Abstract: An interposer device comprising a first conductor pattern on a first side defining a portion of the interposer device to be covered by a first electrical circuit element; and a second conductor pattern on a second side to be connected to a second electrical circuit element. The second conductor pattern is electrically coupled to the first conductor pattern. The interposer device further comprises a plurality of nanostructure energy storage devices arranged within the portion of the interposer device to be covered by the first electrical circuit element. Each of the nanostructure energy storage devices comprises at least a first plurality of conductive nanostructures; a conduction controlling material embedding the nanostructures; a first electrode connected to each nanostructure in the first plurality of nanostructures; and a second electrode separated from each nanostructure in the first plurality of nanostructures by the conduction controlling material.

Abstract: A nanostructure energy storage device comprising: at least a first plurality of conductive nanostructures provided on an electrically insulating surface portion of a substrate; a conduction controlling material embedding each nanostructure in said first plurality of conductive nanostructures; a first electrode connected to each nanostructure in said first plurality of nanostructures; and a second electrode separated from each nanostructure in said first plurality of nanostructures by said conduction controlling material, wherein said first electrode and said second electrode are configured to allow electrical connection of said nanostructure energy storage device to an integrated circuit.

Abstract: The plant water Anomalous Phase sensor can determine moisture levels in plant leaves, stems and wood. The sensors described include several embodiments of the sensor, all of which estimate moisture levels by determining changes in the phase spectrum of an anomalous-phase resonator. Two embodiments include a planar transmitting antenna array with two slightly detuned patch antennas and a detector. In a first embodiment, the detector is a dipole antenna centered and out of plane with the transmitting antenna array. In a second embodiment, the detector is a singular rectangular patch antenna coplanar with the transmitting antenna array. The third embodiment is similar to the second embodiment, but is formed on a flexible substrate, so that the sensor can be wrapped about a twig, branch or other plant structure, in a non-coplanar arrangement. To compensate for temperature affects, a reference sensor may be integrated with an active sensor.

Abstract: An interposer device comprising a first conductor pattern on a first side defining a portion of the interposer device to be covered by a first electrical circuit element; and a second conductor pattern on a second side to be connected to a second electrical circuit element. The second conductor pattern is electrically coupled to the first conductor pattern. The interposer device further comprises a plurality of nanostructure energy storage devices arranged within the portion of the interposer device to be covered by the first electrical circuit element. Each of the nanostructure energy storage devices comprises at least a first plurality of conductive nanostructures; a conduction controlling material embedding the nanostructures; a first electrode connected to each nanostructure in the first plurality of nanostructures; and a second electrode separated from each nanostructure in the first plurality of nanostructures by the conduction controlling material.

Abstract: A nanostructure energy storage device comprising: at least a first plurality of conductive nanostructures provided on an electrically insulating surface portion of a substrate; a conduction controlling material embedding each nanostructure in said first plurality of conductive nanostructures; a first electrode connected to each nanostructure in said first plurality of nanostructures; and a second electrode separated from each nanostructure in said first plurality of nanostructures by said conduction controlling material, wherein said first electrode and said second electrode are configured to allow electrical connection of said nanostructure energy storage device to an integrated circuit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a threat detection system comprising an intrusion protection system (IPS) logic, a virtual execution logic and a reporting logic is shown. The IPS logic is configured to receive a first plurality of objects and analyze the first plurality of objects to identify a second plurality of objects as potential exploits, the second plurality of objects being a subset of the first plurality of objects and being lesser or equal in number to the first plurality of objects. The virtual execution logic including at least one virtual machine configured to process content within each of the second plurality of objects and monitor for anomalous behaviors during the processing that are indicative of exploits to classify that a first subset of the second plurality of objects includes one or more verified exploits. The reporting logic configured to provide a display of exploit information associated with the one or more verified exploits.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system features a network security device and a cloud computing service. The network security device is configured to determine whether an object includes one or more characteristics associated with a malicious attack. The cloud computing service, communicatively coupled to and remotely located from the network security device, includes virtual execution logic that, upon execution by a processing unit deployed as part of the cloud computing service and after the network security device determining that the object includes the one or more characteristics associated with the malicious attack, processes the object and monitors for behaviors of at least the object suggesting the object is associated with a malicious attack.

Abstract: An interposer device comprising an interposer substrate; a plurality of conducting vias extending through the interposer substrate; a conductor pattern on the interposer substrate, and a nanostructure energy storage device. The nanostructure energy storage device comprises at least a first plurality of conductive nanostructures formed on the interposer substrate; a conduction controlling material embedding each nanostructure in the first plurality of conductive nanostructures; a first electrode connected to each nanostructure in the first plurality of nanostructures; and a second electrode separated from each nanostructure in the first plurality of nanostructures by the conduction controlling material, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to allow electrical connection of the nanostructure energy storage device to the integrated circuit.

