#How humidity sensor works

[chipqry]

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[motorizedduck]

-So, we need to talk destinations. We can't go back. -I still can't believe it. We did all we could! It's unfair, is what it is. -Here we are, all the same. How about Surithia? Lots of greenery, stable government, lovely people? -Tropical heat, tropical diseases, and atmosphere so thick you could eat it with a spoon. Pass. -Atnax is in that direction too, if that's more to your liking? Not going to run out of water there. -I hate worlds with more than 80% water coverage. -Of course you do. Humidity? -No. It's weird, but I swear all water worlders are goddamn insufferable, no matter the system. All of them think they're better than you because they have a, a, a thing with a weird name that floats and some proud local narcotic they can't live without. Like it's some contest about who is more gruffly self-sufficient. -Well what do you want then? Give me some ideas, I'm doing all the work here. -Glokna'Pok? -Seriously? You're going to take us to a hivemind? -It's not a hivemind! ... They're all hiveminds. -Huh? What do you mean all? -Every one of them. Every Glokna'Poktet is a hivemind all by themselves. They have a parliamentary system. They don't like to be stereotyped, as if they're all in the same communal hivemind. -So... Individualist hiveminds? -Yeah, about two billion of them. They've got a direct democracy and all. -Great, but I'm suspicious, let me look something up... Oh yeah, there it is. They've got an extradition treaty with where we came from, so our stay would be short and unhappy. We have to pick something else. -Well that's just great! You'd THINK this galaxy had a planet somewhere that we could start over! -Yeah, well, what do you expect? Planet Makeouts? -Actually, can we go there? -There is no such place, you dingus. -There is, actually. Look it up. -... Wait, what the hell? Planet Makeouts is real? -Yeah, but you're pronouncing it wrong. The word actually means "dirt" or "ground" or "soil" or something like that in the local dominant language. -... So, do you think the locals--- -Well, no, but also yes. They don't actually have mouths, they photosynthetize. But they have these wiggly tendril things that they--- -Sorry to interrupt, but sensors indicate a G-Order cutter on an intercept course. Would you like a tactical analysis? -Oh crap! No thanks, Shippy! Ok, we have to get out of here, I'll go and prepare for a quick jump. Planet Makeouts okay with you? -Yeah okay, why not, I'll go and get the engines ready. -Right. Oh and, uh. -What? Hurry it up. -Do you want to... uh... go to... our own little planet makeouts later? -Goddamnit you're bad at flirting.

[areyoufuckingcrazy]

“Dark Water”

Chapter Six: Shadows on the Balcony

The Bad Batch x Reader

Artificial jungle. Simulated heat. Humidity just this side of unbearable. Wind generators hissed softly in the corners of the chamber, fluttering camouflage netting over raised duracrete structures and pushing foliage like real air would.

This was one of the advanced sim environments — designed to test full squad cohesion, field communication, stealth, and objective retrieval under combat stress.

In the command observation deck above, a half-circle of instructors and squad leaders leaned over the rail or watched through datapads, your own arms crossed as the training scenario for Clone Force 99 loaded.

“Map variant Cresh-four,” announced the Kaminoan technician flatly. “Objective: recover target payload. Hostile AI resistance. Five active zones. Timer begins upon drop.”

You watched the four boys get into position at the sim pad. They didn’t speak.

Hunter tilted his head just slightly — listening.

He always did that.

“Still no squad leader assigned?” asked Mij Gilamar beside you.

“Officially? No,” you answered. “Unofficially? Hunter’s stepped into it more than once.”

Gilamar nodded, clearly observing the boy on the screen. “He reads the terrain like it’s talking to him.”

“That’s because it is,” murmured Kal Skirata from behind. “He’s a sensor net with legs.”

The sim lights blinked green. The clone cadets dropped into the terrain.

Crosshair broke left without speaking, vanishing into the trees with sniper rifle slung low. Wrecker stomped forward like a bulldozer, low and eager, muttering gleefully under his breath.

Tech paused at the first terminal node, already halfway through slicing the enemy defense grid. He didn’t ask. He just did it.

And Hunter… stood still for three full seconds.

He turned his head, nose twitching slightly, fingers flexing, then snapped out a short series of hand signals. No one saw them.

But they worked.

You frowned.

“They’re working in parallel,” you murmured. “But not as a team.”

“Each one’s exceptional,” said Vau. “But they’re four lines heading in different directions. The other squads are braids. These boys are wires — frayed ones.”

“Not wires,” Skirata muttered. “Knives.”

Wrecker crashed through a barricade, scattering enemy droids like toy blocks. One turned to fire and got flattened by a flying crate hurled by the laughing giant.

“Boom!” he howled. “Oh, I like this sim!”

Tech’s voice crackled through the static. “Wrecker, you’ve compromised the noise profile! They’ll triangulate your—”

“Already did,” came Crosshair’s bored voice over the comm. “Took the shot. Six hostiles. All down.”

“You could say thank you,” Tech muttered.

Hunter’s voice cut in. “Payload’s two clicks north. Wrecker, fall back. Crosshair, cover the ridge. Tech — get me surveillance on heat signatures near the extraction zone.”

“Copy,” Tech said, not even hesitating.

They moved like instinct.

But not like a unit.

Wrecker hit obstacles that wouldn’t exist if Tech had warned him. Crosshair was perfect on his own but didn’t relay updates. Hunter gave orders — good ones — but the others didn’t always acknowledge them. There was no feedback loop. No cohesion.

They won.

They retrieved the payload. Cleared hostiles. Exfiltrated under the time limit.

But it wasn’t pretty.

“Well,” Vau said, hands behind his back, “they’re efficient. I’ll give them that.”

“No,” Skirata countered. “They’re effective. Not the same thing.”

Your eyes stayed on the screen as Hunter was the last to exit the sim zone, checking the others before letting the simulation drop. His hand lingered near the wall, like he was still half in the trees.

“They rely too much on instinct,” you said. “No fallback plans. No squad formation. Hunter’s trying to keep it together, but… they don’t know how to be a team. Not yet.”

“You think they will?” Gilamar asked.

“I don’t know,” you admitted. “But if they do — if they ever do — none of our squads will be able to touch them.”

Skirata snorted. “That’s a big if.”

The boys had just left the sim chamber.

“Did we pass?” Tech asked, breath slightly fast. “Because the mission objective was completed, and Crosshair’s kill ratio was optimal—”

“You were late to exfil,” Crosshair muttered.

“Because I had to reroute the—”

“Because you talk too much,” Wrecker added with a grin, pulling his helmet off.

Hunter leaned against the wall, towel draped around his neck, silent.

You entered a moment later, arms folded.

“Briefing room. Ten minutes. We’re going to talk about the difference between winning and working together.”

Crosshair rolled his eyes.

Wrecker groaned. “Are there snacks?”

You looked at him. “If you work as a team next time? Maybe.”

Wrecker lit up. “Then I call first crack at the next droid squad.”

Hunter exhaled slowly.

Maybe — just maybe — they’d get there.

⸻

Kamino — Briefing Room D-17

White walls. Metal chairs. A flickering holo-display throwing blue shadows across the dull grey table.

The boys filed in, still in their simulation blacks, tracking mud across the floor that no one even pretended to care about. Wrecker was humming. Crosshair dropped into his seat like it owed him something. Tech didn’t sit — just stood by the console, inspecting the data readout you’d uploaded five minutes ago.

Hunter was last. Always was.

