How about bionic ear appendages to combat hearing loss?
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Submitted â¨â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago⊠by â¨Uri@infosec.pub⊠to â¨science_memes@mander.xyzâŠ
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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Kevlar21@piefed.social â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Hearing aids?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
No, cat ears.
apotheotic@beehaw.org â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Is that like a sexually transmitted ear infection?
perishthethought@piefed.social â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
KeenFlame@feddit.nu â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I have good news and bad news
perishthethought@piefed.social â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Ok. I just want the good news.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Both sysadmins and hentai enthusiasts rejoice!
Bread@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Did you really need to specify the same thing twice?
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Lol, actually, I was even thinking of specifically additionally naming elderly sysadmins and elderly hentai enthusiasts âŚ
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Imagine working in a retirement home and one day one if the residents tells yoz âI am taking part in this clinical trialâ only to come back as Doctor fucking Octopus.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Fuck. Yes. Id make so many comments about killing spider man.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I just want a third arm, is that too much to ask? Imagine how many tasks would be easier with that.
vic_rattlehead@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Say a prayer to the Four-Armed Emperor.
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Now if it can stab people and drain them of their bioenergy, I can reach my final form!
kieron115@startrek.website â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâm supposed to be cleaning but now Iâm laughing too hard imagining some âsaturday morning cartoonâ tokusatsu show about a squad of mecha-grandmas.
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Tonight on Lifetime-Japan, Speed Walkers - A motley crew of septuagenarians must defeat the evil doer, osteoarthritis man, else they will be forced to deal with painful joints! Can these grizzled grandmas come out victorious? Tune in to find out!
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
tokusatsu
What does this word mean?
Hupf@feddit.org â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Furry costumes just got more lifelike.
cogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Is that photo AI? All the videos of the real prototype look substantially different.
Sergio@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
At best itâs concept art, tho that thin strap probably wouldnât serve the purpose theyâre looking for. At worst itâs generated by clickbait article writers.
How could they pass up an âelectrified facehugger penis sheathâ image like this?
www.cnn.com/style/article/âŚ/index.html
fr tho itâs pretty cool research
WoodScientist@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâm just imagining the scene in a sci fi comedy.
âI thought you said we were getting mechanical tails? Why the Hell is this attached to my front?â
âExperiments determined that this was actually the more effective and cheaper option. Donât worry, a front tail works just fine for balance!â
socsa@piefed.social â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
That one looks attached at the front ...
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Youâre right, it seems. That video is old (6 years), but I couldnât find any photos or videos that look substantially different from it.
âArque tailâ is the keywords to search for, if anyone wants to do their own research.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Do people just use âAIâ now instead of âPhotoshoppedâ
cogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I have a feeling a completely different audience has a definite interest. They would just cover it in the same fur as the rest of their costume.
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I was hoping for research into genetically adding one to a human, but Iâll.take this.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
You already have the nerves there, and itâs quite trivial to connect them to a neurotransmitter, especially since the patent expired.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The next thing I need is an articulated mouth and the ability to spit fire. And spikes on my back!
For balance as well, obviously.
Zyratoxx@fedia.io â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Can I... uhhm... get one too? Maybe a little more fluffy? Ohh, and it would be nice if it could wag too... U know... Just for... uhhm... balancing purposes...
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Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Theres a few companies that make moving tails (and wings) for a few hundred USD, but they tend to be waitless rather than designed for balancing
zakobjoa@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Yeah, thatâll help elderly people with mobility issues â hucking another 5 kg of metal, motors and batteries around.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The way itâs depicted, the weight will be felt around the center point of the body. Thatâs where it exerts the least force. Also I contest the notion that a difference of 5kg is that significant, even in elderly people.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
One of the typical bits of advice for elderly folks walking around is a five pound limit on carried items, so five kilos is probably going to affect things more. Poor mobility is a downward line though, not a sudden switch that is flipped, so there is a range of walking difficulties and Iâm sure some of that range will be helped by a device like this.
icelimit@lemmy.ml â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Where the weight acts is significant imo, and the hips near the spine is probably most stable.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Yup. Thatâs the most cost-effctive solution to the elderly falling problem. Trust me there is no other reason we are doing this.
kofe@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
My dreams of kick boxing like a kangaroo may finally come truee
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Money for elderly that can prevent them from needing very expensive nursing home care is a huge market with no limit if the product works well. Especially for Japan but really everywhere will have increasingly large cohorts of their elderly people with not enough young people to care for them.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
In all seriousness, human elderlies are actually evolutionary anomaly, because if Darwinian tenet of âsurvival of the fittestâ applies 100% of the time, they would not be the norm. But the fact that old people are prevalent in human society is the proof that we are compassionate and loving creatures that transcend cold evolutionary programming. We care for others and the vulnerable.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Almost all of it comes down to how long it takes to raise children. It takes a lot more people and effort and time to raise humans vs any other species, and its made us unique in that we have essentially support roles. Elderly people, people who canât or dont want to have kids of their own, even older children, all have a role to play in making sure we make it to adulthood and continue the species.
