

2. CNC machining principles: How code drives steel

The essence of CNC technology is to convert the physical machining process into a control closed loop of digital signals. Its operation logic can be divided into three stages:

Geometric Modeling and Programming

After building a 3D model using CAD software such as UG and SolidWorks, CAM software “deconstructs” the model: automatically calculating parameters such as tool path, feed rate, spindle speed, and generating G code (such as G01 X100 Y200 F500 for linear interpolation to coordinates (100,200) and feed rate 500mm/min). Modern software can even simulate the material removal process and predict machining errors.

Numerical control system analysis and implementation

The "brain" of CNC machine tools - the numerical control system (such as Fanuc 30i, Siemens 840D) converts G codes into electrical pulse signals. Taking a three-axis milling machine as an example, the servo motors of the X/Y/Z axes receive pulse commands and convert rotary motion into linear displacement through ball screws, with a positioning accuracy of up to ±0.002mm. The closed-loop control system uses a grating ruler to feedback position errors in real time, forming a dynamic correction mechanism.

Multi-physics collaborative control

During the machining process, the machine tool needs to coordinate multiple parameters synchronously: the spindle motor drives the tool to rotate at a high speed of 20,000 rpm, the cooling system sprays atomized cutting fluid to reduce the temperature, and the tool changing robot completes the tool change within 0.5 seconds. For example, when machining titanium alloy blades, the system needs to dynamically adjust the cutting depth according to the hardness of the material to avoid tool chipping.

‌3. The future of CNC technology: cross-dimensional breakthroughs and industrial transformation

Currently, CNC technology is facing three major trends:

‌Combined‌: Turning and milling machine tools can complete turning, milling, grinding and other processes on one device, reducing clamping time by 90%;

Additive-subtractive integration: Germany's DMG MORI's LASERTEC series machine tools combine 3D printing and CNC finishing to directly manufacture aerospace engine combustion chambers;

‌Digital Twin‌: By using a virtual machine tool to simulate the actual machining process, China's Shenyang Machine Tool's i5 system has increased debugging efficiency by 70%.

From the meshing of mechanical gears to the flow of digital signals, CNC technology has rewritten the underlying logic of the manufacturing industry in 70 years. It is not only an upgrade of machine tools, but also a leap in the ability of humans to transform abstract thinking into physical entities. In the new track of intelligent manufacturing, CNC technology will continue to break through the limits of materials, precision and efficiency, and write a new chapter for industrial civilization.

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ship-of-adramyttium · 1 year ago

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Impressions of Artificial Intelligence - Part 3

AI and Machine Learning and The Mystery of Knowledge Read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. What We Know Brilliant informational scientists, programmers, computer researchers, and specialists have a profound understanding of the architecture of machine learning models, including LLMs. On the front end, these models are built on well-understood coding protocols. As mentioned before, there are intricate algorithms that weight words and phrases, tokenizing language in order to recognize context. There are parallel networks that perform tasks forward and backward, a bit like memory in a human brain. This is done at lightning speeds, with massive servers running in parallel to one another. A little bit like how brains run multiple inputs at the same time. It used to be that computer programmers would line up machines in serial systems, meaning one after another, so that one computer would complete a task and would feed into another computer. This would layer inputs until the end of the serial chain for maximum output. This requires massive amounts of energy and relatively long timeframes. Eventually, someone said, what if we run these systems in parallel, next to each other. Then, let's break the main task into smaller tasks running at the same time rather than each task in a line. After all, that is how brains work. Brains are profoundly vast in their ability to retain, maintain, and act on available information at the same time. Parallel Processing This is called parallel processing and it rapidly speeds up the ability of a system to find answers and generate output. Parallel processing led to the creation of neural networks back in the 1980s. In an AI model, there is a massive amount of information pouring into each channel and then overlapping onto other channels (the same way the human brain does). This requires massive amounts of computing power. We now have massive server farms dedicated to machine learning and AI. The physical architecture and energy needs required for the software architecture for AI is unbelievably vast. On the back end, at the point of the end user, we know that there is now an explosion of AI uses and bots that can do all sorts of things. Once you have a functional LLM and AI system, you can section off parts to have it do different things. These are called ‘bots’, because they are task specific. A bot to manage your calendar, another to write emails, another to generate images, another to do financials in the background, another to ghostwrite your motivational book, another to do complex math. There are bots that can act as a personage from the past, a smart person in the present, or a therapist. The GPT Store is a good example of what this looks like. For interaction with topic specific bots, Character.AI is a fascinating exploration of the capability of bots. More simply, though, all these GPTs (GPT means Generative Pre-trained Transformer) are dependent on how well they communicate with the end user. So very generally, what is known of AIs, on the front end, is the software and hardware architecture needed to create a functional AI. This requires training the AI to understand the context of input queries, access to datasets, and careful programming (the Pre-Trained part of GPT). On the back end, the output to the end user, there are the translation requirements needed for us to read the responses from the AI on our various devices. These front end and back end aspects of AI are very well understood. The people who designed these systems are brilliant, unnamed scientists and programmers who will never be household names. What We Don’t Know Most of the time, when I am working with AI dialogues and rewrites, I am aware that most of the answers the AI gives me, while drawing on vast knowledge bases, are formulaic, repetitive in a meta sense, and predictable in structure. Part of this is because of the way systems are designed; a programmed system will give programmed-like responses. Part of this predictability is because a lot of human writing is predictable and formulaic. Sometimes, though, something comes through the AI model that is fantastically creative and even beautiful. The tokens get weighted just right, the predictive algorithm decodes just so, and it is as if you are reading a response written by your closest friend, favorite author, genius brother-in-law. If you get enough of these moments in a row, it can seem like a flash of conscious awareness on the part of the machine. Like magic, a new entity seems to come into being through words and image put together in a truly creative way. Through both word and image, the advancements in AI are explosive. Every week seems to bring a new, amazing outcome. For instance, check out the incredible output from the text-to-video AI model named Sora. This is just one example of many across domains and uses. It is hard to keep up. Transformer Architecture LLMs, for the most part, work in a ‘transformer architecture’. Transformers (the “T” in ChatGPT, for instance) are a structure of encoders, which receive information - prompts from users and input from the dataset, and decoders, which impart information - responses from the model to the end user. Imagine that on one side of an LLM there is a rising road that reaches all the way up to the top of a mountain. This road is called Encoder. On the other side, there is a descending road all the way to the bottom of the mountain. This road is called Decoder. The Invisible Bridge The reason the road doesn’t have the same name from start to finish is because right at the top of the mountain, there is an enormous gap between the highest point of the Encoder road and the beginning of the descent down the Decoder road. People have told you to just drive across because the bridge between the Encoder road and the Decoder road is invisible, but is still there.