He leaned against the wall at the back, arms crossed, head bowed. Listening.

You waited until they were still. Or, close enough.

You dropped the holopad onto the table.

“Objective completed,” you said. “Target secured. Hostiles neutralized.”

Wrecker fist-pumped. “Boom! Told ya we nailed it.”

“But,” you said flatly, “team cohesion was… let’s say theoretical at best.”

Crosshair huffed.

Wrecker slouched in his chair. “What’s co-hee-shun mean again?”

“It means,” Tech said sharply, “that we operated as four vectors intersecting briefly under shared mission parameters without centralized communication.”

Wrecker blinked at you. “So we… did good?”

“Tech means you all acted like stray blaster bolts,” you said, dropping into the chair opposite. “You hit the target — but you nearly shot each other in the process.”

There was a moment of silence.

Then Wrecker raised his hand.

You stared at it. “…What?”

“Permission to say something dumb.”

You sighed. “Granted.”

He grinned. “You looked really cool when you were yelling at Crosshair last time. Like—your vein was doing that thing again.”

You stared at him. Crosshair rolled his eyes. Tech pinched the bridge of his nose.

Hunter… almost smiled.

Almost.

You leaned forward. “Listen to me. You four are better than most squads your age. You’re better than a lot of commandos. But you are not a squad. Not yet.”

Hunter met your eyes. “We’re not them,” he said quietly. “We’re not like Delta. Or Omega. We don’t… slot in.”

“No one’s asking you to slot in,” you replied. “But if you want to survive what’s coming, you’d better learn how to lean on each other. Really lean.”

Wrecker frowned. “We do that. I carry Crosshair’s ammo sometimes!”

“I didn’t ask you to,” Crosshair muttered.

“You also threw a droid leg at me once,” Tech added.

“It was a strategic distraction.”

“Your idea of strategy is throwing things and seeing what explodes.”

“Guys,” you warned.

Hunter uncrossed his arms. “They’re not wrong. We… work. Just not… together.”

“And that’s what we’re going to fix,” you said, rising. “Starting tomorrow. Team drills. Shared targets. Coordinated strikes. No more lone-wolfing it. Not unless I say so.”

Crosshair looked unimpressed.

Tech nodded reluctantly.

Hunter said nothing, just watching you like he always did — like he was weighing your words and the weight of something deeper underneath them.

Wrecker raised his hand again. “Do we get more snacks if we work together?”

You blinked. “Yes. But that wasn’t the point of the—”

“Teamwork!” he yelled, springing up and throwing an arm around a very annoyed Crosshair and a startled Tech. “I love this plan!”

Tech squirmed. “Please refrain from crushing me.”

“You weigh, like, a twig. I could carry all three of you in one hand.”

Hunter finally stepped forward, arms still crossed. “We’ll try.”

You nodded. “That’s all I ask.”

Then Wrecker suddenly grabbed your wrist.

You stiffened slightly — instinct. The others tensed.

But all he did was pull you into the chaos of the group hug, wrapping one arm around you like it was the most natural thing in the world.

“She’s one of us,” he said firmly. “Even if she doesn’t throw grenades.”

“I could throw grenades,” you muttered, trying not to smile.

Crosshair scoffed. “You’d probably miss.”

Tech added, “Statistically speaking, your coordination isn’t ideal.”

“I will end you both.”

Hunter chuckled under his breath. “Good luck with that.”

And for a moment — just a moment — it felt like they weren’t four parts of a broken code.

It felt like the beginning of something real.

Something whole.

⸻

Tipoca City – Training Dome 3C

The weather outside the transparisteel dome pounded with relentless rain, as always. But inside, the sim environment was set to urban combat: tight alleys, low visibility, multiple vertical levels. Tactical nightmare. Perfect test bed.

The entire dome was filled with cadets in neat ranks. Delta. Omega. The Nulls — lounging as usual. Dozens of standard units. And off to the side, Clone Force 99. Restless. Unimpressed.

Wrecker was bouncing on his heels. Crosshair leaned against a wall, picking at the sight of his training rifle. Tech was muttering to himself about probability ratios. Hunter was doing that quiet-hover thing again — watching everything. Especially you.

You stepped into the sim ring, adjusting your vambraces.

Flanking you: Kal Skirata, grumbling already; Walon Vau, silent and tense as always; and Mij Gilamar, calm and relaxed like he wasn’t about to enter a live-fire exercise.

The point of this exercise and demonstration was to show the cadets — especially the Bad Batch — that their trainers aren’t just instructors. They’re warriors. And some of them have killed in more wars than these cadets have had meal rations.

“Simulation parameters uploaded,” came the Kaminoan announcer’s voice. “Objective: hostage retrieval and enemy suppression. Teams will engage twenty droid-class AI units, mixed terrain, time limit: seven minutes.”

A snort echoed from the cadet ranks.

You didn’t have to look to know who it was.

“Twenty droids,” Crosshair muttered, just loud enough. “Should we bring them bandages, too?”

Wrecker snickered.

“Think she can even lift one?” Tech asked, tilting his head.

“Maybe she’ll try diplomacy,” Crosshair said dryly.

“I like her,” Wrecker defended. “She’s cool!”

“Quiet,” Hunter muttered.

But you heard it all.

Good.

Let them underestimate you.

You dropped into the zone with your team.

No words.

Skirata went high. Gilamar low. Vau ghosted into the side alleys like a shadow.

You took center.

The droids came fast — faster than sim standards, someone had clearly tweaked the AI — and you welcomed it.

Your vibroblade met the first one’s carbine mid-swing. It hit the ground in two pieces.

Your boot crushed its headplate an instant later.

You didn’t slow down.

You slid under the next volley, planted a sonic charge against the wall, and vaulted off the falling rubble to land clean behind a cluster of enemies.

They turned.

Too late.

Flash.

Pop.

Smoke filled the corridor.

Your HUD blinked red, orange, then clear.

Three droids down before the cloud cleared.

Above, you heard Skirata bark a command in Mando’a.

A sniper dropped from the scaffolding — Vau’s shot.

Gilamar moved like liquid across the rubble, twin blades flashing.

You swept into the last hallway, slamming your elbow into a droid’s neck servos and using its collapsing weight to vault over a barricade.

Target in sight.

You raised a pulse blaster, fired twice, and dragged the “hostage” — a weighted dummy — into extraction.

Timer: 5 minutes, 12 seconds.

Not just under time.

Crushed it.

Clone Force 99 was quiet.

Wrecker’s jaw was open.

Crosshair stared at the screen, frowning.

“She was invisible in the smoke,” Tech whispered. “Did you see that targeting pattern? That was intentional chaos. Planned.”

“She moved like Skirata,” Hunter said, quiet and thoughtful.

Wrecker beamed. “Told you she was cool.”

You pulled off your helmet, still breathing steady.

The cadets watched in near silence as you rejoined the others. Skirata just grunted at you approvingly. Gilamar patted your shoulder. Vau didn’t say anything, but his nod was enough.

The Kaminoan tech droid buzzed overhead. “Simulation complete. Performance exceeds baseline instructor metrics. Efficiency rating: 91%.”

You stepped to the edge of the platform.

“All of you think because we train you, we’re past our prime. That we’re just barking voices behind blasters.”

You scanned the cadets — all of them — before letting your eyes settle on your squad.

“We were killing before you were breathing,” you said. “We didn’t inherit our skills. We bled for them. If you want to survive what’s coming, start learning from the ones who already did.”

