Abstract: An automated dental drill includes a dental drill housing that includes a mouthpiece housing section and a one or more degrees of freedom drive housing section; an end effector drive support having a shaft section that is at least partially positioned in the mouthpiece housing section, and an end effector for the cutting of a native tooth or dental appliance to a desired tolerance. The end effector is positioned on the end effector drive support. The automated dental drill also includes a power source that drives the end effector and is coupled to the end effector and a one or more degrees of freedom drive assembly to direct the end effector along one or more degrees of freedom relative to the mouthpiece housing section.

Abstract: A method and apparatus performing operations including instantiating at least one ENUM physical server instance or vENUM virtual machine, wherein the at least one vENUM virtual machine initiating an IMSI session for at least one of a service and a record. The operations further include determining when the at least one of the service and the record is operating. When the at least one of the service and the record is operating, determining if the service was disabled, and if the service was disabled, clear any alarm and announcing service disabled via input/output device. When the at least one of the service and the record is not operating, the operations may include generating an alarm via input/output device, determining if automatic disablement is permitted, and if permitted, automatically disable the at least one of the service and the record.

Abstract: A surgical suction device that uses positive pressure gas is shown and described. The surgical suction device includes an air amplifier. The air amplifier includes a structure defining a generally cylindrical cavity having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end. The cylindrical cavity is defined by an inner wall of the cavity. The air amplifier includes an annular opening in the inner wall near the first end. The annular opening defines a jet opening adapted to allow a pressurized gas to flow out of the annular opening such that a low pressure region is produced at the first end and an amplified flow is produced at the second end. The annular opening is further configured such that the pressurized gas enters the cavity at an angle with respect to the inner wall of the cavity that is towards the second end.

Abstract: Devices and methods are described that provide for scanning surfaces and generating 3-dimensional point clouds that describe the depth of the measured surface at each point. In general, the devices and methods utilize. Specifically, the depth mapping devices and methods utilize multiple receiver channels, with each receiver channel configured to have a different effective sensing range. These multiple receiver channels together provide the depth mapping device with an increased overall effective sensing range. Thus, the depth mapping device can effectively map surfaces that are closer and/or farther than could be mapped using only one receiver channel.

Abstract: A surgical suction device that uses positive pressure gas is shown and described. The surgical suction device includes an air amplifier. The air amplifier includes a structure defining a generally cylindrical cavity having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end. The cylindrical cavity is defined by an inner wall of the cavity. The air amplifier includes an annular opening in the inner wall near the first end. The annular opening defines a jet opening adapted to allow a pressurized gas to flow out of the annular opening such that a low pressure region is produced at the first end and an amplified flow is produced at the second end. The annular opening is further configured such that the pressurized gas enters the cavity at an angle with respect to the inner wall of the cavity that is towards the second end.

Abstract: A surgical suction device that uses positive pressure gas is shown and described. The surgical suction device includes an air amplifier. The air amplifier includes a structure defining a generally cylindrical cavity having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end. The cylindrical cavity is defined by an inner wall of the cavity. The air amplifier includes an annular opening in the inner wall near the first end. The annular opening defines a jet opening adapted to allow a pressurized gas to flow out of the annular opening such that a low pressure region is produced at the first end and an amplified flow is produced at the second end. The annular opening is further configured such that the pressurized gas enters the cavity at an angle with respect to the inner wall of the cavity that is towards the second end.

Abstract: A surgical suction device that uses positive pressure gas is shown and described. The surgical suction device includes an air amplifier. The air amplifier includes a structure defining a generally cylindrical cavity having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end. The cylindrical cavity is defined by an inner wall of the cavity. The air amplifier includes an annular opening in the inner wall near the first end. The annular opening defines a jet opening adapted to allow a pressurized gas to flow out of the annular opening such that a low pressure region is produced at the first end and an amplified flow is produced at the second end. The annular opening is further configured such that the pressurized gas enters the cavity at an angle with respect to the inner wall of the cavity that is towards the second end.

Abstract: A device and method for making puzzle tags are disclosed. The device is a kiosk that utilizes a cutting instrument to cut tag plates, based on cutting pattern selection input provided by a customer, into a series of pieces that form a first puzzle tag. The device and method disclosed herein may also facilitate the production and distribution of a second puzzle tag that is the inverse image of the first puzzle tag and formed from the materials leftover from construction of the first puzzle tag.

