Abstract: A system and method for bi-directional communication for performances include an interface for receiving and displaying a performance to at least one user. The user may respond to the performance through the interface including a contribution such as an image, a recording, or a text-based message. The performer may receive the response from the at least one user. The system and method further generate a mosaic of user responses to the performance determined based on recency, popularity, or randomly. The mosaic may be displayed on the display behind the performer, who may be performing in front of a green screen.

Abstract: A system and method for obtaining and transforming interactive narrative data comprise a creation space configured to present a predetermined narrative structure and configured to obtain narrative responses from at least one individual, with the narrative responses are discretized according to story acts. A custom ontology is developed for applying sentiment analysis to each of the discretized story acts with a qualitative and quantitative emotional value applied to each, and a processor determines a story arc corresponding to the emotional values, with an emotional profile developed for the individual based on the story arc.

Abstract: Embodiments of a rapid cycle PSA apparatus are described that are useful for producing a hydrogen enriched product gas comprising not more than about 50 ppm carbon monoxide by volume and with a hydrogen gas recovery of at least about 70% by adsorptive separation from a syngas feed gas mixture comprising at least about 50 percent hydrogen and at least about 1 percent carbon monoxide by volume. One disclosed embodiment of a rapid cycle PSA apparatus comprised at least 3 adsorber elements each having at least one thin adsorbent sheet material which comprises at least one adsorbent material therein, and a bed size factor less than about 4.0 seconds. Embodiments of a rapid cycle PSA process also are described that utilize disclosed embodiments of the rapid-cycle PSA device.

Abstract: Improved adsorbent sheet based parallel passage adsorbent structures for enhancing the kinetic selectivity of certain kinetic-controlled adsorption processes, such as PSA, TSA and PPSA processes, and combinations thereof, are provided. The enhancements in kinetic selectivity made possible through the implementation of the present inventive improved adsorbent structures may unexpectedly enable significant intensification of selected kinetic adsorption processes relative to attainable performance with conventional adsorbent materials in beaded or extruded form. Such process intensification enabled by the present inventive adsorbent structures may provide for increased adsorption cycle frequencies, and increased gas flow velocities within the adsorbent beds, which may increase the productivity and/or recovery of a kinetic adsorption system incorporating the inventive adsorbent structures.

Abstract: An inventive improved parallel passage contactor structure demonstrating enhanced fluid flow performance is disclosed. Such improved parallel passage contactor structure may be adapted for many fluid/solid interaction processes such as catalytic gas reaction, fluid treatment, or adsorptive gas separation including pressure, temperature and partial pressure swing adsorption. Improved contactor structures according to the invention have Gas Flow Parameter values less than about 1.8E-4 Pa*s/m, which provide for enhanced process performance in applications such as adsorptive gas separation (holding other system variables constant). Some embodiments of the improved contactor structures incorporate improved mesh spacer materials having Open Volume Ratio values greater than about 85%.