Hunter held your gaze.

You nodded once.

He nodded back.

Not approval. Not yet.

But respect?

Maybe.

⸻

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A Mechanic’s Worries about Pilots.

A gifted mechanic is called in to service a pilot. As The Mechanic begins to head towards her station to work on the pilot, she can’t help but ruminate on her feelings about pilots. She honestly doesn’t like them.

It’s not a personal thing, she’s sure that they were great people at one point, but it’s hard to see them like that anymore. She finds the whole thing creepy and offputting. She see’s what they do to pilots, knows how they’re made. She probably understands the process more than anybody on the base. She’s a prodigy in mecha suit engineering, which also includes pilot systems.

It makes her uncomfortable. The pilots are treated like objects, tools of war. That’s what they are too, what they’re made to be. Their skulls are full of tech that hooks them straight into their mechs, their brains fried with dopamine and other kinds of chemical soup to reward them when they shoot targets into slag. They even end up sharing the space in their head with the onboard ai’s of their mechs. They’re locked into the mechanical nerves and metal muscles of the mech. It makes them amazing killing machines, but their minds are practically crippled outside of the suits, raw and untethered, ungrounded.

The weirdest thing to her is they seem so happy. It doesn’t even look like it’s just the chemicals, it can’t be. They like it, whatever fucked up experience they’re having, it’s making them happy as can be. They want to get back into the suits, they want to push more. They like getting bossed around like dogs by their handlers. They love their ai’s almost like some weird fusion of a lover, a sibling, and a reflection. They can barely even articulate how they feel, most don’t bother, but The Mechanic has worked in this business long enough to learn anyways.

She gets to her workshop. It’s honestly kind of pathetic, barely worthy of the name. She knows that the pilots are treated as tools, but mechanics aren’t treated much better. Human but still not really worthy of respect. They work her and the other mechanics like slaves, cramping them into the crawl spaces where stuff needs fixing. Even with her advanced position all they afford her is this broom closet from hell. The room is cramped and humid, like a small metal sauna. It’s still marginally better than the communal workshop. Even with the bigger and more open room it still somehow manages to be claustrophobic and hot.

The Pilot is already there, sitting on her workbench, completely naked. The Mechanic isn’t surprised, but her face still burns with heat as she blushes when seeing The Pilot’s bare ass resting on the same giant hunk of tungsten-steel alloy she uses to fix delicate parts and machinery. The Pilot’s augs are invasive and take up a good portion of its body. Its arms, its legs, and a good portion of its back are more machine than human at this point. Normally the jumpsuits account for this, but those would get in the way of repairs. Normal clothes would too, and developing some kind of modesty cover for them is more trouble than it’s worth for the higher ups. They don’t have to deal with the nudity, and it’s not like the pilots even care.

The Mechanic wipes the sweat from her brow and crosses the room. She doesn’t actually acknowledge The Pilot aside from the blushing, but The Pilot’s gaze follows her as she makes her way over to a box of tools. She sets the box down next to The pilots thigh and pulls over the ratty stool she uses for a chair.

She starts servicing The Pilot. She pulls out delicate tools and with ingrained precision she begins opening up The Pilot’s augs, starting with the legs and going up. She hooks its systems up to an old box of a diagnostics unit and begins manually inspecting the parts. She pulls wires aside with tiny fractions of force and checks on the tiny sensors and servos that are no bigger than her fingernail, cleaning them with tiny swabs and lubricating them with drops of oil.

The entire time she keeps hearing weird noises. Soft whines and sounds of scraping play at the edge of her attention, distracting her just the tiniest amount. The Mechanic can’t tell where the noises are coming from, and it’s bothering the shit out of her. When she takes a step back to unfocus and wipe the sweat from her forehead, she sees where it’s coming from.

It’s the pilot. It’s breathing heavily, like it’s exhausted. Its face is almost as flushed as The Mechanic’s when she walked in. The metal tips of its fingers scratch at the polished surface of her workbench. Jesus fucking christ, was The Pilot turned on right now? With the face it was making it had to be.

Fuck, now The Mechanic was thrown way off. It was already hard enough to try and pretend this was just normal machine servicing when all of the machinery was attached to a sweaty, naked girl, it was impossible to do it when she knew it was getting off to her poking around in its augments.

The Mechanic just couldn’t get back into the same groove she had before. Every stifled moan disrupted her concentration. Every squirm messed up her precise motions. Everything just kept bringing her back into the moment, where her face was inches away from the pilot’s crotch.

The Mechanic slogged through the rest of the grueling work, doing her best to try and travel into that little place in the back of her mind where she could just stop thinking and do what she was good at. She finished with the legs and then told the pilot directly to lay down so she could begin on her arms.

The Pilot laid down like it was told. The Mechanic scooted her stool forward and raised the seat for a better vantage. In the end the new position wasn’t all that much better than the old. The Pilot’s left arm was cradled on The Mechanic’s lap while she popped it open and began working on it.

It was more of the same. Nothing wrong but basic cleanup, which meant The Mechanic wouldn’t be busy enough to zone out. She could see its face clearly now. It looked so human, so lively. When she pressed a sensor its hand tensed and squirmed, pushing against her stomach a bit. A tugged wire elicited a slight yip of surprise. It felt so carnal, to dig into this things innards and just mess around.

Seeing it like this, The Mechanic couldn’t help but wonder about the difference between the two. Right now it looked just as human as she was, so she couldn’t apply the same cold business mentality she usually did with her work. She felt like they were almost one in the same. I mean, look at it, being a pilot can’t be so bad, right?

The Mechanic’s thoughts ground to a halt. Her surprise was so sudden it caused her to tweak a wire hard enough to get The Pilot to let out a proper yelp. Neither could tell if it was a yelp of pleasure or pain.

What had she just thought? Seriously, what the hell was that? Was she serious? Of course being a pilot is bad, being treated like a mindless dog, worked like a machine, and used like a toy. The Mechanic barely knew where that thought had even come from. I mean, it and her were nothing alike.

The Mechanic stewed in those thoughts, trying to reassure herself that she was nothing like it. She wasn’t an it. The Mechanic was a person, and it was just a pilot. The Mechanic tried her best to just focus on the work, but she couldn’t. The thoughts bothered her so much, and she really couldn’t dismiss them.

Because they were alike, very much alike. Not in the sense that The Pilot was a person. In the sense that The Mechanic wasn’t.

The Mechanic couldn’t help but feel it. She was a cog in a much larger machine, a tiny piece. She was treated almost the same as The Pilot

The Mechanic was worked like a dog. She was given shit conditions and forced to do shittier things. She was expendable, one in a million. You could point to almost any outward aspect of the two of them and they would match up.

The thing that frustrated The Mechanic even more was how they were the same on the inside too.

The Mechanic knew what it felt like to become something bigger. Working in the engineering wing was like being in a hive mind. You’re practically shoulder to shoulder with the people next to you. You become parts of the same whole, you work together, you sweat together, you create together. She can’t even remember how many times she had needed something, a part, a tool, a towel, anything, and a mechanic next to her had just known, and given it to her. She knew she had done the same for others all the time.

She could admit to feeling like an it sometimes. Stripped of your identity, down to everything but your use. She didn’t know The Pilot’s name, and The Pilot probably didn’t know her’s. She was a mechanic. She was nothing but the job she did. A function, not a person.