Patches@ttrpg.network â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Does anyone currently have any elders taking care of their kids? Or having done so?
The current generation of Elders living today arenât doing shit for support.
I would argue given how much voting power they have - they are actively making it worse for parents.
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The âgrandmother theoryâ is supporting this idea.
The idea is that past a certain age there is an evolutionary benefit to not be able to have kids anymore. Past a certain age, to pass our genes itâs more beneficial to be able to help descendants with their kids rather than having kids on our own.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Sure, in the context of physical abilities.
However, i think bands of hominids who care for each other have a survival advantage. I guess thats who weâve evolved to be social creatures.
Also, nanna might not be able to hunt mammoths anymore, but she knows what to do in years when the mammoth dont come.
ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
darwinian selection has nothing to do with aging. thatâs religious right / 1920s robber baron bullshit.
nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Actually having elders in human societies is shown to positively correlate with better outcomes for the youth in that society. Grandmothers in particular have a measurable benefit.
kieron115@startrek.website â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Except that it isnât a religious thing. Humanâs are something of an evolutionary anomaly in the sense that the only other animals on earth who go through menopause are a few species of whales. Thereâs a whole evolutionary theory tied to it called [the grandmother hypothesis] (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmother_hypothesis). Or you can watch this PBS video about it if you donât feel like reading. Itâs pretty interesting really.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
There are other species which have elderly members, namely whales and elephants.
Itâs postulated that having grandmothers helps in a species where young take a long time to mature.
kieron115@startrek.website â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The thing is, for it to be an evolutionary advantage it canât be common. Thatâs one theory behind why grandmas arenât more common in species.
kieron115@startrek.website â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I posted this further down but you would enjoy it if you havenât seen it already. The end of the video supports your statement. Why Your Grandmother Is an Evolutionary Mystery
KeenFlame@feddit.nu â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
And how many successful actually productive and generous persons alive wore glasses? Yep, you entered another mind trap.
sunbytes@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Will it stop my girlfriend from poking at my butthole when Iâm above her on the stairs?
axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Cat girls or helping the elderly walk steadily?
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I can think of another demographic that would like thisâŚ
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Finally something to balance the enormous mass I have in front.
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Looking at other papers from the same lab and this is the silliest paper Iâve ever seen, theyâre evaluating the effect of shining rgb lights at glass noodles on the eating experience
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
This is just the first step towards making Dr Octopuss a reality. AND WE DONâT HAVE SPIDERMAN TO SAVE US!!!
Apytele@sh.itjust.works â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
honestly the best posture advice I have ever gotten is to sit like I have a tail (you would have to tilt your hips forward and stick your butt out behind you to put the tail up behind you rather than curling your tailbone under such that youâd be sitting on the tail).
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
OwO
Jankatarch@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
YES
apotheotic@beehaw.org â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Make it fluffy and Iâm in
ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Just what the japanes elderly need, a heavy battery powered contraption strapped to their waist to be more stable. Iâve also heard in Tokyo that everyone is always 5ft apart from one another, plenty of room to be whipping a pseudo tail around.
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I would put it on the front
Zerush@lemmy.ml â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Darako@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâd get 5 so I can work without hands.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Can we wear these if we donât have balance issues? Asking for a friend.
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Donât hide it Japan, youâre just doing this to make cat girls
lowleveldata@programming.dev â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Why stop there? I want my dog and fox and wolf girls too
muhyb@programming.dev â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
How about horse girls?
WoodScientist@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Wonât someone think of the poor working class furries? A fur suit can already cost 10 or 20 grand. Now theyâre going to have to add cyborg body parts to the mix as well? Talk about gentrification!
Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Also these ears will help to uh, absorb the echoes and extra noise of the world around you. Yeah.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Wait, I ⌠could make human-cat hears that actually have microphones in them and that turn towards the gaze and they could actually ear out of them if theyâre wearing linked earphones ⌠could even do some psychoacoustic filtering to give some kind of âsuperearingâ ability ⌠Then some cunt like Elon is going to just steal my idea⌠meh. ⌠eff it
Sergio@piefed.social â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Looks more like Mecha-Godzilla, tho.
naught101@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
So, uh, you reckon you could fit eight of those on one person?
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I think we can do just four
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
They need to increase their birthrate somehow.
serenissi@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
contrary to popular beliefs real cat girls do exist in Japan. there is more information on the internet redlib.orangenet.cc/r/realscatgirls . unfortunately itâs on reddit not on lemmy (yet).
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
hehe fuck you
serenissi@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
who tf upvoted this
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Good shit
green_copper@kbin.earth â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
taps fingers together rhythmically
Good, gooood. It's all coming together.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
catgirl mecha, if weâre being precise.
Zachariah@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Is it prehensile? This could lead to octopus-like abilities if you added more than one.
rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
This feels more like monkey nannas. An entirely more niche kink.