#microcircuits

[raster-rest]

WIRES AND GORE. CAREFUL.

two more versions to take a closer look w/o blood undercut

[wallpapers4screen]

[violaflou]

[foxwithadarkside]

I didn't draw the microcircuits.

[dandysworldhcs]

This is more related to my frost punk AU, made during hyperfixation, but.

Rodger can't stand the cold, like really not. If it's a little less than +15 °C outside, then he's already dead from the cold. He hates Winter with all his heart.

Vee is very susceptible to temperature, because it seems to be metal, that is, if it is hot outside, it will feel hot In the square and overheat, if it is cold, then its microcircuits freeze to a critical level. (I left my old TV outside in the winter, believe me.)

— Evil Flowercase anon

Fire idea!!! Or should I say…… ice idea (I get exploded)

(I’m holding back on making a reference (it’s very hard to))

- mod dandy !!

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 18, 2025

Dialogue mechanisms between astrocytic and neuronal networks: A whole-brain modelling approach. Ali, O. B. K., Vidal, A., Grova, C., & Benali, H. (2025). PLOS Computational Biology, 21(1), e1012683.

Dorsal hippocampus represents locations to avoid as well as locations to approach during approach-avoidance conflict. Calvin, O. L., Erickson, M. T., Walters, C. J., & Redish, A. D. (2025). PLOS Biology, 23(1), e3002954.

Individualized temporal patterns drive human sleep spindle timing. Chen, S., He, M., Brown, R. E., Eden, U. T., & Prerau, M. J. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(2), e2405276121.

A synapse-specific refractory period for plasticity at individual dendritic spines. Flores, J. C., Sarkar, D., & Zito, K. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(2), e2410433122.

Rescaling perceptual hand maps by visual‐tactile recalibration. Fuchs, X., & Heed, T. (2025). European Journal of Neuroscience, 61(1).

A solution to the pervasive problem of response bias in self-reports. Grimmond, J., Brown, S. D., & Hawkins, G. E. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(3), e2412807122.

Nonresponsive Neurons Improve Population Coding of Object Location. Haggard, M., & Chacron, M. J. (2025). Journal of Neuroscience, 45(3), e1068242024.

Saliency Response in Superior Colliculus at the Future Saccade Goal Predicts Fixation Duration during Free Viewing of Dynamic Scenes. Heeman, J., White, B. J., Van der Stigchel, S., Theeuwes, J., Itti, L., & Munoz, D. P. (2025). Journal of Neuroscience, 45(3), e0428242024.

A combinatorial neural code for long-term motor memory. Kim, J.-H., Daie, K., & Li, N. (2025). Nature, 637(8046), 663–672.

Spontaneous slow cortical potentials and brain oscillations independently influence conscious visual perception. Koenig, L., & He, B. J. (2025). PLOS Biology, 23(1), e3002964.

Coordinated representations for naturalistic memory encoding and retrieval in hippocampal neural subspaces. Kwon, D., Kim, J., Yoo, S. B. M., & Shim, W. M. (2025). Nature Communications, 16, 641.

Geometry and dynamics of representations in a precisely balanced memory network related to olfactory cortex. Meissner-Bernard, C., Zenke, F., & Friedrich, R. W. (2025). eLife, 13, e96303.3.

Recurrent activity propagates through labile ensembles in macaque dorsolateral prefrontal microcircuits. Nolan, S. O., Melugin, P. R., Erickson, K. R., Adams, W. R., Farahbakhsh, Z. Z., Mcgonigle, C. E., Kwon, M. H., Costa, V. D., Hackett, T. A., Cuzon Carlson, V. C., Constantinidis, C., Lapish, C. C., Grant, K. A., & Siciliano, C. A. (2025). Current Biology, 35(2), 431-443.e4.

A recurrent neural circuit in Drosophila temporally sharpens visual inputs. Pang, M. M., Chen, F., Xie, M., Druckmann, S., Clandinin, T. R., & Yang, H. H. (2025). Current Biology, 35(2), 333-346.e6.

Central amygdala NPBWR1 neurons facilitate social novelty seeking and new social interactions. Soya, S., Toda, K., Sakurai, K., Cherasse, Y., Saito, Y. C., Abe, M., Sakimura, K., & Sakurai, T. (2025). Science Advances, 11(3).

Tactile edges and motion via patterned microstimulation of the human somatosensory cortex. Valle, G., Alamri, A. H., Downey, J. E., Lienkämper, R., Jordan, P. M., Sobinov, A. R., Endsley, L. J., Prasad, D., Boninger, M. L., Collinger, J. L., Warnke, P. C., Hatsopoulos, N. G., Miller, L. E., Gaunt, R. A., Greenspon, C. M., & Bensmaia, S. J. (2025). Science, 387(6731), 315–322.