Abstract: An assembly platform for arrangement as an interposer device between an integrated circuit and a substrate to interconnect the integrated circuit and the substrate through the assembly platform, the assembly platform comprising: an assembly substrate; a plurality of conducting vias extending through the assembly substrate; at least one nanostructure connection bump on a first side of the assembly substrate, the nanostructure connection bump being conductively connected to the vias and defining connection locations for connection with at least one of the integrated circuit and the substrate, wherein each of the nanostructure connection bumps comprises: a plurality of elongated conductive nanostructures vertically grown on the first side of the assembly substrate, wherein the plurality of elongated nanostructures are embedded in a metal for the connection with at least one of the integrated circuit and the substrate, at least one connection bump on a second side of the assembly substrate, the second side being

Abstract: The plant water Anomalous Phase sensor can determine moisture levels in plant leaves, stems and wood. The sensors described include several embodiments of the sensor, all of which estimate moisture levels by determining changes in the phase spectrum of an anomalous-phase resonator. Two embodiments include a planar transmitting antenna array with two slightly detuned patch antennas and a detector. In a first embodiment, the detector is a dipole antenna centered and out of plane with the transmitting antenna array. In a second embodiment, the detector is a singular rectangular patch antenna coplanar with the transmitting antenna array. The third embodiment is similar to the second embodiment, but is formed on a flexible substrate, so that the sensor can be wrapped about a twig, branch or other plant structure, in a non-coplanar arrangement. To compensate for temperature affects, a reference sensor may be integrated with an active sensor.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting malicious content are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for detecting malicious content is described that detects when a client device has access to a remote network server of a communication network. The client device includes one or more processors. Thereafter, a controller being a device separate from the client device, activates one or more security programs within the remote network server. The security programs enable the controller to analyze data stored within or transmitted from the remote network server. Lastly, the controller analyzing the data to determine whether the data includes malware.

Abstract: An interposer device comprising an interposer substrate; a plurality of conducting vias extending through the interposer substrate; a conductor pattern on the interposer substrate, and a nanostructure energy storage device. The nanostructure energy storage device comprises at least a first plurality of conductive nanostructures formed on the interposer substrate; a conduction controlling material embedding each nanostructure in the first plurality of conductive nanostructures; a first electrode connected to each nanostructure in the first plurality of nanostructures; and a second electrode separated from each nanostructure in the first plurality of nanostructures by the conduction controlling material, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to allow electrical connection of the nanostructure energy storage device to the integrated circuit.

Abstract: A network device for detecting malware is described. The network device features a memory storage device and a controller. The controller operating in cooperation with one or more virtual machines that are based on software modules stored within the memory storage device. The controller is configured to (i) monitor behaviors of at least a first virtual machine of the one or more virtual machines processing data received over a network, (ii) identify at least one anomalous behavior that includes either a communication anomaly or an execution anomaly, and (iii) detect, based on the identified at least one anomalous behavior, a presence of malware in the first virtual machine in response to identifying the at least one anomalous behavior.

Abstract: The microstrip circuits exhibiting electromagnetically induced transparency and Fano resonance include a microstrip transmission line and at least two identical parallel quarter-wavelength open stubs extending from the transmission line in close proximity so that mutual coupling between the electromagnetic fields at adjacent ends of the stubs induces Faro resonances and electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). The circuits may be used for microwave buffers, or when a variable capacitance, such as a varactor, is inserted between the open ends of the stubs, the circuits may be used for active transmission phase control.

Abstract: The microstrip Fano resonator switch is a microstrip circuit having a varactor diode electrically connected between identical quarter-wavelength open stubs formed from two elongate planar strip elements disposed on a substrate having a permittivity of approximately 2.94 and a thickness of approximately 0.76 mm, the circuit forming a Fano resonator switch that provides approximately 50 dB of isolation.

Abstract: The microstrip Fano resonator switch is a microstrip circuit having a varactor diode electrically connected between identical quarter-wavelength open stubs formed from two elongate planar strip elements disposed on a substrate having a permittivity of approximately 2.94 and a thickness of approximately 0.76 mm, the circuit forming a Fano resonator switch that provides approximately 50 dB of isolation.

Abstract: The microstrip circuits exhibiting electromagnetically induced transparency and Fano resonance include a microstrip transmission line and at least two identical parallel quarter-wavelength open stubs extending from the transmission line in close proximity so that mutual coupling between the electromagnetic fields at adjacent ends of the stubs induces Faro resonances and electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). The circuits may be used for microwave buffers, or when a variable capacitance, such as a varactor, is inserted between the open ends of the stubs, the circuits may be used for active transmission phase control.

Abstract: Techniques for efficient malicious content detection in plural versions of a software application are described. According to one embodiment, the computerized method includes installing a plurality of different versions of a software application concurrently within a virtual machine and selecting a subset of the plurality of versions of the software application that are concurrently installed within the virtual machine. Next, one or more software application versions of the subset of the plurality of versions of the software application are processed to access a potentially malicious content suspect within the virtual machine, without switching to another virtual machine. The behaviors of the potentially malicious content suspect during processing by the one or more software application versions are monitored to detect behaviors associated with a malicious attack.

Abstract: A method for making one or more nanostructures is disclosed. The method includes depositing a catalyst layer on the substrate; depositing an insulator layer on the catalyst layer; providing a continuous patterned conducting helplayer on the insulator layer; creating via holes through the insulator layer from the conducting helplayer to the catalyst layer; growing the one or more nanostructures on the catalyst layer through the via holes; and selectively removing the conducting helplayer after growing the one or more nanostructure.

Abstract: Techniques for detecting malicious content using simulated user interactions are described herein. In one embodiment, a monitoring module monitors activities of a malicious content suspect executed within a sandboxed operating environment. In response to detection of a predetermined event triggered by the malicious content suspect requesting a user action on a graphical user interface (GUI) presented by the malicious content suspect, simulating, a user interaction module simulates a user interaction with the GUI without user intervention. An analysis module analyzes activities of the malicious content suspect in response to the simulated user interaction to determine whether the malicious content suspect should be declared as malicious.