No one knows who built the bridge. No one even knows, for that matter, why the bridge is there. Sometimes, in the middle of the invisible bridge, things go weird. You see things, hear things, read things that are not normal. Most of the time, though, things just cross over like a normal bridge over any other canyon or abyss. This bridge is what we don’t know in AI systems. Something happens on the bridge between encoding and decoding that allows for an AI model to put things together in creative, structured ways that can defy explanation, in good ways and in not so good ways. Liminal AI A lot of AI work, now that the internet has been ‘scraped’ for all knowledge, is the hard work of training AIs to discern misinformation from information, truth from fantasy. This is the work I do. So are thousands of people around the world. The other reason the work in AI is refocusing now is because no one really knows how these systems work. The gap, the invisible bridge, between encoding and decoding is an unknown in-between, a liminal space where formerly binary systems, 1s and 0s acting as ‘yes’ and ‘no’ gates, are now probability matrices. This means the information is sometimes ‘yes’ and ‘no’ at the same time. The work an AI model does on the invisible bridge is…their own thing. The transformers in AIs are like a black box, the phrase used in science for where things happen that we don’t fully understand. So a big part of the work in AI advancement and development is reverse-engineering why they do what they do and act like they do. The people who created AI are now spending a good portion of their time trying to figure out how their creation works. How Does This Thing Work? Before everyone totally freaks out, it is worth remembering there are many things we have created or discovered that we do not understand why they work. Airplanes work, but it took a fair bit of time to really understand why. Electricity works, but it took a long time to understand what it actually does. Flight and electricity are actually incredibly complex operations, and the explanations confuse people. The fact that we have both in our daily lives doesn’t mean we understand what is happening. My favorite is gravity: we know what gravity does and even how it acts. Based on our crude understanding of gravity, we can launch people into space, predict asteroids, and the orbits of planets. But what it is, where it is, why it is, is still a mystery. Antibiotics are another one. For a long time, we knew that penicillin and other sulfur based antibiotics worked really well, but didn’t know why. We understand much more now. But even so, we can create them and even target them to specific bacteria, but there are whole aspects of why they work we still do not understand. We still take them, though, because their final effect is to kill the harmful bacteria making us sick. We are currently in what is called the “psychedelic renaissance”, where research into psychedelic medicines is exploding. The great secret of psychedelics is the same as AI. We know, for instance, what psilocybin (magic mushrooms) does right up to the point it interacts with serotonin receptors in the brain and body. And then we know very little. They appear to help with all kinds of mental health issues, and are powerful agents for creativity and insight. Therein lies the mystery. Like gravity, we know what psychedelics do, but really don’t know why they do what they do. More Questions Mean The Right Path Each of these examples, however, are the essence of science. Answers in science are really only platforms for more and better questions. Answers in science are temporary and provisional. The formula of science is this: The more we know, the more we realize we don’t know. Discoveries are what lead to new discoveries. Even though computer science has been around for almost 200 years, we are now just at the beginning of this new aspect of artificial intelligence with transformers, encoder-decoder architecture, and the public participation in the technology. The other secret to science, which should be public knowledge, is that good questions come from good evidence. And good answers build on good science. This is why trusting scientific experts when we don’t know the science leads us to better outcomes. By close observation and our own rigorous study, we learn to ask better questions of experts in their fields, rather than simply questioning expertise. We go up a road, the creation of an artificial intelligence, and understand the construction and direction of the road pretty well. We come down the road in the proliferation of LLMs and chatbots and see how the thing works in practical application. But in between the road up and the road down, we have to cross the invisible bridge of the mountain we have built. AI is a technology that is exploding. This is where the new discoveries and possibilities wait. Let's ask really good questions about what we are doing with it. Read the full article

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arthurhwalker · 2 years ago

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Lenovo Yoga Book 9i Review

The hype for this device is warranted. That said, some of the features are incomplete, or "coming soon." There's a lot of really great reviews of the device that talk specifications. In short, the specs are great. This review is going to about how the device fits into my own use case, and the features that mattered to me most.

Yep. I'm going to make it all about me.

Text Entry

Being able to use two screens in landscape, one above the other, or side by side in portrait mode is a show stopper. It's really difficult to have that set up, and have it fit comfortably in your daily carry bag. Being able to set a document window to cascade between both screens in stacked landscape mode is done by tapping five fingers on the screen. It's so good.

Also, it comes with a Mystery Triangle. No idea what it's for, but it is magnetic and has instructions on it for assembly. I found at least one thing it can do, but probably isn't intended for.

Pen holder?

Pictured below: 65w Charger, Lenovo 2-channel quiet Bluetooth mouse, keyboard accessory, stylus, and Mystery Triangle.

The Bluetooth keyboard accessory is excellent. Best of all, the keyboard is included. Literally, the best travel sized/weight Bluetooth Keyboard accessory I've seen is just quietly bundled with the Lenovo 9i.

Key travel, latency (I type very fast if I want to), and feedback are great. I know the device is designed to take pen input, but I love making text with it. They way the keyboard rolls up into the stand to protect the keys from havoc while traveling in my bag is really nice. A lot of thought went into the accessories for the Yoga Book 9i.

The effort paid off.

Pen Entry

You make some sacrifices here, but I'm not convinced it is Lenovo's fault. Being able to draw on the deck display while using the lid display to view your reference material is awesome. Pen input is pretty good, but I'm still wrestling with getting tilt and other functionality to work as I'd prefer. It doesn't seem to matter which application I use, there is a little jitter.

The device will take pen input on both screens simultaneously but that experience is heavily dependent on the applications, and what pen protocol they are using. Overall I'll be doing my finishing work at 300 dpi at home on my Thinkpad with a Wacom Cintiq. Will I do front end digital art, pixel art, and sketching on my Yoga Book 9i?

For sure.

It's an 8.5 stars drawing experience that feels like a 10 because the displays are both OLED, and vary closely matched in both color and brightness. I haven't applied any film to the deck, but the included stylus has pretty good resistance without it. My other favorite stylus works great, too.

User Experience

Microsoft's software products have been in steady decline for over a decade. I didn't think Microsoft had anything left to ruin after Windows 10, but they broke new ground with Windows 11. User experience isn't anywhere on Microsoft's list of priorities these days, and anything Windows 11 does well feels accidental.

Fortunately, Lenovo goes all out to smooth things over wherever they can. They have software running that helps curate the experience for the user. In some cases it does better than put lipstick on the pig that is Windows 11. With screen gestures and touch input particularly, I forget the pig exists.

There are many "coming soon" features that promise to make the experience great, utilizing both displays for function and neat visual aesthetics. If Lenovo does all they've promised with regard to features, the user experience would go from good, to great.

The bad news is that the display scaling is kinda stuck at 200%. You can change it, but you have to change it for each display, every time you log in. When you turn your computer on in the morning to get started working, you'll be changing the scaling, if you don't like it at 200%

For me, the 200% scaling is perfect, and I imagine it will be a for a lot of people. If that is not ideal, it becomes an arduous daily chore to open the display settings, and change the scaling to the desired amount. It is likely that Lenovo will fix this with an update.

If you're having this issue, head to Lenovo's Forums and hit this post. It has some work arounds, but also reply in line. Bump it up. Thanks.

I'll update this review if I find a silver bullet or if Lenovo issues and update that fixes the issue.

Darkness

During the Pandemic my spouse was ill (not with COVID, something else). Being able to sit next to her in the dark, and continue my work without disturbing her was pretty important. At the time I had an Thinkpad X1 Carbon that I had Lenovo's power management settings on it. With the screen brightness bottomed out, and the machine set to run quiet as I could get it, I was able to continue working.

After my spouse's recent surgery, I found myself in a similar situation. She basically needed to sleep for a month to heal, and I needed to be able to watch over her, and continue my work.

Using the Yoga Book 9i in a dark room to make text is great. With the backlighting turned down to nothing, the software keyboard (Lenovo's, not you Microsoft) is perfect. It can be set to give feedback, and a little noise, or nothing at all. The OLED displays turned all the way down are perfect for viewing text, without adding enough illumination to a room to disturb a sleeper.

It's also really cool looking in the dark. Perfect for writing science fiction.

My ears ring constantly after having COVID, and now I'm pretty sensitive to coil whine from devices. The Yoga Book 9i is almost as quiet as a fanless ARM SOC. Almost.

Sound

The Lenovo Yoga Book 9i can be really quiet, but it can also be really loud. If you were using it to run Dungeons & Dragons at a venue, and needed something to play music and sound effects, this device has the best sound on a portable device I've heard. I have one other Lenovo Yoga with a sound bar hinge from a couple years back. The sound on it is really good, but nothing like the Yoga Book 9i.