Understanding the neural code of stress to control anhedonia. Xia, F., Fascianelli, V., Vishwakarma, N., Ghinger, F. G., Kwon, A., Gergues, M. M., Lalani, L. K., Fusi, S., & Kheirbek, M. A. (2025). Nature, 637(8046), 654–662.

The integration of self-efficacy and response-efficacy in decision making. Yang, Y.-Y., & Delgado, M. R. (2025). Scientific Reports, 15, 1789.

Critical Avalanches in Excitation-Inhibition Balanced Networks Reconcile Response Reliability with Sensitivity for Optimal Neural Representation. Yang, Z., Liang, J., & Zhou, C. (2025). Physical Review Letters, 134(2), 028401.

Sustained EEG responses to rapidly unfolding stochastic sounds reflect Bayesian inferred reliability tracking. Zhao, S., Skerritt-Davis, B., Elhilali, M., Dick, F., & Chait, M. (2025). Progress in Neurobiology, 244, 102696.

[ahapochiku]

decided to return to my roots. just a little doodle.

pony!au

(Peter's cutie mark means intelligence, openmind and altruism, and Miguel's one is DNA+microcircuit pattern. also both of these marks vaguely resemble the silhouette of a spider i guess???)

[chifar]

- You have such interesting microcircuits in your suit... Maybe we should remove your voltage limiters? 👓

[zoestorm]

Finally the computer was complete. Millions of miles of fiber optics and thousands of superluminal relays, connecting uncountable numbers of microcircuits and organic brain simulacra.

The Thinking Machine, they'd called it. Humankind's greatest achievement, built specifically to answer a single question.

With trepidation and sweaty hands, the chief scientist threw the switch. He leaned towards the microphone and asked, "Can you hear me, Thinking Machine?"

I CAN.

A nod. "Good. Please answer this question: how can we find true happiness?"

Lights blinked. The silence stretched. The Thinking Machine thought.

Then, at last, it spoke again.

ARE YOU A COP?

[pokelivedigi-imasfan]

BEVERLY:"Hey look, this, is all a mistake, i'm just an Accounting Program. I work at an Office, I can't play these "video games"!"

Red Guard:"Sure you can, Gal Pal! You look like a professional Athlete if I ever saw one!"

BEV:"Who, me? Are you kidding? No, when I go to calculate USD-to-Yen Conversion Rates, I get out of breath! Hey, look, you girls are gonna make my User Mrs. Stephens very angry, she's a Full-Branch Manager."

Red Guard:"Great, another Religious Nut!"

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CROM:"I'd say "Welcome, Friend!", but not here, not like this."

BEV:"I don't even know what i'm doin' here…"

CROM:"You believe in the Users?"

BEV:"Yeah, sure! I-if I don't have a User, then who Wrote me?"

CROM:"That's what you do in here. Bertha, the Evil Female User, has been snapping up all us Programs who believe in the Good Users. If she finds you useful, she uses a machine of some kind to take over all of your Functions, so she gets more powerful, but if she can't use you, she sends you down here to the Game Grid to get the Bits blasted out of you. What's your name?"

BEV:"BEVERLY, but just call me BEV."

CROM:"I'm CROM. They'll train you for the Games, but… (whistles while doing a quick motion with his right hand/Identity Disc) I hope you make it.

Hey, what's been going on in the other Sectors? I've been stuck in here for 200 Microcycles."

BEV:"It's murder out there! You can't even travel around your own Microcircuits without permission from this "Bertha" lady you speak of, or any higher-up Programs loyal to her. I mean, sending me down here to play Games! Who does she calculate she is!?"

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(I've been meaning to start making Tron-related posts on here as part of an attempt to (hopefully) become more active on here~

I decided it would be fun to start my Tron-related posts with a slightly modified scene from the original 1982 Tron movie, with Crom, who's one of my favorite Tron characters, alongside a female Young Adult OC of mine named Beverly, who is usually called "Bev" as a nickname (Along with a mention of a Middle-Aged villainous User OC, who will basically be a woman who is similar to both Sark and the Master Control Program~), but based on an upcoming 1982!Tron AU i'm currently in the process of Brainstorming, which will take place sometime in the early 2000s 🤔

Hope you all enjoy this Incorrect Quotes post! 😀)

[wallpapers4screen]

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Researchers demonstrate enhanced radiative heat transfer for nanodevices

Researchers from Japan have been working hard to keep their cool—or at least—keep their nanodevices from overheating. By adding a tiny coating of silicon dioxide to micro-sized silicon structures, they were able to show a significant increase in the rate of heat dissipated. This work may lead to smaller and cheaper electronic devices that can pack in more microcircuits. As consumer electronics become ever more compact, while still boasting increased processing power, the need to manage waste heat from microcircuits has grown to become a major concern. Some scientific instruments and nanoscale machines require careful consideration of how localized heat will be shunted out of the device in order to prevent damage. Some cooling occurs when heat is radiated away as electromagnetic waves—similar to how the sun's power reaches the Earth through the vacuum of space. However, the rate of energy transfer can be too slow to protect the performance of sensitive and densely packed integrated electronic circuits.