Her head pounded as she adjusted her grip on The Pilot’s arm. Her head buzzed and it felt like her brain was melting in the heat of the room. She could imagine the wires burning up and melting their rubber casings. The copper and metal fusing together into a frenzied mess as her thoughts jumbled into each other.

She shook her head violently. God she was losing it! Her brain wasn’t made of wires, it was made of meat! She wasn’t overheating, she was just getting some kind of headache. She closed up the first arm, not even sure if she was really done, and told the pilot to swap sides through gritted teeth.

She wanted things to be simpler. She wanted to stop thinking. She just wanted to do her job. The Mechanic missed the engineering floor. She missed the absent thrum as she worked alongside her fellow workers, their thoughts synchronizing into a beautiful and productive symphony. She wanted to be a part of that, of it. She just wanted to be a Mechanic, that was so much easier than all of this.

Is that why pilot’s are so happy? Are they so content because that’s what it feels like? The Mechanic thought about it in her own terms. Would she give up her body to work more efficiently? Would she open up her mind, just to be even closer with the other mechanics? Would she shed all of the cumbersome weight that thinking like a person had, and just become a simple and unbothered it?

The answer was yes. The Mechanic wanted that. The simple, pure existence of it. The Mechanic wanted to be that, and nothing more. When it realized that, it had a much easier time working on The Pilot’s arm.

It finished up The Pilot’s back in no time too. Without all of the messy thoughts clogging up its head, the whole thing went smoothly. The Pilot was sent on her way, on wobbly legs and with shaky breath. The Mechanic might have messed with it a bit more than necessary, but it liked to consider that a reward, for good behavior.

The Mechanic realized it wanted a bit of a career shift. It thought that if being a mechanic was good, then being a pilot must be great! It loved working on machines, but it wanted that sense of empty completion even more. Plus, it’s not like it won’t be allowed to also do mechanic work still. It would be a lot better for everyone if it got to service its own mech. It would be a win win. The Mechanic wiped down its workbench for the last time, and with renewed vigor, went to sign up to become a pilot.

[crookedkryptonitebeliever]

Okay i lied , im not cutting off yandere sources cause i need Yves to cope with the high stress.

So here's some Yves content at the supermarket

Yves pays close attention to how and where your eyes linger at. Especially at grocery or other retail stores where there are a wide variety of objects. He notes down what catches your attention first, next and last, what caused you to do a double take and for how long. What colour, what texture, what shape and etcetera etcetera. He keeps count and remembers the sequences too.

It's fascinating, your habits change depending on the lighting, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, smell and loudness of the area. Even the feeling of the flooring beneath your shoes would affect the duration you're willing to look at a product.

Yves would pretend to check the nutritional information of an item that claims to be "healthy" and "organic". But in actuality, he's watching you; do not underestimate his peripheral vision, it's almost as if he has eyes on the back of his head.

He would get a small rush of excitement whenever he predicts your next move successfully, shock and slightly more delightful when he's wrong; because that means he has discovered something new about you and must document his findings immediately.

How strange, you're exhibiting signs of under stimulation despite the fact that supermarkets usually fulfill your sensory needs, most of the time, overloading you. So Yves peruses the aisles even more, letting his heels clack against the tiled floors, pushing the shopping cart slowly and observing if the extra disturbances around you will do anything to your predicament.

But no, you're still uncomfortable. How interesting, how can Yves help you? He's dying to know, but he must run multiple tests discretely to find out.

However, before he could proceed, you walked up to him and stared at Yves in the eyes.

He replaced the can of diced tomatoes back onto the metal shelf before peering down at you. Yves intentionally chose to wear one of his taller heels to create that subconscious "guardian" role, making him ridiculously tall.

"Yes, dear?" He asked, bringing his fingers to your hair, gently brushing them away from your face. This seems to improve your mood, it made his heart skip a beat when he realized that you were craving for his touch.

You told him that it's nothing, you just wanted to see him.

Now that's not true, you wanted more but you're too shy and nervous to outright ask for it.

Yves smiled, softly coaxing you closer to his side, which made you automatically cling onto him and bury your head in his torso. Yves stroked your back rhythmically up and down.

While he lets you recharge in the side hug, Yves uses a free hand to inspect more canned items, he also likes guessing what additives might be added into each product and how much of each nutrient does it contain.

It's impressive how his brain works like a supercomputer with trillions of servers, his eyes, nose, ears, skin and tongue work as the world's best sensors. Yves is actively gathering the smallest, most detailed information about you, the environment, himself and whatever he has on hand. All that, without a struggle, without any clashes in thoughts or confusion in data. All that without overwhelming himself, not at all. He's in fact, very relaxed.

You let go of him when you had enough, but it seems you're not willing to fully part from his form yet as you're holding onto his large, smooth and manicured hand.

He walks to the next section of the aisle, pushing the trolley along with him and enveloping your smaller hand in his. He noticed that you've lost interest in looking around as canned goods bore you and you would very much rather look through shelves of candy and other junk foods. Where the companies work their predatory marketing tactics on unsuspecting customers like you.

If you wanted to, you would have left him alone to entertain yourself by now. But you're still stuck next to him as he reads the next list of ingredients.

He doesn't need to hide a delighted smile from you, as you're pushing your face against his lowest rib. Yves can express his glee at your very sweet and considerate gesture to accompany him despite your boredom.

He wanted to see how long you would last before he loses your consideration. That's why, Yves kept going through each can with you inching along next to him. Surprisingly, you're durable. But you're not exhibiting signs of weariness anymore, but instead, you're simply content and comfortable.

Strange. The buzzing, blinding lights above you and him, the monotony of the labels, the droning and other bustling noises would have driven you out of this aisle five minutes ago, let alone allow you to express... Happiness for being present. This isn't usual, Yves knows. He has observed you more times than you can count in this exact setting. Everything is more or less the same: the luminescence, the air quality and the decibels that your ears are picking up.

Except, the only variable that changed was him. His presence.

He gently called out your name, which prompted you to look up at him.

Yves pecked you on the lips, leaving a faint stain of his lipstick on your kisser.

"I love you." He whispered, biting onto his tongue immediately because he wanted to say much more. So much more. But he couldn't, it would be horrific for you to learn what he sees without your knowledge.

You stared at him, confused. Of course, you returned his words of affection. What baffled you was this glimmer in his breathtakingly beautiful, smiling eyes that would only appear if you did something extravagantly sweet and loving for Yves without expecting anything in return.

Like giving him a meaningful gift that you toiled for, trying your best to serenade him with an original piece of romantic music, going above and beyond to please or pamper him... What did you do?

Yves lets out a soft laugh as he watches you struggle to contain your excitement at the prospect of receiving that reward later at home. He can feel your tremors as you hold onto his hand.

Well, whatever it is, it surely earned you a very big reward. You're not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, so you gracefully accepted the silent message from Yves.

But for now, he must buy the groceries needed for the week, and all the ingredients to make your favourite dish of all time.

He pushed the cart to the next aisle, bringing you along with him.

