Abstract: A biowall has a support structure, an irrigation system, and a dissolution system. The support structure holds a plurality of plants thereon. The dissolution system dissolves pollutants from air into solution. Using the irrigation system, the solution with dissolved pollutants therein can then be supplied to roots of one or more plants supported by the biowall support structure. At least a portion of the dissolved pollutants supplied to the roots can be metabolized, for example, by bacteria at the roots of the plants. For example, the pollutants can include volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In some embodiments, the biowall can be constructed as a self-supporting, stand-alone unit.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of integrating audio and video hardware with an external control system. The method includes the steps of compiling control strings associated with a corresponding plurality of functions of the hardware in a GUI. Then, the method includes selecting a function via the GUI so as to automatically generate a selected control string. The selected control string is then inputted to an external control system program.

Abstract: A method of tracking and compensating for bone motion when operating on bone (50) with surgical robotic arm (20), comprising: determining a spatial relationship between surgical robotic arm (20) and bone (50); tracking translational and rotational movements of bone (50) with a bone motion detector, which preferably comprises a passive mechanical arm (40); and updating the spatial relationship as bone (50) moves.

Abstract: A method for transforming a bone image data set representing at least a partial image of a long bone to a robotic coordinate system, comprising: generating the bone image data set from a bone image; registering a bone digitizer arm to the robotic coordinate system; generating a digitized bone data set by taking bone surface position measurements with the digitizer arm; and transforming the bone image data set into the robotic coordinate system by performing a best-fit calculation between coordinates of the bone image data set and corresponding coordinates of the digitized bone data set.