Read more.

[n2qfd]

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From Radio World:

Solar Grove Introduces a Personal DRM Receiver

By RW Staff March 7, 2025

The Digital Radio Mondiale consortium is welcoming the announcement of a small and affordable radio receiver model that will be made in India.

It will be manufactured by a local affiliate of Solar Grove Solutions, a U.S.-based company that makes accessible devices.

Model N88 is a medium-wave, shortwave and VHF Band II/FM receiver with analog and DRM reception. It runs on three AA batteries and is expected to be available for purchase in Q4 of this year. Pricing has not yet been announced.

“This is a significant step towards delivering cutting-edge technology at accessible prices to a global audience,” wrote DRM Consortium Chair Ruxandra Obreja.

The N88 was developed in collaboration with CML Microcircuits and Alongside Tech, which is providing design and application development. The latter company recently joined the DRM consortium.

The organizations highlighted the receiver for its small size, low power consumption and integration with an Android app.

Renatus Pinto of Shemish Grove Solutions India, the receiver’s manufacturer, was quoted in the announcement, “We believe this unique DRM radio will revolutionize the way people experience radio, offering a unique blend of traditional analog reception and the advanced capabilities of DRM.”

Although the receiver is intended for global markets, the fact that it will be made in India is notable, as the country is an important potential growth market for DRM. The consortium maintains a web page devoted to the use of DRM in the country. All India Radio uses the DRM standard in the AM bands there. The national government has not announced a decision about the digitization of the FM band.

See also: https://www.drm.org/affordable-all-band-drm-and-analogue-receiver-manufactured-in-india/

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From AFP via Phys.org:

NASA fires chief scientist, more Trump cuts to come

March 12, 2025

NASA announced Tuesday the dismissal of its chief scientist and others to comply with orders from President Donald Trump, marking the latest in a series of administration actions undermining climate change research.

While the move affects only 23 people, a spokeswoman indicated more cuts are coming.

The first round notably eliminates the Office of the Chief Scientist, led by Katherine Calvin, a renowned climatologist who contributed to key UN climate reports. She and other US delegates were also barred from attending a major climate science meeting in China last month.

"To optimize our workforce, and in compliance with an Executive Order, NASA is beginning its phased approach to a reduction in force, known as a RIF," agency spokeswoman Cheryl Warner said.

"A small number of individuals received notification March 10 they are a part of NASA's RIF. If they're eligible, those employees may opt to participate in the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority, or VERA, or complete the RIF process."

Also eliminated are the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Branch of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

NASA has so far avoided the deep cuts affecting other agencies, reportedly due to last minute intervention by Jared Isaacman, Trump's nominee for NASA chief. Isaacman, an e-payments billionaire and SpaceX customer, is seen as close to Elon Musk—Trump's key advisor and architect of federal cost-cutting efforts.

In February, NASA had been preparing to lay off around a thousand probationary employees. However, Isaacman reportedly asked for the cuts to be put on hold, according to Ars Technica. NASA has not explained the reversal.

The new layoffs, first reported by NASA Watch citing an internal memo, could signal a shift away from research and toward exploration.

Trump and Musk both support a human mission to Mars. In his State of the Union address last week, Trump declared the US would "plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond."

NASA plays a crucial role in climate research, operating a fleet of Earth-monitoring satellites, conducting airborne and ground-based studies, developing sophisticated climate models, and providing open-source data to researchers and the public.

Trump, who has called climate change a "scam" and expressed disdain for the UN and climate science, has already pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement for a second time.

Meanwhile, his administration has dismissed hundreds of employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the nation's other key climate agency, with more cuts expected.

See also: https://phys.org/news/2025-03-trump-administration-unveils-environment-rollbacks.html

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 sunrise in Washington DC, March 12. tinyurl.com/2yjwqryz …

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[pendletonnn]

rough translation:

pony!Wheatley Pendleton

— Sleeps only 15 hours a... month.

— He dreams of a horn with magic, because working with microcircuits and androids with his hooves is VERY inconvenient.

— Hates attention from others. He is ashamed, but also wants the attention of his friends (still haven’t figured it out hahaha).

— He once tried to take part in a street race between his pegasus friends and ended up damaging his wing.

— Almost not socialized - very bad at communicating with other ponies.