You can take the Bluetooth speaker out your bag if you're carrying one.

That said, make sure you fully update all the sound drivers. My Yoga Book 9i came with a lot of crackle pop out of the box. Once I updated all the drivers, the sound was perfect. I didn't need to touch a thing.

You will absolutely annoy other people at the coffee shop while watching cat videos on YouTube.

Mobile Workspace

I've been carrying a Thinkpad X12 Detachable Tablet, a Thinkvision M14 portable display, Lenovo Pen Stylus, and Lenovo Bluetooth Mouse as my standard portable workspace. It sets up nicely on a coffee shop table, and let me do my things while I'm traveling.

It's a really nice set up, fits well in my bag.

The Lenovo Yoga Book 9i does the same thing without all the hunting for accessories. Everything you need comes with it. Also, you aren't stuck with two landscape displays stuck side by side, or with extra stands to make your preferred viewing experience work.

It also takes up less space on the table, and I don't have to bring another keyboard as a sidecar to render digital artwork with the pen.

I haven't run into battery life issues with the Yoga Book 9i. I really expected to find myself searching for an outlet more often, but it hasn't been a thing. I assumed the magnetic stand and keyboard accessories would mess with it my bag, and I'd find the device running fans and being crazy in standby mode. Nope, it's been fine.

If it sounds like my expectations were low in terms of the hardware, it is because they were. I was pretty sure I'd buy one, review it, and return it. I'm keeping mine, and riding out the bumps as Lenovo updates and completes software features. I think it'll be worth the wait.

Accessories

All that's missing is the perfect bag or sleeve for the Yoga Book 9i. I'm using a Waterfield Designs Sutter Tech Sling right now, and it is pretty ideal. I have a number of Lenovo's other two-compartment cases that worth pretty well, but nothing that is "the one."

Other than that, carry an extra big microfiber cloth. With three Thunderbolt 4 ports I haven't found the need for dongles or docks unless I'm at home.

Bundled Software

Lenovo ships this device with a Smart Note and Journal application. You can take a Smart Note on the Lock Screen, save Bookmarks, and there is a Smart Reader app in the works. I usually dismiss bundled software, but Lenovo gave these apps some great features.

I might not use Journal, but I will be using Smart Note.

Branding

I've owned or laid hands on every version of Lenovo's Yoga Book devices over the years. My Yoga Book Gen 1.5 (Ruby Red) and Yoga Book C930 still get used, because they are that good. I've had the Android version of the Gen 1, Windows Version of the Gen 1, and used the LTE (Eurozone) Yoga Book C930.

Is the Yoga Book 9i a "Yoga Book" as Lenovo has defined them? Yes, and no.

The Yoga Book 9i is not a 10" ultraportable that defies the traditional categories of clamshell vs. tablet / detachable device. It is a 13" clamshell laptop that comes with the best wireless keyboard and mouse offerings, and the second best stylus Lenovo offers. The stand accessory that bundles everything up is awesome.

It does not fit in my vertical computer bag designed for 10" - 12" form factor devices. It would be unwieldy to hold like a book, in hand, and read text from the displays.

It does provide a computing experience you can't get anywhere else. Lisa Gade didn't even try to explain this in her review. You'll either look at this device and wonder who it's for, or know instantly that you need one for your use case. Like other Yoga Books of the past, there is nothing to compare the 9i to.

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There are other dual-screen devices, but they don't compete with the Yoga Book in my opinion. They are not necessarily better or worse, they just don't provide the same experience.

Have a question?

Find me on most social media platforms, @ArthurHWalker

Pictured Below: One use of the Mystery Triangle?

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s1000dcodeandpixels · 1 year ago

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IETM for Beginners A Quick Guide to IETM Code and Pixels

IETM: Interactive Electronic Technical Manual

Training Aids to Defence Client

If you are a supplier of defence then along with the system/equipment you also need to provide Training Aids

(CBT) — Computer-Based Training

Charts and Bloups

Video Film

Training Work Modules

Manuals Hard Copies

IETM

Evolution of Documentation in Defence

Before — Hardcopies and PDFs in DVDs (Upto 2015)

What is the meaning of the IETM?

Manual: Manual means any literature organized or written in a prescribed manner to guide the user.

TechnicalManual: This means the literature is technical, like user manuals, maintenance manuals etc. Hard copy

Electronic Technical Manual: This means the manual is available in the form of an electronic version which simply means digital format or softcopy. It can be a PDF file or a database-driven software application.

Interactive Electronic Technical Manual:

Let us first understand the meaning of Interactive. The meaning of interactive is two people or things influencing each other.

Allowing a two-way flow of information between an electronic device /computer and a user; responding to a user’s input.

Involving the actions or input of a user. Especially

It means when the Electronic User manuals Interact and respond with the user, that is you, it will become an Interactive Electronic Technical manual.

Interactive Features

Interactivity

Hyperlinks

Hot Spots

Text hotspot

Image hotspot

VideHotspot

Bookmarks

User wise bookmarks

Navigation

Linear navigation

Non-liner navigation

Page Search

Global search

Best matched

Content tree

Related topics

Core IETM

Documents

Drawings

Annotation

User wise bookmarks

The documents and pages are many hence, for easy and fast accessibility complete content is converted and stored as a database.

Whenever the user wants some information, IETM software produces the information in a fraction of a second.

Use or Purpose of the IETM?

The purpose of the Manual is to give information related to the equipment to the end user for quick reference.

All the technicality is written in detail so that when an issue arises, the user can refer to the manual, as every time OEM or technical person or subject matter expert might not be available on the spot to resolve the issue.

If the manual has 10 pages users can refer easily.

But any system used by the defence will have multiple manuals and thousands of page counts and many times a user has to cross-refer between manuals, intra-manual and inter-manual to resolve the issue.

Referring to 10- 15 hard-copy or even soft-copy books simultaneously will be difficult and time-consuming.

How to access the IETM ?

IETM is a web-based application like our bank software or any other web application. The graphic user interface will be provided to use IETM through which users can interact and get the desired data.

Like all other standard software, Unauthorized users cannot access the IETM. IETM is a Login - login-based application. Only users having valid Login credentials can access the software.

Based on the user log credentials data will be provided to the user.

IETM has 2 types of Users and one Administrator

Maintainer

Operator

If the operator logs in, the user gets all the content related to operator use, similarly if the maintainer logs in only maintenance-related content is visible for that user.

Ideally, all the content is available for both users, because the purpose of the IETM is to refer to the manual to fix the issue.

Administrators can create users who can see the user’s navigation and log-in history and interact with the users using user dashboards through Annotations.

What Inputs are Needed? (From OEM to Create IETM)

All the softcopies of user manuals to be converted to IETM.

All images Videos, and drawings to be integrated into IETM.

Subject matter expert to resolve technical clarifications

Table of contents/tree structure.

Minimum Hardware Requirements?

NO High-end hardware or servers are required to run IETM.

However, if more concurrent users, then a good configuration server with good LAN connectivity must be ensured.

i3 with 8 GB RAM systems is the minimum configuration required for the server or for Node.

Deliverables

BASED DB (Manuals are covered in the Database)

IETM VIEWER Software

User Manual and Installation Manual

Standards — compliance

Costing of IETM: (Interactive Electronic Technical Manual)

Level of IETM, is it Level 3 or Level 4

Cost will be based on the number of pages that are to be converted

The vendor calculates the cost per page. And a fixed cost of IETM viewer software

If you want to create IETM by yourself self then you also need to buy IETM authoring software.