[phightingaus]

Am back with another au idea here we go

A strom chasing au

I came up with this while watching into the strom (fun tornado movie) and I got bored

Okay so am going to explain some words and what they are for those who aren't as metoragly like me

key terms

Mobile Doppler radar- a radar on wheels these scan for windspeeds inside the tornado

Interpreter- built to withstand tornado and uses spikes into the ground, they also can scan for windspeeds using probes

Probes- sensors placed into the ground to mesuser pressure, humidity and windspeed

Blue sky busts- when supercells don't form this typically means no thunderstorms and just blue sky

Ef- the enchaned Fujita scale is the scaling system

Risks aka how likely it is for severe weather to form based off of how the atmosphere acts on the day and what's present. So high risks are the highest level of risk

phighters/chasers

Banhammer uses an interpreter and is live streams 24/7 when he's chasing he will also chase the church crew off the road (he claims they did it first)

Sythe, medkit and broker are a chase team with broker in charge of the cameras and the narration ( he just uses it to shit talk other chasers), medkit is the brains and reads the radar, is the one to place probes (ripped off Biografts) and sythe drives and bikers with medkit, she also drinks on blue sky busts or on sceecsful chases.

Coil makes tornado jokes 24/7 and reads the radar he used to go uni at blackrock College. Skateboard is the only one to drive and boombox is the dj and a photographer they're all a chase team

Valk and dom run a strom chasing from called phighting the stroms and both work for the equivalent of the national weather severce

Sword goes chasing to gain data and hopes to save people, while rocket goes chasing to see tornados however he still wants to learn mainly about the more volient tornados I.E ef3 to ef5

Supspace and hyperlazer are both strom chasers with Biograft being the probes. Supspace is a metoraglist aswell he and medkit both studied at blackrock college before the fought with each other like cannon, I'll get onto this later

Zuka use to chase and tought rocket how to make interpet vehicles

Medkit and supspace both use to work for blackrock collage, medkit worked as a teacher and part time strom chaser for the collage, subspace is similar expect he focused on making probes i.e the Biografts

And Katana just sits there (I forgot about him) he probably just doesn't really like torandos and his husband hyperlazer has taken him on chases before

Lore and other things

Subspace wanted to use the data the probes got to company's that aren't the most moraly the best, medkit didn't think that this was okay and stole the data the probes had to go send them off to this aus equivalent to the national weather severce, but before he could subspace found him and they fought, similar to cannon both lost an eye. Anyways so that happens

Coil also ends up studying at blackrock collage but he finds out about what subspace has done and drops out he's currently looking into other metoragly courses

Blackrock collage in of its self is morally cruppt protazing profit over lives saved with data I.e they always sell the data to companies

The church of the true eye is a strom chasing crew that is known for breaking laws and being crazy like think sythe driving into torandos and getting broker to fire off fire works while medkit regets his life choices and sythe drinks a can of beer I can't think of their team name

Rocket oringaly chased with boombox and skateboard before they all had a falling out

And that's the au feel free to ask questions and I'll think on this more and add the swords at some point i just wanted to send this here

I really like this 👍

Feel like some of them would've had a field day with some events I've personally had happen too close to home (like the December 10-11, 2021 tornado outbreak)

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Most people think of coffee cups, bathroom tiles or flower pots when they hear the word "ceramic." Not so Frank Clemens. For the research group leader in Empa's Laboratory for High-Performance Ceramics, ceramics can conduct electricity, be intelligent, and even feel. Together with his team, Clemens is developing soft sensor materials based on ceramics. Such sensors can "feel" temperature, strain, pressure or humidity, for instance, which makes them interesting for use in medicine, but also in the field of soft robotics. Soft ceramics -- how is that supposed to work? Materials scientists like Clemens define ceramics as an inorganic, non-metallic material that is produced from a collection of loose particles in a high-temperature process known as sintering. The composition of ceramics can vary -- and their properties change as a result. But earthenware and porcelain are nowhere to be seen in Clemens' lab. The researchers work with materials such as potassium sodium niobate and zinc oxide, but also with carbon particles.

Read more.

[mr-clow]

Kal’Hal notes on a human ship. Part 2:

Laffite woke up a few moments earlier than her alarm told her to. She rolled around the bed for a while, thinking about yesterday's events and stretching her torso. She felt the air going out between her ribs. Kal’Hals had evolved from an aquatic world, and they could breathe water or air, their gills having evolved into pseudo lungs, their hands with palmed fingers and a powerful tail connected where humans would have legs. Her big blue eyes with no white to sight, something that humans had and still looked weird to her, panned the room, and she saw a small package on the floor in front of the door. She unrolled her tail and with the full length of it she reached the box and put it on her bed…

I opened the box, inside the first I saw was a colourful paper with some kind of human animal that was saying get well soon. I looked kinda cute, but I didn’t get any reference if there was any and Mag had signed it. Below I found a card with a clip attached to a paper that explained that is a long term sensor to check the radiation received and that humans use it when they work in radioactive environments (They really work in radioactive places!) and also below there were some pills. The paper explained that it was something humans used in case they got poisoned, but I should check if Potassium Iodide was bad for my health, something even I didn’t know. Below all that I found a small device that I recognized, it was a radiation sensor. Maggie really tried and I was glad.

I had met humans before, even if a lot of other species treated them as wild dangerous creatures, Kal’Hal knew better. Both species had an early relationship and for more than a thousand human cycles they had been supporting each other. Humans could be extremely loyal given the same treatment, and that didn’t include their pack bond. I have never been included in a human pack, but some people said that there was no safer place in the universe than being included and surrounded by a human pack. I wondered if this box was only a form of respect, or if it was a sign that they had started to include me in their pack.

After that, I took the time to moisturise my skin and change my clothes, my world was way more humid than earth and I needed to keep myself healthy. After that I took the things from the box, read the instructions again and searched about those pills on my way to the mess hall.

When I reached the mess hall my face was showing quite the concern, those pills could shut down several of my organs, technically I had a blister of poison in my hand. Maggie waved a hand, she was having breakfast with Bill who was in charge of the engineering department, Rose and Raúl, both of them colleagues also from the same department. I waved back, took a tray and served myself some food. Most leaves from the human world, some processed seeds and various teas were fit for my consumption, so I chose peppermint tea and a light salad. Most humans wouldn’t eat this at this hour, but the cook knew my taste, so I gave him a nod and an imitation of a smile, he smiled back, and I went to sit with Maggie.

Maggie asked how I was, and I explained that I still felt uncomfortable, but I was willing to give it a try and thank her for all the things she got me. Bill explained that everyone room in the engineering department had helped and that they had asked in the Med bay for the pills. My face turned with worry and Raúl asked what happened. I took the time to explain that iodine was poisonous to a lot of species and turned back the pills. They apologised, and then the conversation turned to other things from work, and I felt relaxed. Maybe they were starting to include me in their pack.

I went back to help Maggie assemble the reactor we were working on the last day. The job hasn’t advanced too much, but I noticed some tools that weren’t here yesterday. “Maggie, why did you bring all this?” While I checked a welding equipment that I haven’t seen before. “Yesterday, after I left the box in your room, I came back here and checked all the boltholes and filled the ones that had more diameter than they should. You shouldn’t worry any more for this” Her face had a smile but with an expression I didn’t knew. “Thanks Maggie, I appreciate all this. Anyways the sensor you gave me didn’t go off even in here, so I’m starting to feel more secure” I took the sensor from my belt and showed it to her. “Ehhh Laff, I don’t want to scare you, but you checked that it was set to your standards? It is really sensitive, but you have to program it” I looked at her, then at the sensor, and it was true, the threshold was set to 1mSv, lower than a human needs it but higher than I was comfortable. I changed it and when I pressed OK the sensor went off automatically. I looked at her worried and she took my hand and led me outside. “How low did you set it, Laff?” She asked with a worried look on her face. “Not too low, only 0.01mSv” and she put the same smile from before, “Oh hon, that won't do. Why don’t you try 0.4mSv at least, remember what I said yesterday. Earth is slightly radioactive, humans are, and this ship also is human made. Nobody got hurt before with even more than that, so let's try that.” I nodded slowly, I didn’t like it, but I knew she was right and changed the alarm. It stopped, and I exhaled, she took my hand again, and slowly we went inside the room, it didn’t sound again.

