@aardrian@toot.cafe2026-09-21 23:28:50
I always enjoyed giant robo anime, but there was a lot of great stuff that wasn’t giant robo — and I’ve left a bunch out. Between manga and anime I seemed to go for Studio Gainax, Masamune Shirow, Katsuhiro Otomo.
https://my9animes.com/en
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-21 13:04:37
Google unveils Googlebook hardware, with flagship devices built by Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo, offering deep Android and AI integration, starting at $899 (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/09/21/googlebook-launch/
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-09-21 15:15:03
Acer-Chef: PCs könnten ab Mitte 2027 wieder günstiger werden
Die Speicherpreise steigen weiter. 32 GByte DDR5-RAM kosten jetzt mindestens 400 Euro. Laut Acer ist der Mangel aber nicht mehr akut.
https://www.…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-22 05:28:30
Gun injuries are the leading cause of death for children and teens ages 1‑17,
surpassing car crashes for the first time in two decades.
In the United States, people often think of gun violence as a topic with no common ground,
but we agree on more than we think.
And we can all agree that gun injuries shouldn’t be the #1 killer of kids.
Gun violence may feel like a problem that’s too big to fix -- but it isn’t.
Gun violence is preventable
—an…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2026-09-21 18:20:01
Zeitspanne von Genehmigung bis Inbetriebnahme einer #Windkraftanlage.
Die Box (hellblau) zeigt, wo die mittleren 50 % der Anlagen von der Dauer her liegen. Der Strich in der Box ist die typische Dauer. Die Hälfte der Errichtungen war schneller, die andere langsamer. Die dünnen Linien („Antennen“) nach oben und unten zeigen, wie weit die meisten übrigen Projekte noch streuen. Die ei…
@arXiv_physicsmedph_bot@mastoxiv.page2026-06-23 07:47:26
Adapting a 3D scanning water phantom for use in brachytherapy dosimetry
Rachael Wilks (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, University of Queensland, St. Lucia Qld 4072, Australia), Samuel C. Peet (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Qld 4001, Australia), Tanya Kairn (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, University of Queensland, St. Lucia Qld 4072, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Qld 4001, Australia), Scott B. Crowe (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, University of Queensland, St. Lucia Qld 4072, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Qld 4001, Australia)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21320 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.21320 https://arxiv.org/html/2606.21320
arXiv:2606.21320v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In external beam radiotherapy, 3D scanning water phantoms are the gold standard for obtaining relative dosimetry data. These phantoms, consisting of a water tank and mechanical arm, along with accompanying software, are de-signed to acquire dose profiles along and orthogonal to the beam axis. In brachy-therapy, the acquisition of analogous dose profiles is more difficult, and is generally achieved with complex custom-built phantoms or chemical dosimeters such as film or gel. In this study, a low-cost 3D-printed jig was designed and fabricated within a clinical department, to allow precise brachytherapy dose measurements using a PTW BeamScan water phantom. Specifically, this jig al-lowed applicators to be suspended securely and reproducibly within the water phantom. Protocols were developed to relate the scanning system coordinates to the physical source position, and to obtain isodose planes both parallel and radial to the source axis. The developed solution has the potential to be used for physical verification of TG43 dose calculation parameters (e.g. anisotropy functions), the characterization of dose for a single dwell position in a complex applicator containing non-water equivalent materials, or the collection of point dose measure-ments for treatments incorporating multiple dwell positions or catheters.
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@outer@mas.to2026-09-22 15:45:53
"From the moment I was born, I was ordered to listen. Now there's a way, and I know, that I have to go away."
"How can try to explain? When I do he turns away, again."
"If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them they know, not me."
--Cat Stevens, lyrics from "Father and Son", from the album "Tea for the Tillerman", 1970
#Music
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-22 12:15:47
Cognex agrees to acquire robotics and 3D computer vision company RealSense in a ~$600M deal, including $500M in cash; Intel spun off RealSense in July 2025 (Sophie Shulman/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/s1tqir19fl
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-21 13:25:44
Googlebook hardware hands-on: Intel Core Ultra Panther Lake or Qualcomm Snapdragon X/X1 Elite CPUs, 16GB to 64GB of RAM, high-resolution OLED displays, and more (Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/tech/googlebook-hands-on-acer-asus-dell-hp-le…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-21 12:50:49
Microsoft and Mistral sign a multibillion-dollar deal to build European data centers and integrate Mistral models into Foundry, Copilot Studio, and Azure Local (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com…