Abstract: A flame effect device (18) for a flame simulator apparatus of an electric fire (10) is provided. The flame effect device (18) comprises a spindle (20) having a longitudinal axis which is in-use rotatable in a flame simulator apparatus; and a plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e), each reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) comprising: a reflector support body (32) having at least one reflector mounting portion (28) thereon and a mounting aperture (34) to engage the reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) with the spindle (20); and at least one reflector (26) to reflect light from an associated light source (24), wherein the at least one reflector (26) is mounted to the at least one reflector mounting portion (28), the plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) being engageable with the spindle (20), each reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) of the plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) being selectably positionable along the longitudinal axis of the spindle (20).

Abstract: Various apparatuses, systems, methods, and media are disclosed to provide a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium. The HAMR medium includes a substrate, a heat sink layer on the substrate, and a plurality of magnetic recording layers on the heat sink layer. The plurality of magnetic recording layers includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer disposed on the first magnetic layer. The second magnetic layer includes FePt—Ag—Cu—X, wherein X is a segregant comprising BN. The HAMR medium can use BN-based segregants to improve a thermal gradient of the HAMR medium for better areal density capability (ADC) and enable the use of a MgO underlayer with reduced thickness.

Abstract: A control system for a surgical robotic system, the surgical robotic system comprising a remote surgeon console and an articulated surgical robot arm comprising a series of joints extending from a base to a terminal end for attaching to an articulated surgical instrument. The control system comprises a central controller communicatively coupled to and remotely located from an arm controller of the surgical robot arm, the central controller also communicatively coupled to a surgeon input device of the surgeon console.

Abstract: Various apparatuses, systems, methods, and media are disclosed to provide a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium that has a magnetic recording layer on a magnesium oxide-titanium oxide (MTO) underlayer, where the MTO underlayer includes an additive material that chemically bonds with titanium. In some examples, the additive material includes iron-oxide, iron, carbon, or various aluminum oxides. By providing the additive material to the MTO that chemically bonds with the titanium of the MTO, diffusion of titanium from the MTO underlayer into the magnetic recording layer is mitigated to provide an improved recording layer that achieves improved areal densities. In some embodiments, an additional magnesium oxide-nitrogen underlayer is also provided, which may include more of the additive material.

Abstract: Various apparatuses, systems, methods, and media are disclosed to provide a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium that has a magnetic recording layer on a magnesium oxide-titanium oxide (MTO) underlayer, where the MTO underlayer includes an additive material that chemically bonds with titanium. In some examples, the additive material includes iron-oxide, iron, carbon, or various aluminum oxides. By providing the additive material to the MTO that chemically bonds with the titanium of the MTO, diffusion of titanium from the MTO underlayer into the magnetic recording layer is mitigated to provide an improved recording layer that achieves improved areal densities. In some embodiments, an additional magnesium oxide-nitrogen underlayer is also provided, which may include more of the additive material.

Abstract: A computer mouse module includes a body having a front face, a lower side, and a lower front edge portion that extends between the lower side and the front face. The lower front edge portion includes a slope between the front face and the lower side. The computer mouse module includes a movement sensor held along the slope of the lower front edge portion of the body. The movement sensor is configured to detect movement of the computer mouse module along a tracking surface at at least two angular positions of a longitudinal axis of the body relative to the tracking surface.

Abstract: A method of positioning using a shortest path based on a synthesized wideband channel estimate is described. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed, comprising: distributing an uplink schedule to a plurality of synchronized nodes; continuously capturing a reference signal across a plurality of carrier frequencies until frequency coverage for the synthetic wide band is achieved; removing frequency offset; calculating a plurality of channel estimates for the captured reference signal; aligning the plurality of channel estimates; combining the plurality of channel estimates to construct a single channel estimate of the synthetic wide band; deriving a shortest delay for the received reference signal; and using the derived shortest delay to estimate a time of arrival and thereby determine an estimated location.

Abstract: A pulsed power circuit (30, 31, 32) including an inductor (55) having a hybrid core of a switch magnetic material arranged and selected to function as a magnetic switch a damping magnetic material arranged and selected to damp energy reflections without interfering with the switch magnetic material functioning as a magnetic switch so that the circuit can mitigate resonances caused by reflected energy without any significant degradation of its switching function as part of an saturable reactor inductor.

Abstract: An electrosurgical connection unit for a surgical robot arm to connect an electrosurgical instrument attached to the arm to an electrosurgical generator. The electrosurgical connection unit includes an input port connectable to the electrosurgical generator, the input port configured to receive a driving electrosurgical signal and output one or more activation signals; an output port connectable to the electrosurgical instrument, the output port configured to output the driving electrosurgical signal received on the input port; one or more activation switch units, wherein activation of an activation switch unit causes an activation signal to be output from the input port indicating a driving electrosurgical signal with a desired waveform is to be activated; and a control unit configured to selectively activate one of the one or more activation switch units in response to a control signal.

Abstract: One or more properties of an electrical quantity are determined based on one or more operating characteristics of an optical system that includes a laser system; an impedance of a magnetic core of a magnetic switching network is adjusted by providing the electrical quantity to a coil that is magnetically coupled to the magnetic core; and after adjusting the impedance of the magnetic core, a pulse of light is produced. Producing the pulse of light includes: saturating the magnetic core such that an electrical pulse is provided to an excitation mechanism of the laser system.

Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The component can include a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising at least one inlet at the cooled surface, at least one outlet at the heated surface, with the outlet having a modified outlet shape.

Abstract: A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) disk has a magnetic recording layer (typically a FePt chemically-ordered alloy), a seed-thermal barrier layer (typically MgO) below the recording layer, a heat-sink layer, and an optical-coupling multilayer of alternating plasmonic and non-plasmonic materials between the heat-sink layer and the seed-thermal barrier layer. Unlike a heat sink layer, the multilayer has very low in-plane and out-of-plane thermal conductivity and thus does not function as a heat sink layer. The multilayer's low thermal conductivity allows the multilayer to also function as a thermal barrier. Due to the plasmonic materials in the multilayer it provides excellent optical coupling with the near-field transducer (NFT) of the HAMR disk drive.

Abstract: An electrosurgical connection unit for a surgical robot arm to connect an electrosurgical instrument attached to the arm to an electrosurgical generator. The electrosurgical connection unit includes an input port connectable to the electrosurgical generator, the input port configured to receive a driving electrosurgical signal and output one or more activation signals; an output port connectable to the electrosurgical instrument, the output port configured to output the driving electrosurgical signal received on the input port; one or more activation switch units, wherein activation of an activation switch unit causes an activation signal to be output from the input port indicating a driving electrosurgical signal with a desired waveform is to be activated; and a control unit configured to selectively activate one of the one or more activation switch units in response to a control signal.

Abstract: A flame effect device (18) for a flame simulator apparatus of an electric fire (10) is provided. The flame effect device (18) comprises a spindle (20) having a longitudinal axis which is in-use rotatable in a flame simulator apparatus; and a plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e), each reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) comprising: a reflector support body (32) having at least one reflector mounting portion (28) thereon and a mounting aperture (34) to engage the reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) with the spindle (20); and at least one reflector (26) to reflect light from an associated light source (24), wherein the at least one reflector (26) is mounted to the at least one reflector mounting portion (28), the plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) being engageable with the spindle (20), each reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) of the plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) being selectably positionable along the longitudinal axis of the spindle (20).

Abstract: A control system for controlling a surgical robot system, the surgical robot system comprising at least one surgical robot, each of the at least one surgical robot comprising a base, and an arm extending from the base to an attachment for an instrument, the arm comprising a plurality of joints whereby the configuration of the arm can be altered, the control system comprising: a main controller configured to: receive communications from one or more devices of an operator console identifying inputs from an operator of the at least one surgical robot; generate control signals for controlling the movement of the at least one surgical robot arm based on the inputs; and send communications to the at least one surgical robot identifying the control signals; and a safety monitor configured to analyse at least a portion of the communications to and/or from the main controller to determine whether the surgical robot system is in a fault state, and in response to determining that the surgical robot system is in a fault

Abstract: A method of controlling opening resistance in an electronic device includes maintaining the electronic device in a closed state via a resistive force, wherein the resistive force is applied by at least one of: a hinge of the electronic device, and magnets of the electronic device. The method further includes using a sensor on an underside of the electronic device to detect a force applied to a first portion of the electronic device and determining that the force corresponds to a user initiating opening of the electronic device. In accordance with the determination, the method further includes reducing the resistive force to assist the user in opening the electronic device.

Abstract: A control system for a surgical robotic system, the surgical robotic system comprising a remote surgeon console and an articulated surgical robot arm comprising a series of joints extending from a base to a terminal end for attaching to an articulated surgical instrument. The control system comprises a central controller communicatively coupled to and remotely located from an arm controller of the surgical robot arm, the central controller also communicatively coupled to a surgeon input device of the surgeon console.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to an autonomous action deployment system having one or more processors. The system includes a mission behavior manager (MBM) module and an autonomous action controller (AAC) module. A processor is configured to interface with one or more autonomous vehicle platforms. The MBM module is configured to receive a mission script that includes a text file, parse the text file into actions, create a data structure where each action exists as a node in a connected graph, validate that each node corresponds with a plug-in stored in a plug-in library specific to an autonomous vehicle platform, and generate an action request command. The AAC module is configured to receive the action request command and execute steps to accomplish the action request command for the autonomous vehicle platform via a corresponding driver.

Abstract: A device for injecting a medicament is provided. The device has a housing with a container within it which can hold a medicament. At its proximal end the container has a needle and a stopper. The device includes a plunger which at one end can engage the stopper. At the opposite end, the plunger can engage a first resilient member to move the stopper within the container to inject the medicament from the container. The device includes a collar with distal and proximal ends, the distal end engaging with a carriage and causing its rotation and the proximal end engaging with a second resilient member. The second resilient member can engage with a skin sensor which has distal and proximal ends. At the proximal end, the skin sensor can contact an injection site. The housing has a cap which can reduce or prevent movement of the skin sensor.

Abstract: A method of positioning using a shortest path based on a synthesized wideband channel estimate is described. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed, comprising: distributing an uplink schedule to a plurality of synchronized nodes; continuously capturing a reference signal across a plurality of carrier frequencies until frequency coverage for the synthetic wide band is achieved; removing frequency offset; calculating a plurality of channel estimates for the captured reference signal; aligning the plurality of channel estimates; combining the plurality of channel estimates to construct a single channel estimate of the synthetic wide band; deriving a shortest delay for the received reference signal; and using the derived shortest delay to estimate a time of arrival and thereby determine an estimated location.