All that day I was distracted, but Maggie chatted as usual, and she gave me some simpler tasks, so I could entertain myself. At the end of the shift I went out to the mess hall with Maggie and when we sat down I looked at her and Bill “Yesterday you told me that humans knew how much radiation makes you sick, it’s that true?” Bill and Maggie looked at me with a serious face. Bill took a breath to start speaking, but Maggie spoke first. “Look Laff, we are not proud of explaining this to you, but I consider you my friend and I think it is fair to explain you some of our history”

[girlactionfigure]

🟢 Thursday - ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

🌡HEAT WARNING.. very high temps the next 2 days across Israel + high humidity along the coast. Hydrate, don’t forget your children in the car, check your elderly, don’t hike.

▪️IS THE IDF DEPLOYING SUICIDE APC’s IN GAZA?  Arab reports the IDF is using suicide APC, driving into dangerous urban areas and taking down entire streets. These are old M113 armored personnel carriers no longer safe for soldier use.  (( Evaluation: Possible. ))

♦️STRONG EXPLOSIONS overnight in Gaza City, bunker/tunnel busting bombing.  Rumbles felt to Tel Aviv and Beit Shemesh.

▪️SOCIETAL CONFLICT.. leading rabbinical figure of the charedi world declared learning yeshiva students should NOT respond to an IDF conscription order - his hand written instructions published on the front page of a charedi paper.  IDF officials went to confirm the statement, and it was confirmed.  His associates try to soften: it should be noted that those who do not study are not referred to in the letter.  The charedi paper HaModia has taken a milder position.

.. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Edelstein: "Comprehensive legislation of the conscription law is the only way to prevent chaos in the security system." Edelstein published a schedule of the meetings in the committee.

▪️IDF REPORTS ON SHEJAIA BATTLES.. forces eliminated dozens of terrorists, destroyed combat compounds and booby trapped buildings.  Forces destroyed two underground routes in which eight tunnels were destroyed.  Weapons, laptops and communication equipment captured in the tunnels. Equipment for a long stay and electricity and gas infrastructure used by terrorists was located and destroyed.

▪️EGYPT GAZA BORDER PLANS.. The process of placing sensors along the border corridor may take several months.  Israel also plans to build an underground wall to combat smuggling tunnels from Egypt to the Gaza Strip, similar to the wall that prevented the penetration of Hamas attack tunnels into Israeli territory, in the next step to ensure the prevention of smuggling operations from Egypt.

🔸DEAL NEWS.. A senior US official told the Washington Post that an agreement was reached on the "framework" of the deal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages, and that the parties are now "discussing the details of how it will be implemented." Other senior officials warned that although a framework exists, a final agreement "is not Inevitable", and the work on the details is complex.

.. Israel and Hamas agreed that neither would govern Gaza in the 2nd phase.  TWho will be the police force in Gaza? 2,500 Palestinians, "affiliated with the Palestinian Authority", which Israel will approve by name, and will undergo training by the US and other countries.

▪️HIGH COURT TO HEAR PETITION AGAINST LAW ALLOWING DETENTION OF NUCHBA TERRORISTS.. Today the High Court will discuss a petition against the legislation, passed in three unanimous readings, and makes it easier to incarcerate the massacring baby killing raping terrorists of Oct. 7.    Among the petitioners: Doctors for Human Rights “the international community is called upon to exert pressure on Israel", and the left declares that Israel is making "manipulative use of reports of sexual violence" in the massacre.   Many are wondering how the High Court could grant the right to petition against a UNANIMOUS WAR LAW passed on the blood of over 1,200 children, women and men to consider the rights of the mass murderers.

▪️SIREN TESTS.. today, Zikim 13:05 and Tukuma 15:05.

♦️COUNTER-TERROR OPS.. overnight, Al-Bira.

[wolfliving]

Bossware Surveillance Buildings

A case study on technologies for behavioral monitoring and profiling using motion sensors and wireless networking infrastructure inside offices and other facilities"

Wolfie Christl, Cracked Labs, November 2024

This case study is part of the ongoing project “Surveillance and Digital Control at Work” (2023-2024) led by Cracked Labs, which aims to explore how companies use personal data on workers in Europe, together with AlgorithmWatch, Jeremias Prassl (Oxford), UNI Europa and GPA, funded by the Austrian Arbeiterkammer.

Case study “Tracking Indoor Location, Movement and Desk Occupancy in the Workplace” (PDF, 25 pages) Summary

As offices, buildings and other corporate facilities become networked environments, there is a growing desire among employers to exploit data gathered from their existing digital infrastructure or additional sensors for various purposes. Whether intentionally or as a byproduct, this includes personal data about employees, their movements and behaviors.

Technology vendors are promoting solutions that repurpose an organization’s wireless networking infrastructure as a means to monitor and analyze the indoor movements of employees and others within buildings. While GPS technology is too imprecise to track indoor location, Wi-Fi access points that provide internet connectivity for laptops, smartphones, tables and other networked devices can be used to track the location of these devices. Bluetooth, another wireless technology, can also be used to monitor indoor location. This can involve Wi-Fi access points that track Bluetooth-enabled devices, so-called “beacons” that are installed throughout buildings and Bluetooth-enabled badges carried by employees. In addition, employers can utilize badging systems, security cameras and video conferencing technology installed in meeting rooms for behavioral monitoring, or even environmental sensors that record room temperature, humidity and light intensity. Several technology vendors provide systems that use motion sensors installed under desks or in the ceilings of rooms to track room and desk attendance.

This case study explores software systems and technologies that utilize personal data on employees to monitor room and desk occupancy and track employees’ location and movements inside offices and other corporate facilities. It focuses on the potential implications for employees in Europe. To illustrate wider practices, it investigates systems for occupancy monitoring and indoor location tracking offered by Cisco, Juniper, Spacewell, Locatee and other technology vendors, based on an analysis of technical documentation and other publicly available sources. It briefly addresses how workers resisted the installation of motion sensors by their employers. This summary presents an overview of the findings of this case study….

[meret118]

It’s a millimeter wave radar sensor you can peel and stick up anywhere, letting companies invisibly see whether people are in a room. The company claims it’ll last four years on a single D-cell shaped lithium battery, no wires required at all.

It’s not just a radar sensor; it also measures particulates, VOCs, CO2, temperature, pressure, and humidity, so your company can get a health score for any given room. But the first clear draw is for companies to know whether workers are actually using their office space, and which rooms get used, as they make decisions about downsizing those offices, issuing return-to-office mandates, or reconfiguring them for hybrid work.

“They’re thinking about real estate footprint, what’s the right strategy,” Logitech for Business head of product Henry Levak tells me.

Levak says the radar sensors aren’t particularly powerful, when I bring up the idea that similar sensors could be used for pretty invasive snooping (like monitoring employees’ heartrate and breathing). The Logitech Spot is “initially” just reporting home whether a room is occupied, or not, and doesn’t even know how many people are in that room, he says. Logitech may also make the raw sensor data available to companies, though.

