Yes.

By observing existing products of the rehabilitation market one thing becomes clear. People with functional disabilities are restricted on current technology wheelchairs. Their mobilty is highly confined, even in environments specially designed for them. They are in an almost permanent sitting position and they aren't able to use anything intended for an able-bodied person. A closed door, a light switch or an ATM are out of reach. Existing standing powered wheelchairs are expensive, heavy and bulky. They also lack the ability to overcome small architectural barriers.

Laddroller combines an exoskeleton with a powered wheelchair. It offers simultaneous maneuverability from standing position and posture adjustment without additional complex mechanisms. Laddroller is a light and solid unit with small turning radius and minimal maintenance needs. It operates easily from any position of the user's posture and is able to climb curbs and overcome gaps even going forward thanks to its differentiated approach. High quality metal alloy frame, state of the art electronics, reliable motors and the ease of use, compile a unique, effective and promising product.

Laddroller is a patented invention of Dimitris Petrotos and Marios-Ermis Petrotos, a 3 year R&D project that it is already prototyped.

and this is why baseball is the best sport (see also: these baseball sidequests)

Augmented Reality devices

The irony of God's law being in schools full of hungry children. The futility of his commandments being in schools full of illiteracy. The uselessness of churches who refuse the poor. The sacrilege of Christians praising the rich even above their God.

The irony...

February 19 2005 3/19/05

It is my 17nth birthday and I have decided I no longer want to be human.

I do not want to die, so don't get all houghy with me.

I'm just tired of being human.

I want to be somthing else. Something that has never been before.

I'm not even sure what this would be yet, nor am I sure that I care.

I just don't want to be HUMAN.

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Creating Fur in Blender (with particle system)

People often ask me about how I create fur in blender, so I decided to make a post about it with all the details. I will use my personal Kotie model as an example. It already has all the fur but I will create a new one with step-by-step explanation ~

I will only create the fur for the face, but everything I will use here works for the rest of the body as well!

Important:

I use Blender 3.6.

I don't know much about the new hair system; I don't work with it for now.

I'm not a professional, not a teacher, and not a Google or Youtube. I'm a chaotic self-taught hobbyist who does stuff for his own use only, so I don't know everything :'D

I don't know if will I do more posts like this. It's not easy, it took me many hours of work.

My main blender-related post.

So, met the hairless Kotie! He is ready to get some fur...

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I create fur through multiple Particle Systems. So, I created a new one and edited it a little, making the hair particles shorter. Then I use Vertex Groups to control where the hair will grow. For example, I want to create facial fur, so I create a Vertex Group for the face (I already have several) and paint it using Weight Paint. Red is for fur and blue is for places with no fur. Also Vertex Groups can be used for fur length, clumps, kinks and other settings. I sometimes play randomly with these.

Next, the fur needs to be combed and it is easier to do this symmetrically. Particle systems are never symmetrical at first, so I just remove the half and then mirror the other half.

There is a bug related to the symmetry of hair particles in Blender. I once made a post about it.

Combing works like… combing. I just need to comb the fur in a natural direction (if you are not sure how to comb it - look for photos). It also usually makes sense to make the fur thinner - this can be done by changing the "Diameter Root" in the Hair Shape settings. This will make the fur look more like fur and less like spikes.

Then I add Children to make the fur densier. At first it usually looks very smooth, even unnaturally smooth, so I need to make it messier. There are many tools for it - clumping, roughness, plus I can add some details by selecting random hairs and editing them separately. There are also the Length and Threshold settings in Children to make some part of the hairs shorter than others.

Another good idea is to make a duplicate of the particle system with a lower fur density and edit it separately (it's important for it to be a fully separate one, so press F9 when you duplicate it). I made the fur on the duplicate longer, fluffier, combed it a little differently, and added some clumping. The main fur is blue and the duplicate is red, to make them clearly visible.

A good way to paint fur realistically is to mix (using Mix Color node) few Color Ramps with Curves Info. This allows you to color the fur in every little detail, especially if you will also use texture masks.

I used texture with stripes as one of the layers, and this is what I got:

I use Cycles and Principled Hair BSDF

All other fur parts (neck, body, paws, tail) are created in a similar way. There can be as many of different Particle Systems as you need (and as many as your computer will allow you to do). To improve performance in the viewport, you can set fewer displayed hair children than in the render.

More color details can be added using texture masks - for example I drew one with spots for whiskers.

This is what I got + black one as a bonus/variation.

Fur settings are individual - for example, it can be more or less shiny, so it makes sense to try different variations and choose what looks best. 3D is always about experimenting and trying new things! c:

Also, each Particle System can have its own material. I gave Black material to some of them (they are red in viewport) and this is what I got:

That's all for now, thank you very much for reading! I hope this was useful to these who are interested in creating fur in Blender.

~ Vill Liedo <3

this is superior humor

February 30 2005 3/30/05

I think I want to do it.

I want to destroy my soul.

Immuntiy from demonics and curses does sound really cool.

My contact has let me know that this journey will take me quite far.

I would have to leave all family behind.

And because of how illegal this is, i'll basically have to fake my death.

He's told me to try limiting how much I wright online until we get going.

Fortunately this is a diary.