Abstract: A system for encapsulating electrodes for a battery includes lower path rollers, a conveyor frame, conveyor drives, a continuous track, and a heat press. The lower path rollers are operable to guide a first web of separator material along a lower web path. The conveyor frame supports the lower path rollers. The conveyor drives are supported on the conveyor frame. The continuous track is driven by the conveyor drives and is positioned beneath the lower web path. The continuous track includes conveyor magnets embedded within pallets. The magnets are operable to secure electrode material against the first web. The heat press is positioned above the continuous track and includes a heated surface configured to heat and press a second web of separator material against the first web to encapsulate at least a portion of the electrode material within the first web and the second web.

Abstract: Contaminate-sequestering coatings including a network of hydrolyzed silane compounds including a plurality of thiol functional groups, a plurality of fluorinated functionalities, or both are provided. The contaminate-sequestering coatings may sequester one or more per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), heavy metals, biological species or any combination thereof. Methods of functionalizing a substrate surface with contaminate-sequestering functionalities that sequester one or more PFAS, heavy metals, or both are also provided. Methods of removing contaminants from contaminate-containing liquids, and devices including the contaminate-sequestering coatings are also provided.

Abstract: A method for self-calibrating a sound pickup process that uses a microphone array in a wearable device that also includes a loudspeaker, where the microphone array being in a physical arrangement with respect to the loudspeaker. The method obtains, for each of several microphones of the microphone array, one or more transfer functions that each represent a response of the microphone to sound from a position in an acoustic space. The method determines whether a physical arrangement of the microphone array with respect to the loudspeaker has changed and adjusts the transfer function, for at least one of the microphones of the several microphones, in response to determining that the current physical arrangement of the microphone array with respect to the loudspeaker has changed.

Abstract: An example method includes obtaining annotated source code and based at least in part on a first annotation, separating the source code into first and second source code portions. The method also includes generating from the first source code portion a first source code stream to be supplied for compilation by a first compiler, the first source code stream augmented, based on the first annotation, to include additional coordination code not present in the obtained source code, and the first compiler specific to the first-type subset of the target CPUs. The method further includes generating from the second source code portion a second source code stream to be supplied for compilation by a second compiler, the second compiler specific to a second-type subset of the target CPUs. The target CPUs of the first- and second-type subsets have one or more different functionalities.

Abstract: An example method includes obtaining annotated source code and based at least in part on a first annotation, separating the source code into first and second source code portions. The method also includes generating from the first source code portion a first source code stream to be supplied for compilation by a first compiler, the first source code stream augmented, based on the first annotation, to include additional coordination code not present in the obtained source code, and the first compiler specific to the first-type subset of the target CPUs. The method further includes generating from the second source code portion a second source code stream to be supplied for compilation by a second compiler, the second compiler specific to a second-type subset of the target CPUs. The target CPUs of the first- and second-type subsets have one or more different functionalities.

Abstract: An example method includes obtaining annotated source code and based at least in part on a first annotation, separating the source code into first and second source code portions. The method also includes generating from the first source code portion a first source code stream to be supplied for compilation by a first compiler, the first source code stream augmented, based on the first annotation, to include additional coordination code not present in the obtained source code, and the first compiler specific to the first-type subset of the target CPUs. The method further includes generating from the second source code portion a second source code stream to be supplied for compilation by a second compiler, the second compiler specific to a second-type subset of the target CPUs. The target CPUs of the first- and second-type subsets have one or more different functionalities.