[sngl-led-auto-lights]

How do automatic headlight sensors know when to turn on car headlights in daytime rain?

The mechanism of the automatic headlight system turning on the lights during the day and rainy days involves the coordinated work of multiple sensors. The following is a step-by-step analysis of its working principle:

I. Core sensor collaboration system 1. Ambient light sensor

Location: Usually located at the top of the dashboard or the base of the rearview mirror on the inside of the windshield.

Function:

Continuously monitor the light intensity outside the car (unit: lux).

Trigger threshold:

◦ Sunny daytime: >10,000 lux (headlights are not turned on)

◦ Rainy/dusk: 500-5,000 lux (low beam is turned on)

◦ Tunnels/night: <100 lux (high beam is turned on, if equipped with automatic high beam)

2. Rain/humidity sensor

Location: Inside the windshield, integrated in the black module at the base of the rearview mirror.

Working principle:

Monitor the density of water droplets on the windshield through infrared reflection (frequency 1,000Hz+).

Rainy day judgment: when water droplets cause the reflectivity to decrease by ＞30% and last for ＞10 seconds.

3. Data fusion logic

Rainy day + sufficient light (for example: a rainy day in summer):

Light sensor data: 8,000 lux (higher than the low beam trigger threshold)

Rain sensor data: windshield reflectivity drops by 40%

System decision: force the low beam to turn on (regulatory safety logic takes precedence over light threshold)

II. Algorithm trigger strategy 1. Safety redundancy design

ISO international standard: If the rain sensor activates the wipers for ＞30 seconds, the lights are forced to turn on regardless of the light intensity (ISO 20991:2017).

Case: Tesla's Autopilot system will simultaneously call the camera to identify the density of rain and fog, combined with radar detection visibility, and turn on the headlights after triple verification.

2. Dynamic sensitivity adjustment

Learning algorithm: Some high-end models (such as Audi Matrix LED) will record the driver's habit of manually turning on the lights in rainy days, and gradually optimize the timing of automatic triggering.

Geographic fence: The vehicle automatically lowers the light trigger threshold in areas where regulations require turning on lights in rainy days (such as Northern Europe).

III. Comparison of execution logic of typical models Brand/model Trigger condition Response delay User adjustable options Toyota RAV4 Wipers work continuously for 20 seconds + light <5,000lx 3 seconds None BMW iX Rain sensor triggered alone 1 second Sensitivity (high/medium/low) Volvo XC90 Camera recognizes raindrops + radar visibility <500 meters 0.5 seconds Rainy day light mode (legal/comfortable)

IV. Troubleshooting and manual intervention 1. Sensor failure scenarios

Windshield film interference: Metal film blocks infrared signals, causing rain sensor failure (ceramic film needs to be replaced).

Sensor contamination: When shellac or snow covers the light sensor, the system defaults to a conservative strategy (keep the light on).

2. Manual override priority

All automatic headlight systems allow the driver to force the lights on (turn the knob to "ON"), at which point the system control is transferred to the manual.

V. Technology Evolution Direction

V2X collaboration: In the future, vehicles can obtain real-time data from the Meteorological Bureau through the Internet of Vehicles and pre-start the lights before the rainstorm comes (5G+edge computing).

LiDAR fusion: LiDAR point cloud identifies the spatial density of raindrops, which is 300% more accurate than traditional infrared solutions (Mercedes-Benz 2024 E-Class has been applied).

Summary: The essence of automatic headlight activation during rainy daytime is that safety logic overrides light data, and active safety protection is achieved through multi-sensor cross-validation. It is recommended to clean the sensor area regularly to ensure system reliability.

[govindhtech]

Motorola Edge 60 Pro Specifications And Availability

Customers may explore their inner and outer worlds more than ever with the Motorola Edge 60 series. Motorola Edge 60 Pro and Edge 60 can handle any profession or passion with their unique design and expressive skills. Motorola's first quad-curved design in this market segment with vibrant colours and textures, the most advanced edge device camera system ever with four pro-grade cameras, industry-leading durability standards, and new Moto Artificial Intelligence features that make daily life smarter, more effective, and more natural make both gadgets exciting.

Comfortable quad-curved design

The Edge 60 series' ultra-thin, continuous quad-curved design is pleasant to grip for long durations. New textured backings and gentle, curved edges give it a patterned look. The Motorola Edge 60 Pro sparkles with Pantone Shadow, Dazzling Blue, and Sparkling Grape. It has leather- and nylon-inspired finishes. From modest to vibrant shades, these trendy picks are conversation makers and suit a range of personalities.

Motorola Edge 60 is worth another look with its canvas- and leather-inspired PANTONE Gibraltar Sea and Shamrock finishes.

Like electronics, these innovative materials are attractive and durable. Both gadgets have top durability standards. MIL-STD-810H certification protects against extreme temperatures, 95% humidity, high altitudes, and 1.5-meter falls, whether rock climbing on vacation or dropping a phone on the way to work. The smartphones also include IP68/IP69 certifications and Corning Gorilla Glass 7i5, giving the finest protection against sand, dust, dirt, high-pressure water, and 1.5 meters of fresh water for 30 minutes.

Pro-grade photography for visual storytelling

Motorola Edge 60 Pro and 60 use technology and software to take great images. Day or night, four professional-grade cameras ensure every close-up or distant view matches consumers' expectations. Because advanced software eliminates guessing, customers can point and shoot for high-quality photographs. The Sony LYTIA 700C sensor in the 50MP main camera system offers brighter photographs in any lighting. Short blur-free intervals are due to OIS and 32x more focussing pixels in omni-directional all-pixel focus. The 50MP ultrawide angle lens lets users capture a huge group of friends, a city skyline, or snow-covered mountains, while the 10MP telephoto lens takes clear, detailed distant shots. Users may view the scene clearly from three times away with the Motorola Edge 60 Pro optical zoom, and fifty times closer with Super Zoom. The telephoto lens assist creates realistic photos that highlight a subject's features and more. Users may use the phone's 50MP front camera to capture impromptu selfies. Moto AI and Photo Enhancement Engine work together to improve quality, reduce noise, and refine details beyond hardware. This displays every image as it appears in real life. These candy bar phones are the only ones to achieve this certification, and their cameras meet Pantone Validated colour and SkinTone Validated requirements. With Ultra-HDR, material may be more bright and colourful. The Motorola Edge 60 Pro's AI-powered features let photographers finish their shots faster while playing with contrasts, themes, and angles: Group Shot automatically blends multiple frames in one second. This ensures everyone wants nice photos. Video quality enhancements include audio, colour, exposure, and clarity.

Moto AI enabled magical interactions

Moto AI is becoming a proactive, observant partner and improves camera experiences and daily duties. The Edge 60 series will include advanced moto AI prompts. Pay closely and remember that consumer input modified these. This information also affected how users used the Moto AI Edge 60 Pro, creating some of the most intriguing experiences. Next Move is a real-time suggestion system that recognises an itinerary or recipe on a user's screen and suggests next steps. They may use Playlist Studio to make a playlist based on the recipe they're seeing, store important information, or use Image Studio to create an image, avatar, wallpaper, or sticker inspired by their next trip. Smart Connect with AI lets users start a multitasking hub, broadcast to a TV, or mirror to a PC or tablet with a voice or text command like “show me this on my TV.”