Abstract: A method and apparatus performing operations including instantiating at least one vENUM virtual machine instance, wherein the at least one vENUM virtual machine instance responds to a query by determining if at least one of a service and a record is operating; and when the at least one of a service and a record is operating, vENUM initiates an IMSI session for the at least one of a service and a record.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to an apparatus for positioning and securing an excised biological tissue specimen for imaging and analysis. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a sample bag defining an inner volume configured to receive a biological tissue sample, and a sealing member coupled to the sample bag. An imaging window is disposed and configured to be placed in contact with at least a portion of the biological tissue sample, and a positioning member is coupled to the imaging window and is configured to be disposed against the sealing member to substantially seal the inner volume. The positioning member includes a vacuum port disposed and configured to be aligned with a vacuum source to withdraw air from the inner volume of the sample bag.

Abstract: A system and method for improved redundancy in storage devices are disclosed. The method includes receiving a first data block for writing to a storage device; writing the first block to a journal connected with the storage device; associating a first logical address of a group of logical addresses of the journal with a first physical address of the storage; associating the first physical address to an additional second logical address of the storage device, the second logical address not of the group of logical addresses of the journal; and disassociating the first physical address from the first logical address, in response to associating the first physical address with the additional second logical address.

Abstract: An ultra-wideband-based system and method for detecting properties associated with a movable object in an environment such as an indoor environment. The method includes transmitting ultra-wideband radar signals to an environment, using an ultra-wideband transmitter, and receiving signals reflected from the environment as a result of the transmission of the first ultra-wideband radar signals using an ultra-wideband receiver. The method also includes processing the reflected signals and determining properties associated with a movable object in an environment based on the processed reflected signals, using the processor.

Abstract: An ultra-wideband-based object identification method and system includes: transmitting, using a transmitter, an ultra wideband signal to an object; receiving, using a receiver, a reflected signal from the object; and determining, using a processor, an identity of the object based on the received reflected signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for strengthening glass. The composition may incorporate one or more of a surfactant, a silane, and an adhesive resin. The composition may further incorporate one or more of a water-based solvent, a defoamer, a glycerol, and an alcohol. A strengthened glass laminate may be formed of a glass base and a coating made up of the glass strengthening composition. The strengthened glass laminate may further comprise a film. The coating may adhere the film to the glass. A method for making a strengthened glass laminate may include providing a glass base and spraying the glass strengthening composition on the glass base. The present composition has the combined advantages of both optical clarity, high adhesion to glass, and dimensional stability.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to an apparatus for positioning and securing an excised biological tissue specimen for imaging and analysis. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a sample bag defining an inner volume configured to receive a biological tissue sample, and a sealing member coupled to the sample bag. An imaging window is disposed and configured to be placed in contact with at least a portion of the biological tissue sample, and a positioning member is coupled to the imaging window and is configured to be disposed against the sealing member to substantially seal the inner volume. The positioning member includes a vacuum port disposed and configured to be aligned with a vacuum source to withdraw air from the inner volume of the sample bag.

Abstract: A secure payment method includes receiving, by a payment recipient, a transaction request from a party in a transaction. The payment recipient requests a payment that is in a specified form and that is uniquely identified by a unique identification. The method includes receiving, on behalf of the payment recipient and at a payment recipient computer, the payment that is in the specified form. The payment is uniquely identified by the unique identification. The payment recipient authorizes the transaction in response to receiving the payment that is in the specified form and that is uniquely identified by the unique identification. The specified form is issued by a private third party.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a proactive scheduler having a controller element to determine a scheduling conflict between a called party and a calling party according to calendar information of the called party and presence information of the called party. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for stimulating immune responses. More particularly, these compositions and methods involve the use of an inhibitor of IL-25 function and an immune stimulator that stimulates an immune response to a target antigen for stimulating protective or therapeutic immune responses to a target antigen. The compositions and methods of the present invention are particularly useful in the prevention and treatment of infections and cancers.

Abstract: A scanning light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes a scanning apparatus that scans laser light pulses sinusoidally in a vertical direction, and quasi-statically through angular extents in a horizontal direction. Multiple light sensors, each with a substantially nonoverlapping field of view, are multiplexed during the scan of the laser light pulses. Multiple scanning LIDAR systems may be combined to increase the effective horizontal angular extents.

Abstract: Embodiments provide an electric lug loader system. An electric lug loader may include a shaft assembly rotatably mounted to a frame that extends across a flow path. The shaft assembly may have shafts arranged radially around, and parallel to, the rotational axis of the shaft assembly, clamp members arranged along each of the shafts, support members arranged radially around the rotational axis and across the flow path, and electric drives coupled to the shafts. Conveyors may be coupled with the frame and spaced apart across the flow path upstream and/or downstream of the shaft assembly. Additional drives may be coupled with the shaft assembly and the conveyors. A controller may be configured to synchronize the drives to engage successive workpieces between the clamp members and the support members and deposit the workpieces onto a lugged conveyor. Other embodiments provide related methods and systems.