Abstract: Devices with modular components have interchangeable parts that create and convert functional items to the same items having different features or to different items. Lamps, urns, planters, pots, containers and pedestals have modular, quick take-apart capabilities and may be reassembled with similar parts and/or additional or different parts. Multi-functional adaptability is provided, and these devices may include diverse electrical and electronic functions, including entertainment, communications, sensing, security, safety, environmental and other functions. Multiple electronic features could include receivers, transmitters, antennas, alarms, motion detectors, timers, device control and scent releasing functions. LAN, WAN, Internet, and other wired and wireless capabilities may be integrated into these devices.

Abstract: Devices with modular components have interchangeable parts that create and convert functional items to the same items having different features or to different items. Lamps, urns, planters, pots, containers and pedestals have modular, quick take-apart capabilities and may be reassembled with similar parts and/or additional or different parts. Multi-functional adaptability is provided, and these devices may include diverse electrical and electronic functions, including entertainment, communications, sensing, security, safety, environmental and other functions. Multiple electronic features could include receivers, transmitters, antennas, alarms, motion detectors, timers, device control and scent releasing functions. LAN, WAN, Internet, and other wired and wireless capabilities may be integrated into these devices.

Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include devices, biosensors, environmental sensors, security related sensors, networked products, communications processors and components, alert and information components, processors, and software to support: 1) facilitating medication regimen and patient/user health administration, dosage control, tracking, compliance, information inquiry and presentation, reminder and notification; 2) providing monitoring, information, ordering, and intervention; 3) presenting the option of leveraging the preventative care, alert and notification components with other components to facilitate user or occupant well being, along with living, work area and dwelling environmental or security safety; and 4) enhancing the dwelling, living or work area with products that may be networked to support the widespread acceptance of these systems and apparatuses. The systems include a) processing, centralizing and communicating device commands and/or programs, e.g.

Abstract: A personalized content system enables a user with a communications device to convert and/or passively receive pre-selected content from multiple resources. A communications device has hardware and software to provide input and transmission to convert content from any form of media. The converted content is created by retrieving a digital copy of a digital record associated with it, and processing the digital copy for at least a web-based personalized application. Conversion is based on input of a code such as a telephone number, server program address, and a set of and/or range of characters. The transmission is communicated to at least one server that recognizes the code, the originating telephone number associated with the communications device, the device identifier associated with the communications device, and combinations thereof. The server retrieves a digital record and processes content and outputs based on user input, a user and/or program profile, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: Health and environmental devices such as air purifiers are adapted with components for multifunctional capabilities that involve electronic devices and associated housings containing at least one processor adapted to operate at least one component selected from the group consisting of air purifiers, sensors, local area and wide area networked components, and entertainment and electronic components. Health and safety related containers, covers and information input, processing, and output devices include one or more coded data readers for use with bar code, radio frequency identification (RFID) and other coded data technologies and comprise components to support at least one of the following: communications; networked sensors; and monitoring applications. Increased efficiencies in the use of coded data reader systems that include such coded readers and the associated items being read are supported by alignment indicia adapted for being on said items being read and on said reading devices.

Abstract: Devices with modular components have interchangeable parts that create and convert functional items to the same items having different features or to different items. Lamps, urns, planters, pots, containers and pedestals have modular, quick take-apart capabilities and may be reassembled with similar parts and/or additional or different parts. Multi-functional adaptability is provided, and these devices may include diverse electrical and electronic functions, including entertainment, communications, sensing, security, safety, environmental and other functions. Multiple electronic features could include receivers, transmitters, antennas, alarms, motion detectors, timers, device control and scent releasing functions. LAN, WAN, Internet, and other wired and wireless capabilities may be integrated into these devices.

Abstract: Electrode at least comprising an electroconductive support of a titanium-palladium alloy, titanium, tantalum or compounds or alloys of titanium or of tantalum, an electrochemically active coating and an interlayer between the support and the electrochemically active coating, wherein the interlayer consists of titanium carbide and/or titanium boride and is applied to the support by flame or plasma spraying. Process for producing these electrodes and their use in an electrochemical cell for producing chlorine or chromic acid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mineral-insulated supply line for a sensor, including a sleeve and at least one internal conductor arranged in the sleeve, with one end of the at least internal conductor connected with a sensor element or its supply line and with the sleeve containing a mineral powder as insulation material. To obtain a high temperature-resistant and corrosion-resistant supply line for gas sensors, at least one internal conductor is made of a metal from the group consisting of tantalum, titanium, niobium, molybdenum, vanadium, zirconium, rhenium, and osmium, or of an alloy based on at least one of these metals.

Abstract: Disclosed is an industrial technique for electrode processing for the direct recoating of an electrode surface for use in an electrochemical process wherein the recoating operation is performed without disassembly of the electrode assembly. In the process, a coating solution is applied to the electrode surface and a temperature differential is established, or induced, and maintained between the electrode surface and other components of the assembly while the coating is cured on the electrode surface.

Abstract: A bipolar electrode useful in bipolar cell stack electrochemical cells where one of the electrode surfaces is patterned with active and relatively inactive areas where the surface area ratio of the active areas of the electrode surface to the total electrode surface is between 1:2 and 1:50. The use of a grid-like pattern of electrocatalytic material over a conductive substrate is preferred. The electrodes can be used for certain redox reactions to favor particular reaction products.

Abstract: An electrode plate of planar structure contains lamellar electrode elements, with adjacent electrode elements being separated from one another by a gap. For a better escape of the gas from the electrode/membrane area, the lamellar electrode elements are provided with an expanded-metal structure, the openings of which serve to improve the passage of gas. The electrode elements are provided with angled upper edge strips in order to facilitate the escape of gas in the vertical direction. The electrode configuration is particularly suitable as an anodically connected electrode in direct contact with an ion exchanger membrane, but can also be used as a cathode at a distance from the membrane.

Abstract: An electrode for mercury chlor-alkali electrolytic cells includes a plurality of activated electrode elements consisting of flat sections standing on edge and having recesses on their lateral surfaces which extend from the lower edge to the upper edge of the lateral surfaces. The recesses in the lateral surfaces promote the transport of the gas bubbles produced electrolytically away from the area of the electrode gap and achieve a boundary surface as free of gas bubbles as possible between the anode and the electrolyte in the area of the electrode gap for the purpose of improving the energy efficiency.