What are these Levels?

Level — 1 is any PDF file

Level — 2 is a PDF file with hyperlinks from the table of contents to the body etc.

Level — 3 is an HTML application. More hyperlinks, simple search, a content tree having log a screen with a hardcoded username and password and supplied in the format of EXE so that Windows can easily open

Level — 4 is Software plus Content/manuals converted as Database

Regarding Level — 5, rest assured, till 2028 it will be Level — 4 only. As of now, there is nothing practically called Level — 5. Few are calling virtual reality and Augmented reality and Artificial intelligence Level — 5.

Pulling data from many user inputs and analyzing and giving results are done in Level — 5. IETM software cannot pull the data from various real-time points as No OEM will give the real-time information to third-party software directly. Yes, if the information is available offline, then that information can be imported into IETM and can be used as a reference.

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66lotterylogin2 · 3 days ago

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Everything You Need to Know About 66 Lottery Login

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vishnutech · 7 days ago

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Digital Evolution Begins with the Right Website

Empowering businesses through intelligent online infrastructure

In an era where digital discovery influences nearly every purchase decision, a company’s website often becomes its first chance to impress, engage, and convert. The importance of having a strong website is no longer up for debate—it’s a necessity. But not just any website will do. A well-executed website development process brings strategy, creativity, and technology together to build a digital foundation for lasting success.

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stepswowdsen · 22 days ago

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【KagePro】 Kuroha makes a bunny plush robot for Ene 🖤💙🐍🐇🐰

Summary:

Kuroha/Saeru gets bored at work and makes a bunny plush robot for Ene to possess 🐇🐰

Ene's code/programming 📱

KuroEne AU but as a game (What-if ideas only) 🎮

KuroEne Winter Anthology Illust ☃️❄️

Kuroha makes a bunny plush robot for Ene

Me: I came up with an idea where Kuroha/Saeru gets bored from lack of stimulation at work, so he creates a bunny plush toy robot for Ene to reside in. And then he brings this toy robot home to show Ene 🐇🐰

TFW I wanna draw this idea sometime it'd just be SOOO cute 🥺💞

I imagined that they would look like this.

Tfw you're smart and rich but you get bored easily so you create a bunny plush toy robot for your gf to occupy while her android body is charging 👍

F: So Kuroha IS a high maintenance bf if he's willing to do that 😭

Me: I don't see him as the "needy type" as much as Douman is, but he's still a needy cat snake in other ways. High maintenance BF. “Needy,” as in, his greed is insatiable /lh

F: He's bored and needs someone to entertain him

Me: Before this idea, I just imagined he talks with Ene after she goes back to his device (phone or computer or tablet). Which he would still do imo. But this idea is too cute to pass up. 🤭💞

F: One of those plushies that goes "I love you" when a button is pressed 💗

Me: GOD HE WOULD BURST OUT LAUGHING 😭😂

He'd implement it just to hear Ene's flustered reactions

F: LIKE ENE IS A CODE HERSELF.

If any input has anything to do with her, she is obligated to do so

Me: HELPPP

Me: I imagined that it would go like this.

Kuroha: (Kuroha presses a button on the toy robot.)

Ene: I~ LOVE~ YOU~ 💙🔷

Ene: HUH!?!? ( ˶°ㅁ°) !!

Kuroha: (Kuroha snickers and brings a hand to his face before he bursts into laughter.)

Kuroha: Hehehehehe… HAHAHAHA!!!

Ene: WHAT!? I DIDN'T SAY THAT!!! (｡>\\\<｡)

Kuroha: Oh, but you just did, little bunny~ 🖤

"What kind of cheat code did you use?!?!?"

"My intelligence ♡"

"That does NOT answer my question!!!"

Me: “My own knowlege ❤️”

Ene's code/programming

Me: Also in a way this has certain... implications.

We’re not really sure about the circumstances of Ene’s digital body but hypothetically if she’s made out of 0s and 1s as a cyber being and if he can code something to adjust her functions and etc., then it's something he can analyze.

F: Could be, it's still unclear 🤔💭

Me: Yeah I'm still unsure. At the very least, he could write his own programs that can interact with her

Like things like error screens and cursors still show up for her and can affect her. But yeah, I do wonder if Ene's "code" is something he could analyze or not.

He'd definitely be interested to know whether he can modify her code or not. If not, then he can always just write his own programs that can affect her (even if he can't modify her code directly)

This is exactly how I imagined the "Kuroha plays with Ene via interactive touch screens" scenario I had before goes.

Though I don't think I posted this one on my socials... ❓

Me: Also it's like... If she's in the bunny toy plushie then she has to obey orders while in it

F: Yeah, with buttons as the input to many commands, Ene lowkey has to obey it unless she can hack it which is... less than possible, let's be fr here

F: Tbh for now I only see her changing her clothes in the digital world so not sure

Me: Yeah like. She's not gonna outdo Saeru, the embodiment of knowledge.

And yeah, in canon, I only see her changing her clothes.

I think in my own AU, I headcanon that he makes his own programs and stuff to interact with her via interactive virtual touch screens and holographic screens (in previous Routes, prior to Saeru making Ene's android body)

Bunny Plush Ideas

Me: Ok, so... What colour should the Ene bunny plushie be. Light blue or white

Cute bunny plushie... Maybe something like this? White with a blue ribbon

Selena would have plushies like this in her room 🥺💜 JESUS CHRIST THESE ARE SO SELENA CORE

These bunny plushies are SOOO cute... Oh my god. Bunny plush but in blue… ENE BUNNY PLUSHIE

F: OMG WHERE DO YOU FIND THESE. ENE, YOU ARE REAL 🔥

THE ONE WITH THE HEADBAND OMG. CUTE OEUQEN

Me: I typed "bunny plushie" on Google and scrolled 👍

Me: I'M OBSESSED WITH THE ONE WITH THE CUTE HEADBAND KYAAAA

THIS ONE IS SO FUCKING CUTE I'M GONNA SCREAM. I MAY JUST NEED ONE OH MY GOD

F: 14 USD I AM NOT SO SURE

200k IDR, yeah no—

Me: God I forgot the conversion is ASS for you 😭

14 USD = 20 CAD

That's like me buying a more pricey lunch. Or a couple of cheap basic groceries

Me: Ene Selena Tatsumiya bunny plushies 💙💜❤️

F: THE RED ONE LOOKS CUTE

AAA white and red so Tatsu core 🤍❤️

Me: RAHHHHH

God but me having to choose would be nightmarish I want all of them just to represent my wives /lh

Kidding. I'd probably go with purple or blue. Cuz it's the same design, just different eye colours and ribbons.

F: 200k IDR, yeah no—

F: (Maimai is a Rhythm Arcade game in EA/SEA that has Vocaloid songs)

The thing is with 200k, and 1 Maimai round being 15k. I can play 13 rounds, Idk which one is more worth it. Oh yeah 1 round = 3 music, 13 x 3 = 36 so 36 music I can play

F: I already have a bunny plush of my own but it's in pink and not blue nor purple 😭

Me: Ok so we have our bunny plushie for KuroEne.

F: The snake stays the same. Black snake with red eyes

I SEARCHED SNAKE PLUSH FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES BUT THIS ONE'S SO CUTE

Me: OH THIS ONE IS SO CUTE LMAO

Me: Kuroha/Saeru does the Eyebrows expression and :} expression so much it just feels natural

F: He owns this expression

That insane unhinged smile and those smug eyebrows

Me: Kuroha's signature smirk ™️ Insane smug meow meow

F: Just imagine Kuroha cuddling with this bunny plush at night when Ene's robot body needs to be re-charged. Maybe he'd implant some kind of audio device that Ene can connect to

Me: WHDSHDHSHSDH THAT'D BE SO CUTE

Tbh I just imagine she goes back to the cyber world, but Ene going inside the bunny plush would be so cute. He'd do it for shits and giggles 👍

F: When you're so smart and rich but you get bored easily: 👍

Me: You know what would be cute... If he made a little bunny toy robot for Ene to occupy while her android body is charging.

