Abstract: System and method allowing users to interface with all available content, including streaming, video on demand, television, websites, podcasts, social media sites, etc., in a seamless, streamlined, easily searchable format thereby eliminating the need for users to move from interface to interface. The content is displayed in easy to search genres, such as comedies, sports, actors, etc. The system and method further provide non-media options (e.g., Food and Shopping) for users to access and interface with while simultaneously watching media content from the media content sources.

Abstract: System and method allowing users to interface with all available content, including streaming, video on demand, television, etc., in a seamless, streamlined, easily searchable format thereby eliminating the need for users to move from interface to interface. The content is displayed in easy to search genres, such as comedies, sports, actors, etc. The system and method further provide non-media options (e.g., Food and Shopping) for users to access and interface with while simultaneously watching media content from the media content sources.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for wire-tying one or more objects. A wire accumulating and feeding mechanism feeds the wire axially through the hollow axle of an accumulator drum and then out to a drive wheel. The wire is wrapped around the periphery of the drum to accumulate the wire during tensioning. A wire gripping mechanism is a simple, economical device including a gripper block having a wire receptacle formed therein, an opposing wall positioned proximate the wire receptacle, and in one embodiment a tapered gap formed in the gripper block proximate the wire receptacle and opposite from the opposing wall, and a gripper disc mounts in a gripper release lever constrained to move within the tapered gap and frictionally engageable with the length of wire disposed within the wire receptacle, the gripper disc being driven into the tapered gap by frictional engagement with the length of wire and pinching the length of wire against the opposing wall when the drive motor is operated in the tension direction.