— He hides from everyone above the clouds, sometimes he falls asleep there, which is why his friends searched for him a couple of times with the police xD)))

— Quite tall compared to other ponies, which is why he is sometimes confused with some kind of royal prince (there are very few tall ponies in the city he lives in)

[mockva]

The first Soviet microcircuit

KR580VN59 is an Intel 8259 that was stolen and recreated by layer-by-layer copying and reverse engineering.

[kata-4]

The model of the Hussar "Gashal" was created in the middle of the war, by one of the engineers Jacob Farakaso, his work attracted the attention of the military due to the fact that the designer, even despite his injuries sustained in the war, had a very sad effect. The lower limbs lost their mobility, but by exerting strength, he managed to assemble a semblance of an endo-skeleton that allowed him to move as before, connected to the cervical region and stretched inside with fibers of synthetic flesh with nerve endings allowed him to return to service, but since he was commissioned. He spent some time with his family, learning about the applications of nutcrackers in the news and other sources, and seeing that they have their own weaknesses as flaws, the dying creature caused pity, because he also lost many comrades.

he began developing his own model that would allow the nutcrackers to be more protected and maneuverable, but for a long time he did not come up with engineering solutions, which depressed him. Except that the daughter had just brought a hussar figurine, its mechanics, although simple, but reliable, movable joints, a head that could be retracted into the shoulders, as if a soldier was hiding his head from the shots that came from an easel machine-gun pillbox.

sleepless nights spent at the table brought out a very effective model, his ideas on reinforced mechanical parts, as well as an ultra-sensitive hydraulic system capable of reacting much faster, like a powerful computer, it could protect its owner from a blow, from a shot from a heavy gun, give speed that was not a strong feature, jump over trenches, not fall into mud traps where so many wounded died, because such a simple trace from a shot by a large artillery shell collected water and blood inside itself, becoming quicksand

Sample number one: Hashal – passed the tests of basic motor skills based on computer modeling of the military and staff situation, tests without substance.

entry number 0-19/F-1:

the test revealed small failures in the body and joints of the cervical spine, yet it is very difficult to create a body for creatures when you do not have a sample, it cost a lot to establish system consumption, but a very impressive result. The chest opening was adjusted to the maximum, the spike was not so important, the magnetic belts turned out to be strong, but the check related to water turned out to be very unsuccessful, as well as for chemical reagents, some types of gas melt wires and their insulation, I do not have enough material to protect the cables.

Maybe I should turn to an old friend, he was sorting out the nutcrackers, maybe I can find the answer in them

Revision: this nutcracker took me a lot of time, I had to use ship cables with their insulation, but I had to look for details from undermined and faulty installations, tanks, and similar equipment, this made it easier for me to fuse some fragments, as well as microcircuits.

The control has improved, the balancing is almost calibrated, I made the inner ribs from titanium and aluminum, I had to melt a whole sheet of plate armor of the tank, oh gods, they will obviously kill me soon

Entry 0-20/F-2:

My fears were true, my adventures were noticed by those whom I clearly would not like to see in my house, they were looking for my prototype, the workshop was destroyed, I can't say how long I still have to live, they can kill my daughter, except for her I have no one left after that the case.. The projectile flew into our complex, damn freaks! So many civilians died then, and Jesse.. she was torn apart, the Collie was not sleeping then and did not let go of my hand: daddy, please.. Don't leave, there's a war! They're killing there! I'll work as long as I can, but how long will I last?

I don't remember how much time has passed since I finished it, it remains only to carry out the final touches, but how to carry them out without filling? Where will I get such a creature, even though such creatures could try to escape the same way, or have offspring, but here? How can this happen at all, especially here..

The Collie began to behave more closed, as if hiding, even though I said that secrets should only be told to those whom I am ready to entrust them, she is probably afraid to tell me about it, the main thing is that it does not attract too much attention to us.

entry number 1 from a personal notebook:

Well, still, these weasels watching my family noticed my daughter's behavior, they came with weapons to the complex! This is not acceptable! The rules do not give them the right to come here with weapons, with soldiers.. but among them I saw white coats, damn scientists, always climbing where they shouldn't and playing gods

Insomnia is killing me two or three months after people came to the complex, but I finally managed to get an answer from my daughter, damn it! She found the offspring of these creatures, even two, where should I put the other one? Of course, I can restore and upgrade the previously destroyed nutcracker, but how much will it be useful?

To the touch, these lumps of flesh are pleasant to the eyes, they are quite small, and so inquisitive, one of them with grayish-blue eyes constantly asks me, if I take it, he does not come off me all day. I feel like a mother to these creatures, if they can reproduce, then I can assume that two nutcrackers could have hidden them initially in our complex, but they could have got in other ways, they are difficult to see if they climb through the ventilation ducts. Collie became their babysitter, but they trust her more.