Like those powered plush toys with batteries inside, that are still fluffy on the outside.

F: YEAHHHH. But while Ene is inside the robot, she can't feel her surroundings, so she'll never know if Kuroha is cuddling her or not <3

Me: “When you’re smart and rich but you get bored easily”

Manipulate mansplain manwhore Kuroha 🖤🐍🫶

F: "Every profit I get from committing crimes is for me and my wife" ahh

Me: Yeah like I imagine the dude just splurges on things to entertain himself with for the "game." Including buying things for Ene and building things himself

F: Besides, not like he can't do it in the next loop. He just wanna see more outcomes. Like playing an interactable VN game

Me: OMG yeah now that you think about it, it's like him playing a VN and his chosen heroine/love interest is Ene…

F: Maybe I should make a shitpost game where you play as Kuroha trying to romance Ene.

I'm afraid the dialogue options would be out of pocket

Me: ADSHHSDHSH 😭

Me: I feel like my KuroEne AU fits best as art and comics.

A VN would be cool but it’d be at least 5x the work of what I already do for my KuroEne AU (art, coding, dialogue and script writing, UI and UX design, graphic design, etc.)

Me: Also just imagine the endless possibilities 😭 Just imagine how many game branches/endings there would be from this guy trying out different outcomes with her

Me: I can code, but it'd be much more doable to me if it was just a short RPG game or short VN game.

Like... not a full fledged Route.

Misc Rambles

Me: I can code, so I have the capabilities to do it, but making all the game screens would just be... 🧍

F: Pain. Not to mention drawing BGs

Me: And also coding all the outcomes fml

At least with doujinshi, a lot of comics are more non-descript/simpler

Me: YEAH my KHR VN is a dream for the future

For now, I just wanna do art and comics

F: Same. Writing and art for now

Tho I'm still learning how to code 🧍

Me: Good thing that Ren'py gives you a lot of basics. And you can code in the easiest programming language to pick up and learn, Python

F: I use... MIT App Inventor-

I was recommended GameMaker

Me: Oh yeah RPG Maker and Game Maker would be good options for RPGs

Ren'py is one of the best for VNs cuz it's easy to learn and use

F: Noted! :D

Me: I used GB Studio for a Game Project last year for an Intro to Game Design project that required me to make a small game with a limited game engine.

But it's extremely limited, so it's only if you want to make retro game prototypes

It's based on retro games, so you're stuck with a limited colour palette, just like the retro games from the GB/GBC era (sighs)

Incredibly easy to use tho since it's just Drag and Drop elements

(BGs are default GB Studio Sprites, not drawn by me)

Selena is drawn by me though 💜

I based it on PKMN's GSC sprites ^^

F: Oooohhh

I mean. I've been using drags and drops

Also I love the retro theme!

Me: The retro aesthetic is cool! But y'know I want full colour for my games

GB Studio doesn't allow full colour since it's limited to the GB (GameBoy) and GBC (GameBoy Color)

F: Oh no wonder. Alright I'll try GameMaker instead

Me: I had a KHR VN WIP, but it's using Selena's old arts

I'd definitely revamp the screens tho if I did this now

Cuz it's mainly using default screens

F: Oooohhh

Man game making is hard, no wonder people hate pirates-

Me: Yeah I only accept it if it's from large corporations

F: Yeah, they don't need more money anyway

S: I love 🏴‍☠️ give me accessible media

Me: Oh yeah in my old KHR VN WIP, the textboxes are mine

The idea of each major Varia chara having their own unique dialogue colour is cool, but I feel like I'd want to make it more cohesive and just black and white, so we'll see

F: Large corps and problematic people can kiss my beautiful 🏴‍☠️ website

Me: I mainly wanna focus on art and comics for now 🙏

Me: I feel like my KHR AU and KuroEne AU, and the WATGBS AU would be really cool as VNs? But I think art and comics will be the easiest to do

Also yeah I think GameMaker is the right choice. It's much more flexible than RPG Maker. Undertale was made in GameMaker

F: I will definitely need some help with the coding

I fear, I'm only good at the "game-designing" and "writting" part

Me: Making a KuroEne AU Route as a VN would be so much fucking work

I think art and comics would be way easier

F: Like too many outcomes

Especially cuz of Saeru

Me: Right? And it'd be more than just rambles, art, dialogue scripts, and comics.

It'd be coding (dialogue + code), art (sprites, CGs, backgrounds, game screens), UI and UX design, graphic design, etc.

So it'd be like at least 5x the work I'm already doing for my AU

Me: And LORD knows how many game branches there would be from his actions 😭

Unless you make it progress to the same ending/outcome regardless, just with minor scene/event differences instead

Like there are some VNs with one ending, but a lot of VNs have multiple endings

F: That's the whole point of VNs, try with outcomes :D

Me: I also do feel like art and comics are the best format for my ship AUs anyways

Cuz with comics, you can draw unique character expressions for each panel fitting to the scene

Maybe little RPG games with them COULD be nice. But I'd do them as short projects

F: Yeah with VNs you need to be an expert at literature 😭

Me: Yeah that’s why I mainly stick to play/script style dialogue scripts 😭

F: SAME

Me: Unless you have the whole VN going by character dialogue, but Iirc most VNs have dialogue + scene descriptions as monologues/narration

I'm good at writing dialogue cuz I imagine the scenes visually in my head, so art and comics/doujinshi are my best bet anyways

F: I wanna do smth similar to ProSeka where we use Live2D for short expression and action

Me: Oh I haven't thought about that

Me: When I think of VNs, I usually think of FGO style with 2D character sprites and character sheets

Tho FGO has more special effects and such due to being one of the largest/most popular gacha game franchises in Japan

F: Yeah that'd be way easier than Live2D. But I just wanna learn Live2D for shits and giggles

Me: Oh yeah, Live2D is usually used for VTubers and animating sprites, and such. I wanna learn how to make good VRoid models for MMD eventually.

But for now I'm just gonna prioritize art and comics (eventually) and ship plushies (eventually)

Ene wearing alt outfits

F: Off-topic. Found on Pinterest but look :D

Kinda wanna experiment with drawing Ene in different outfits other than her main outfit

S: That’s so cute

Me: OOOH this is cute! This looks like a dress I saw an artist draw before

KuroEne Winter Anthology Illust

Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic -WINTER-

Scan: Sen (@/stepswordsen)

Kuroha, Ene, and Azami Illustration by Osora ❄️☃️

The first image isn't my scan (but something I found saved in my files from 10+ years ago)

The second one is my scan (with colour corrections) 💖✨

I'm gonna play around with the colours later 🙏

Me: Yeahhh that'd be cute~ I wanna draw KuroEne with the Winter Anthology KuroEne art eventually

Santa Ene with a cat sitting on top of her presents bag… They have such good contrast with their black and white clothes

F: THIS SPECIFIC ART IS ENGRAVED INTO MY BRAIN. WINTER IS THE OFFICIAL KUROENE SEASON, CHANGE MY MIND ❄️☃️

Me: I LOVE THIS ART SM 💞🤭

CLOSEST THING TO OFFICIAL KUROENE ART WE HAVE 🤸

Me: I heard that snakes feel more lethargic in winter since they're cold blooded, but Ig that won't be a problem for Saeru cuz of Awakening Eyes.