Films with long battery life

Larger, sharper screens allow people to fully immerse themselves in their passion projects. To enhance content and details, the Edge 60 series has a 6.7" pOLED quad-curved display, Motorola's brightest and most dazzling. The on-screen activity highlights the user's current hobby, whether it's a new TV show or a topic they're researching. Pantone SkinTone Validated display and colours authenticate this information and people with varied skin tones. Users may utilise Dolby Atmos for immersive sound with these visuals. Customers changing activities or places don't worry about finding a power outlet. DXOMARK awarded the Motorola Edge 60 Pro the Gold Label and the highest smartphone battery score for its excellent battery life and charging. With 90W TurboPower charging and a 6000mAh battery, the Motorola Edge 60 Pro charges in six minutes. Additionally, 15W wireless charging provides maximum power and independence (wireless charger supplied separately). In addition, the efficient MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme CPU powers on-device AI, fluid gaming, high-resolution videos, and more. Motorola Edge 60 has no power problems.

Its massive 5200mAh battery and 68W TurboPower rapid charging, which powers the day in eight minutes, enable recording, producing, sharing, binge-watching, and socialising.

Ecologically friendly fashion accessories

Moto Things may be linked to Motorola Edge 60 Pro and Moto Edge 60 to stay informed and complete a wardrobe. Moto buds loop, Motorola's latest earbuds featuring Swarovski crystals and Bose Sound. This set is ideal for those who desire superb sound without sacrificing style or comfort. With fitness assistance, the Moto Watch Fit works with most Android devices. These enhancements allow users to enjoy great music while monitoring their health and daily routines. Motorola Edge 60 Pro Release Worldwide release of the Motorola Edge 60 Pro occurred on April 24, 2025. World-wide availability Along with Europe, Asia, and Oceania, the phone is now available in the UK. It won't be available in the US. India availability India will soon get the Motorola Edge 60 Pro. Motorola India lists it on its website. Flipkart teases an online release. Before April 2025, India's debut date and selling details are expected.

[blitzbahrain]

Smart Switchgear in 2025: What Electrical Engineers Need to Know

In the fast-evolving world of electrical infrastructure, smart switchgear is no longer a futuristic concept — it’s the new standard. As we move through 2025, the integration of intelligent systems into traditional switchgear is redefining how engineers design, monitor, and maintain power distribution networks.

This shift is particularly crucial for electrical engineers, who are at the heart of innovation in sectors like manufacturing, utilities, data centers, commercial construction, and renewable energy.

In this article, we’ll break down what smart switchgear means in 2025, the technologies behind it, its benefits, and what every electrical engineer should keep in mind.

What is Smart Switchgear?

Smart switchgear refers to traditional switchgear (devices used for controlling, protecting, and isolating electrical equipment) enhanced with digital technologies, sensors, and communication modules that allow:

Real-time monitoring

Predictive maintenance

Remote operation and control

Data-driven diagnostics and performance analytics

This transformation is powered by IoT (Internet of Things), AI, cloud computing, and edge devices, which work together to improve reliability, safety, and efficiency in electrical networks.

Key Innovations in Smart Switchgear (2025 Edition)

1. IoT Integration

Smart switchgear is equipped with intelligent sensors that collect data on temperature, current, voltage, humidity, and insulation. These sensors communicate wirelessly with central systems to provide real-time status and alerts.

2. AI-Based Predictive Maintenance

Instead of traditional scheduled inspections, AI algorithms can now predict component failure based on usage trends and environmental data. This helps avoid downtime and reduces maintenance costs.

3. Cloud Connectivity

Cloud platforms allow engineers to remotely access switchgear data from any location. With user-friendly dashboards, they can visualize key metrics, monitor health conditions, and set thresholds for automated alerts.

4. Cybersecurity Enhancements

As devices get connected to networks, cybersecurity becomes crucial. In 2025, smart switchgear is embedded with secure communication protocols, access control layers, and encrypted data streams to prevent unauthorized access.

5. Digital Twin Technology

Some manufacturers now offer a digital twin of the switchgear — a virtual replica that updates in real-time. Engineers can simulate fault conditions, test load responses, and plan future expansions without touching the physical system.

Benefits for Electrical Engineers

1. Operational Efficiency

Smart switchgear reduces manual inspections and allows remote diagnostics, leading to faster response times and reduced human error.

2. Enhanced Safety

Early detection of overload, arc flash risks, or abnormal temperatures enhances on-site safety, especially in high-voltage environments.

3. Data-Driven Decisions

Real-time analytics help engineers understand load patterns and optimize distribution for efficiency and cost savings.

4. Seamless Scalability

Modular smart systems allow for quick expansion of power infrastructure, particularly useful in growing industrial or smart city projects.

Applications Across Industries

Manufacturing Plants — Monitor energy use per production line

Data Centers — Ensure uninterrupted uptime and cooling load balance

Commercial Buildings — Integrate with BMS (Building Management Systems)

Renewable Energy Projects — Balance grid load from solar or wind sources

Oil & Gas Facilities — Improve safety and compliance through monitoring

What Engineers Need to Know Moving Forward

1. Stay Updated with IEC & IEEE Standards

Smart switchgear must comply with global standards. Engineers need to be familiar with updates related to IEC 62271, IEC 61850, and IEEE C37 series.

2. Learn Communication Protocols

Proficiency in Modbus, DNP3, IEC 61850, and OPC UA is essential to integrating and troubleshooting intelligent systems.

3. Understand Lifecycle Costing

Smart switchgear might have a higher upfront cost but offers significant savings in maintenance, energy efficiency, and downtime over its lifespan.

4. Collaborate with IT Teams

The line between electrical and IT is blurring. Engineers should work closely with cybersecurity and cloud teams for seamless, secure integration.

Conclusion

Smart switchgear is reshaping the way electrical systems are built and managed in 2025. For electrical engineers, embracing this innovation isn’t just an option — it’s a career necessity.

At Blitz Bahrain, we specialize in providing cutting-edge switchgear solutions built for the smart, digital future. Whether you’re an engineer designing the next big project or a facility manager looking to upgrade existing systems, we’re here to power your progress.

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How to Use AHT10 High Precision Digital Temperature & Humidity Sensor with Arduino

Looking to measure temperature and humidity with high accuracy using Arduino? The AHT10 sensor is a compact, I2C-based module that provides reliable data, making it perfect for IoT projects, weather stations, and smart home automation.

What You’ll Learn: ✔️ How the AHT10 sensor works ✔️ Wiring it to an Arduino board ✔️ Writing & uploading the code to get readings ✔️ Tips for stable and accurate measurements

What You Need:

AHT10 Temperature and Humidity Sensor Module

Arduino Nano

0.96 inch SSD1306 OLED Display (128x64, I2C)

Breadboard

Connecting/Jumper Wires

Arduino Nano Cable

Download the Code & Library Arduino AHT10 Temperature and Humidity Sensor Module

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How'd the Arduino build go? I couldn't finish the stream 😭. Also, I couldn't tell but how big was the joystick? 🕹️

the arduino build was fun! i managed to get the LEDs to work but i've forgotten how to configure a breadboard...

i fiddled with some equipment yesterday!

a water level sensor, which was easy to setup, then an ultrasonic sensor which i think might be faulty because it always returned the same values to me. finally, i tried the humidity and temp sensors and they worked fine! it's been really fun working with the arduino so far :3 i'm trying to build a plant monitor as a first project (something that's been done a thousand times already!) so i'm excited!

i'll reblog this with a picture of the joystick once i get to it..... gimme a min