Me: He can just enhance his body by rebuilding it at the molecular level.

F: KuroEne officially owns winter ❄️☃️

Me: Ene has cute ear muffs in this~ Kuroha’s headphones and Ene’s cute ear muffs~

F: Let me stay delusional

Me: OH YEAH... Kuroha's holding a snowman with Ene's colours

F: And the Cat on top of Ene's bag is Kuroha because I said so

Scan: @/ayara-resara

Me: Daze MV KuroEne chibis 🥺🖤💙

Me: They have cat ears on their Daze outfits’ hoodies!!!

I wouldn't be surprised tho the artist Osora drew KonoTaka with a sign that says “Friend 🔄 Lover” so I'm not surprised if they're a 9/6 shipper or at least was trying to subtly promote their agenda

F: I KNEW IT. OSORA LIKES KUROENE RAGH /Delusional

Me: KuroEne and KonoTaka anthology arts… Ene my princess!!! 💙☃️✨💘🛐

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Unlocking Engineering Precision with FEA and CAD Integration

In today’s fast-paced and innovation-driven engineering environment, the ability to model, analyze, and validate designs before physical production is not just an advantage—it’s a necessity. This is where the integration of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) becomes a game-changer. Together, these technologies provide engineers with the tools to optimize product designs, reduce development time, and minimize costs while ensuring product quality and reliability.

What is CAD?

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) refers to the use of computer software to create precise drawings, technical illustrations, and 3D models of products or parts. CAD software has become an indispensable tool in industries such as automotive, aerospace, electronics, and consumer goods, where design precision and visualization are critical.

CAD tools allow engineers and designers to:

Create 2D and 3D representations of products.

Modify and iterate designs with ease.

Visualize complex components before physical prototyping.

Integrate with manufacturing systems like CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing) for seamless production workflows.

What is FEA?

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is a numerical method used to simulate and analyze physical phenomena such as structural stress, thermal performance, vibration, and fluid dynamics. By breaking down complex geometries into smaller, manageable elements (the "finite elements"), FEA allows for the detailed evaluation of how a product will perform under real-world conditions.

Engineers use FEA to:

Predict potential design failures before production.

Understand stress concentrations and material behavior.

Test various loading conditions and environmental factors.

Optimize designs for strength, weight, and performance.

The Power of CAD and FEA Integration

While CAD is primarily focused on designing the geometry and structure of a part or system, FEA provides insight into how that part will behave under various operational conditions. Integrating CAD and FEA creates a cohesive workflow that empowers engineers to design with performance in mind from the start.

Here are some key benefits of this integration:

1. Faster Design Cycles

The seamless flow of information from CAD models into FEA simulations eliminates the need to recreate geometry or manually input data. Design changes can be made in CAD and instantly updated in FEA, reducing time spent on repetitive tasks and speeding up design iterations.

2. Enhanced Design Accuracy

CAD models offer exact geometric representations, which are essential for reliable simulation in FEA. Using accurate CAD models in FEA ensures that the analysis reflects true product geometry, improving the validity of the results.

3. Cost Reduction

Identifying design flaws or inefficiencies early in the development cycle means fewer physical prototypes, less rework, and reduced material waste. This significantly lowers development costs and shortens time-to-market.

4. Optimized Performance

By using FEA within the CAD environment, engineers can simulate how designs respond to different forces and conditions. This allows for iterative optimization—adjusting shape, material, or thickness to achieve peak performance while minimizing weight and material usage.

5. Streamlined Collaboration

CAD/FEA integration fosters collaboration among engineering teams. Designers and analysts can work from a single model, share insights more effectively, and maintain version control throughout the product development process.

Real-World Applications

The CAD-FEA combination is transforming design processes across multiple industries:

Automotive: Simulating crash tests, heat dissipation in engines, and durability of suspension systems.

Aerospace: Ensuring structural integrity under extreme pressure and temperature conditions.

Medical Devices: Evaluating the strength and performance of implants and surgical tools.

Consumer Electronics: Assessing thermal performance of devices to prevent overheating.

Choosing the Right Tools

There are several CAD and FEA software platforms that offer strong integration, including:

SolidWorks + SolidWorks Simulation: A popular option for mechanical engineers, allowing integrated design and analysis.

Autodesk Inventor + Nastran: Offers a powerful suite for simulation and mechanical design.

PTC Creo + Creo Simulate: Known for high-fidelity simulation with real-time feedback during the design process.

Siemens NX: An advanced solution that tightly couples CAD and simulation for complex product development.

Best Practices for CAD/FEA Integration

Design for Analysis: When creating CAD models, think ahead to the FEA phase. Avoid overly complex geometry and ensure features like fillets and holes are appropriately represented.

Validate Mesh Quality: A proper mesh ensures simulation accuracy. Pay attention to mesh refinement in areas of high stress or geometric complexity.

Material Properties: Use accurate material data in your simulations. Many FEA tools include built-in libraries, but real-world testing or manufacturer data is often best.

Boundary Conditions: Realistic loading, constraints, and environmental conditions are key to getting valuable simulation results.

Iterative Process: Use FEA results to refine your CAD model. Small changes can lead to big improvements in performance and cost-efficiency.

The Future of CAD and FEA

As technologies like AI, machine learning, and cloud computing continue to evolve, CAD and FEA integration is becoming even more powerful. Generative design, where software automatically proposes optimal shapes based on performance requirements, is already pushing boundaries. Cloud-based platforms now allow for high-performance simulations without investing in expensive hardware.

Conclusion

The combination of CAD and FEA by Servotechinc empowers engineers to create better, smarter products in less time. By simulating real-world performance during the design phase, companies can deliver safer, more efficient, and more innovative solutions to market faster and more affordably.

Whether you're designing the next electric vehicle, a surgical implant, or a high-rise building component, integrating FEA into your CAD workflow gives you the insight and precision to engineer with confidence.

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wizzardx · 2 months ago

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The Case of the Vanishing Mouse: When Chrome Eats Your USB Devices

You know that moment when you're 47 Chrome tabs deep into "research" (read: watching YouTube tutorials for hobbies you'll never start while simultaneously checking email, Reddit, and that one website where people draw mustaches on renaissance paintings), and suddenly your USB mouse decides it's had quite enough of this digital circus and ceremoniously disconnects itself?

It's not being dramatic. It's not mercury retrograde. It's a genuinely fascinating hardware quirk that exposes the precarious timing ballet happening inside your computer.

What's Actually Happening

What I've discovered through extensive analysis (and by "extensive analysis" I mean "becoming irrationally angry at my mouse and diving into kernel logs") is a delightful system architecture quirk:

When Chrome tabs consume significant CPU resources (mine were cheerfully gobbling ~44% each), the system experiences microscopic delays processing USB interrupts. For most devices, these delays are inconsequential—like being one person behind in line at the coffee shop. But USB mice, especially low-speed ones, are the technological equivalent of that person who checks their watch every 8 seconds while waiting for the elevator.

The error (-71 EPROTO) translates to: "I asked a question and didn't get an answer fast enough, so I'm disconnecting myself in protest."

The Class Divide of Input Devices

The most fascinating part? Your laptop's built-in touchpad continues working flawlessly during this mouse rebellion. This is because your touchpad lives on computing's equivalent of the Upper East Side—it connects through dedicated internal buses with VIP access to the kernel. When it speaks, the system listens.

Meanwhile, your USB mouse is essentially showing up to the party without being on the guest list, forced to communicate through the baroque bureaucracy of the USB stack, desperately hoping someone important notices its increasingly frantic message requests.

The Fix (Besides "Use Fewer Chrome Tabs" Which We Both Know Isn't Happening)

For those who refuse to close their 83 open tabs explaining why you should close your tabs:

#Tell your kernel to respect the mouse's feelings echo "options usbhid quirks=0x[your-vendor-id]:0x[your-product-id]:0x40" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/usbhid-mouse-fix.conf # Boost USB interrupt priority

echo "options xhci_hcd interrupt=7" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/usb-priority.conf # Refresh your kernel's perspective on life sudo update-initramfs -u

This essentially tells your system: "I don't care if Chrome is in the middle of rendering 47 JavaScript-heavy tabs about cryptocurrency—when this mouse speaks, you LISTEN."

The Broader Existential Crisis

The truly delightful thing about this issue is how it exposes the fragile assumptions underpinning our computing experience. We've built technological cathedrals on the digital equivalent of "well, it probably won't rain THAT hard."

So the next time your mouse vanishes while you're deep in a Chrome rabbit hole, know that you've stumbled upon one of computing's hidden fault lines—where timing-sensitive hardware protocols crash against the resource-hungry realities of modern web browsers.

And remember: your laptop isn't broken. It's just experiencing an existential crisis about resource allocation priorities. Aren't we all?

#TechExplained #USBQuirks #ChromeEatsEverything #HardwareDebugging

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govindhtech · 2 months ago

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Quantum Reservoir Computing QRC For Soft Robot Control

Use quantum reservoir computing to explore quantum machine learning's frontiers. Keio University and Mitsubishi Chemical used QRC to study and forecast flexible soft robot behaviour.

Quantum Innovation Centres IBM

In 2017, Keio University became one of the first IBM Quantum Hubs, now QICs. There are about 40 QICs globally. QICs use IBM Quantum's expertise to advance quantum computing. These global hubs promote a worldwide quantum ecosystem, creative quantum research, and quantum learning communities by drawing participants to joint research initiatives.

Keio University works with leading Japanese companies to develop quantum applications and algorithms as a QIC. The university's partnership with Mitsubishi Chemical, a global materials science research and development leader, is an example. In 2023, scholars from the two organisations, the University of Tokyo, the University of Arizona, and the University of New South Wales conducted a utility-scale experiment utilising an IBM Quantum device to execute a proposed quantum reservoir computing technology. This investigation established a thriving research endeavour.

Reservoir computing with utility-scale quantum computation

Reservoir computing (RC) reduces the training overhead of neural networks and generative adversarial networks. A reservoir is a computing resource that can conduct mathematical transformations on incoming system data, allowing large datasets to be manipulated while keeping data point connections.

Researchers send input system data to the reservoir in a reservoir computing experiment. Researchers will use post-processing to find answers in the reservoir's changed data. This post-processing often uses the linear regression model, an ML model for variable relationships. After training a linear regression model using reservoir output data, researchers can construct a time series that predicts input system behaviour.

Quantum reservoir computing (QRC) uses quantum computers as its reservoir. Quantum computers, which may surpass standard systems in computing capability, are ideal for high-dimensional data processing.

Mitsubishi Chemical, Keio University, and others are studying how quantum reservoir computing might help comprehend complicated natural systems. Their 2023 experiment aimed to create a quantum reservoir computing model that could predict the noisy, non-linear motions of a "soft robot," a malleable device controlled by air pressure.

Creating Quantum Reservoir Computing techniques

The researchers converted robot movement data into IBM quantum reservoir-readable quantum input states to begin the experiment. These inputs reached the reservoir. After applying random gates to input states, the reservoir produces changed signals. After that, researchers post-process output data with linear regression. The result is a robot movement prediction time series. The researchers evaluate this prediction against real data to determine its accuracy.

Most quantum reservoir computing systems measure at the end of a quantum circuit, therefore you must build up and run the system for every qubit at every time step. This can increase experiment duration and reduce time series accuracy. The Keio University and Mitsubishi Chemical research sought to overcome these limitations with “repeated measurements”.

They add qubits and measure them repeatedly instead of setting up and executing the system at each time step. This method allows researchers to collect the time series at once, resulting in a more accurate series and less circuit time.

The researchers demonstrated their quantum reservoir computing system using IBM Quantum processors with up to 120 qubits. They found that repeated measurements yielded higher accuracy and faster execution than standard QRC methods. Their first studies suggest it might accelerate calculating.

Before RC and quantum reservoir computing can solve problems, additional research is needed. The researchers say their utility-scale investigations may outperform standard modelling methods. They plan to study quantum reservoir computing for nonlinear problems like financial risk modelling.

How Quantum Innovation Centres Help Enterprise Research Organisations

Keio University and Mitsubishi Chemical's relationship is an example of how businesses may benefit from IBM Quantum Innovation Centre partnerships. Professors and students who are strong in quantum computing and at teaching other researchers in difficult issues may assist enterprise researchers achieve advanced quantum skills through these relationships.

Not just Mitsubishi Chemical, but also other global firms are benefiting from this. In addition to Mistubishi Chemical, Keio University is collaborating with corporate R&D teams from leading companies in many industries and quantum use cases to investigate exciting quantum applications and algorithm development. These collaborations show how industry research trials with universities may lead to valuable real-world applications and how QICs can help corporations explore fascinating quantum use cases.

#quantumreservoircomputing #quantumcomputing #quantumresearch #IBMQuantum #machinelearning #quantumcircuit #ReservoirComputing #IBMnetwork #News #Technews #Technology #TechnologyNews #Technologytrends

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digitalmore · 2 months ago

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#IFTTT #Digital More

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tar-quin · 4 months ago

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i will have to use the command line to merge my clips into one full movie and i'm holding out on downloading FFmpeg because i'm scared of the download page since it has a bunch of unknown terms and it feels extremely ironic that i am now considered part IT guy at my job (< it has nothing to do with IT support) i have never been computer smart. the only reason i know any technical shit is because i have a curse that makes hardware devices malfunction in my vicinity and i must spend hours googling shit. and the solution is always some incredibly obscure shit (or it magically resolves itself after troubleshooting a billion things)

I'm going to fucking list them for funsies:

- had dog shit headphones back in the day and my friends complained that my mic was garbage. I bought new ones that were popular and had good reviews. Friends let me know after like a month of using them that my mic is still garbage and i'm like what these headphones are supposed to be good. Finds out that my laptop doesn't even recognize that they're plugged in. Programmer friend helps me troubleshoot the issue for 2 days checking sounds settings and reinstalling the audio drivers which almost ends with my laptop having no sound at all cause the driver installation got messed up. Nothing works I give up after spending two hours fixing so my pc has any sound at all. Next time we're in vc and I have accepted I must buy some new headphones unless i want the fucking speakers on my pc as the input device the stuff magically works and we're at a loss to what happened - another friend let's me borrow his drawing tablet on his pc after we started talking about art stuff. I think he was scribbling or something right before I sat down with it or at least had pretty recently. I draw for a couple of minutes and then the tablets stops working. Do the typical workarounds like restarting, checking driver status etc. It's just dead. I feel terrible because what if I broke it somehow and tell him to update me if he needed to contact service. As I'm making my way home my friend sends me a message that the tablet is working again, he didn't even do anything it just went back to normal right after I left. - throwback to when I had my internship and there's a graphic card update ready for my work computer but I'm antsy about that stuff since I'm well aware of my technological pursuits easily going awry by now. although it's just a driver update, those aren't too bad and you can always roll back right lol i'm such a silly scaredy cat. hard cut to me 5 hours later on my hands and knees literally as i'm doing one final desperate attempt to reboot my computer by removing its lithium battery for a few seconds and opening BIOS in safe boot crying throwing up since I never made backups of my projects and I bricked the computer like 2 months into my 8 months long internship. I was one of two artists at that company so yknow NO BIGGIE!!!! anyways it wasn't as bad as i initially thought while on my knees dissecting that poor computer over the span of an entire workday and surrounded by IT guys slowly running out of ideas on how to fix it. We could recover my projects from the hard drive with a funny looking tool they had and also the like CEO said the computer had randomly died then rebooted itself some time before i started but they went like hey it works! let the intern have it :) Anyways the next day we went and bought a new computer lol

#talk-quin #GHHHHH im frustrated that on my free time i have to fix my own shit randomly breaking and at work i have to fix work shit breaking

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rikeijo · 4 months ago

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Today’s translation #922

Otomedia 2017/02, Abiko Eiji x Tatenaka Junpei interview

Part 2.

Abiko: When we were working on paper, the production staff had to print so much for us, and I felt very bad for that, because it took so much of their time and effort (bitter laugh). I thought that if later on we would less time for animating, then for sure, doing it like that, wouldn't work at all. So as a little joke, I said 'Wouldn't it be better if we started working digitally?'...

Tatenaka: And then a few days later, we already had monitors and computers prepared for us (laugh).

Abiko: I was surprised how quickly they did it (laugh). We were very grateful.

-- By starting to work digitally, how much time did you save up?

Abiko: It did take a lot of time to draw everything on paper. In case of episode 1. our work was a series of trials and errors, so it took us overall around 3 months. We have this device called 'Quick Action Recorder' - you can input key animation frames to check the movements and timing. When we were drawing on paper, the production staff had to set every frame into that device for us, and we needed to check if it's okay, and if something was to be corrected, we needed to correct it, and then the corrected version had to be put in once again... We needed to do all this work. When we started to work digitally, just for the corrections, we managed to reduce the time we need to do them to 1/3, because we didn't have to do that input work. In addition to that, we also no longer needed to feel bad every time we had to ask staff to once again input everything into the device.

Tatenaka: Yeah, that's right (laugh). Even if there was only one frame that needed to be corrected, everything had to be set up once again, so we felt very sorry for making them do that for us. Of course, the device wasn't used only by us, so every time, the camera angle needed to be changed, too and so on. If you work digitally, there is a preview available - it's a very interesting method of work.

#yuri on ice #yoi translations #yuri on ice translation #tr_animation #tr_figure skating

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btlme · 4 months ago

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Voltage Stabilizers for Small Businesses: Ensuring Stability and Efficiency

In today’s fast-paced business world, ensuring operational stability is crucial for small businesses. One often-overlooked yet essential component of a stable business environment is the quality of the power supply. Voltage fluctuations, surges, and sags can have a significant impact on your equipment and processes. These fluctuations can damage sensitive devices, reduce the lifespan of machinery, and even lead to costly downtime. This is where voltage stabilizers come into play.

For small businesses, investing in a reliable voltage stabilizer is not just an option—it's a necessity. In this blog, we’ll explore why voltage stabilizers are crucial for small businesses, how they help ensure stability, and how they can improve overall efficiency.

What Is a Voltage Stabilizer?

A voltage stabilizer is an electrical device designed to automatically maintain a constant voltage level to protect electronic equipment and machinery from power fluctuations. It works by detecting fluctuations in the input voltage and adjusting it to a safe level, ensuring that all connected devices receive consistent power.

Voltage stabilizers can be used for a variety of equipment, including office computers, air conditioning units, production machinery, and even essential household appliances in small businesses. By preventing damage from power surges and sags, they ensure that businesses continue to run smoothly without interruption.

Why Small Businesses Need Voltage Stabilizers

Protection Against Voltage Fluctuations

One of the most significant reasons small businesses should invest in voltage stabilizers is to protect against voltage fluctuations. These fluctuations can occur for various reasons, including poor electrical infrastructure, nearby construction, or even the use of high-power machines that draw excessive current. If your business relies on sensitive equipment like computers, servers, or medical devices, even a brief voltage fluctuation can cause irreversible damage.

A voltage stabilizer ensures that your equipment always operates within the voltage range it was designed for, providing an essential layer of protection against power instability.

Prevention of Equipment Damage

Small businesses often invest significant amounts of money in office equipment, machinery, and appliances. The last thing any business owner wants is to face unexpected repair costs due to electrical issues. Voltage surges can cause internal components of electrical devices to burn out or fail prematurely. For example, a sudden power surge could damage the circuit board of a high-end computer, resulting in costly repairs or replacements.

By stabilizing the incoming voltage, a voltage stabilizer prevents these issues and extends the lifespan of your equipment, ultimately saving you money in the long term.

Minimizing Downtime

Downtime is detrimental to any business, particularly small ones where every minute counts. Electrical fluctuations can cause unexpected shutdowns of critical systems, leading to delays in production, communication, or service delivery. For instance, if your point-of-sale system crashes due to a voltage surge, it could disrupt your sales process and frustrate customers.

A voltage stabilizer helps minimize downtime by keeping systems running smoothly, ensuring that your business continues to operate without interruption. By providing a consistent power supply, you can avoid unplanned outages that could hurt your productivity and customer satisfaction.

Energy Efficiency

Voltage stabilizers not only protect your equipment but also help improve energy efficiency. When electrical devices receive stable power, they consume energy more effectively. Without a stabilizer, voltage fluctuations can cause equipment to work harder, increasing energy consumption and leading to higher utility bills.

Moreover, stabilizers help reduce the risk of overloading circuits or devices, which can result in wasted energy. By ensuring that your equipment receives the correct voltage, you optimize energy usage and improve overall efficiency, making your business operations more cost-effective.

Cost Savings Over Time

The cost of a quality voltage stabilizer may seem like an upfront investment, but it can save small businesses a significant amount of money over time. By protecting equipment from damage, reducing the likelihood of costly repairs, and increasing energy efficiency, a voltage stabilizer offers a substantial return on investment.

Instead of facing frequent repair bills or replacing damaged equipment, businesses can maintain smooth operations with minimal disruptions. Furthermore, stabilizers can prevent expensive power-related issues that may arise in the future, making them a valuable asset for any small business.

Choosing the Right Voltage Stabilizer for Your Business

When selecting a voltage stabilizer, it's essential to consider several factors to ensure that you choose the right model for your business needs:

Power Capacity: Ensure that the voltage stabilizer you choose has enough capacity to handle the total power load of all the devices and equipment you want to protect.

Voltage Range: Different equipment may require different voltage ranges. Choose a stabilizer that can handle fluctuations within the range your devices require.

Type of Stabilizer: There are two primary types of voltage stabilizers: automatic and manual. Automatic stabilizers adjust voltage without user input, while manual stabilizers require manual adjustments. For ease of use, most businesses opt for automatic stabilizers.

Reliability and Durability: Look for a voltage stabilizer from a reputable brand known for durability and reliability. This ensures that your stabilizer will function properly over the long term.

Size and Space: Consider the size and space requirements for the stabilizer. A small business may not have a lot of extra room for large equipment, so choose a compact model if space is a concern.

Conclusion

Voltage stabilizers are a simple yet effective solution for small businesses looking to ensure operational stability and improve efficiency. By protecting sensitive equipment from power fluctuations, reducing downtime, and optimizing energy usage, voltage stabilizers help create a more secure and cost-effective business environment.

Investing in the right voltage stabilizer is an investment in the long-term health of your business. It safeguards your equipment, ensures smooth operations, and ultimately contributes to the growth and success of your business. Don’t let power fluctuations hold you back—protect your business with a voltage stabilizer today!

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