Abstract: A drive device includes: a rotor and a stator; a case housing the rotor and the stator; a brake rotor that is arranged on the outside of the case and rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the rotor; a brake caliper that stops the rotation of the brake rotor by coming in contact with the brake rotor; and a ventilation membrane that is attached to the case, stops fluid or solids from penetrating inside the case from outside the case and also has formed therein multiple pores that permit gas to flow between inside and outside. The case has an output part that supports the rotor and a stator holding part that supports the stator. The ventilation membrane is attached to the stator holding part.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for changing a property of a coating are provided. The coating includes a dynamic material configured to be reversibly convertible between a hydrophobic state and a hydrophilic state, wherein transition between the hydrophilic state to the hydrophobic state occurs in an environment dependent manner. The coating also includes an environment altering material configured to alter the hydrophobic or hydrophilic state of the dynamic material.

Abstract: A drive device includes: a rotor and a stator; a case housing the rotor and the stator; a brake rotor that is arranged on the outside of the case and rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the rotor; a brake caliper that stops the rotation of the brake rotor by coming in contact with the brake rotor; and a ventilation membrane that is attached to the case, stops fluid or solids from penetrating inside the case from outside the case and also has formed therein multiple pores that permit gas to flow between inside and outside. The case has an output part that supports the rotor and a stator holding part that supports the stator. The ventilation membrane is attached to the stator holding part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive sheet including an adhesive layer, in which the adhesive sheet includes a plurality of columnar fine structures which are disposed upright on at least one surface of the adhesive layer and are capable of forming channels for expelling air bubbles, between the adhesive layer and an adherend.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive sheet which is to be applied to an adherend, in which the adhesive sheet includes an adhesive layer containing a volume change substance that expands in volume upon reception of an external stimulus and thereafter contracts in volume with a lapse of time, and the adhesive sheet is configured so that a plurality of surface irregularities are formed on at least one surface of the adhesive layer as a result of the volume expansion of the volume change substance and that channel areas for air bubble expelling are capable of being formed between said one surface of the adhesive layer and the adherend based on the surface irregularities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive sheet including an adhesive layer and a release liner disposed on one surface of the adhesive layer, in which the adhesive layer is configured so as to show follow-up deformations in response to peeling of the release liner from the adhesive layer and have first areas having a first follow-up deformation height and second areas having a second follow-up deformation height, in which the first follow-up deformation height is a height dimension of the follow-up deformation in the first areas, the second follow-up deformation height is a height dimension of the follow-up deformation in the second areas, and the second follow-up deformation height is larger than the first follow-up deformation height.

Abstract: An air purifier is disclosed having a bubble generator configured to generate fine air bubbles with a diameter of about 50 ?m or less and a negative electrical charge. The bubble generator is coupled to an air purification tank, which contains a liquid for purifying the air within the air bubbles, by dissolving impurities. The tank also has a positive electrode disposed within the liquid. The positive electrode is configured to attract the negatively charged air bubbles, thereby promoting defoaming and increasing the air throughput rate.

Abstract: Systems for collecting a thermoplastic resin that includes a heating mechanism configured to apply heat to the thermoplastic resin so as to control a viscoelasticity thereof, a pressurization mechanism configured to apply a pressure difference to a surface of the thermoplastic resin, and a trapping structure configured to trap a portion of the thermoplastic resin are described.

Abstract: An air purification system comprises a chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet, a plurality of flexible wires hanging from a ceiling of the chamber, a spray mechanism configured to spray droplets in the chamber, and a sound wave generator configured to generate a standing sound wave in the chamber. During operation of the air purification system, the plurality of flexible wires are elastically deformed by the standing sound wave generated by the sound wave generator such that portions of the plurality of flexible wires converge at nodes of the sound wave, and also the droplets move to the nodes of the standing sound wave, while trapping particles in the air during the movement to the nodes. The droplets collide against and are adsorbed to the plurality of flexible wires at the nodes of the sound wave.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are display devices including a flexible electronic display layer that is configured to emit an image. The flexible electronic display layer can, for example, be configured to releasably couple with a flexible supporting layer to increase stiffness of the flexible electronic display layer. Methods of making and using the display devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: The device of the present invention contains a recording unit on which a plurality of words having possibilities of being misheard are recorded in a state of being classified on the basis of highness and lowness of the possibilities, a question output unit that outputs, by voice sound, a question sentence containing at least one of the words having possibilities of being misheard, an input unit that receives input of a response to the question sentence, a determining unit that determines at least whether the hearing ability of a respondent is decreased or not on the basis of the content of the response input into the input unit, and a result output unit that outputs a determination result determined by the determining unit.

Abstract: Display devices and composites for making display devices are disclosed. Some embodiments include a display device having an inorganic electroluminescent layer, an active matrix layer; an inorganic polarizing layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a color filtering layer. Some embodiments include a composite having an inorganic polarizing layer and inorganic electroluminescent layer. Methods of making and using the display device and composite are also disclosed.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for changing a property of a coating are provided. The coating includes a dynamic material configured to be reversibly convertible between a hydrophobic state and a hydrophilic state, wherein transition between the hydrophilic state to the hydrophobic state occurs in an environment dependent manner. The coating also includes an environment altering material configured to alter the hydrophobic or hydrophilic state of the dynamic material.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a hearing test provision system capable of causing a person who has decreased hearing ability to be aware of the state in a natural way and, in consequence, capable of promoting the sale of hearing aids. The present invention contains a product presenting unit that presents products, an operating unit with which a product is selected from products presented on the product presenting unit, a database that records hearing aid affinity information which indicates affinity between a product selected by the operating unit and a hearing aid, a determining unit that determines whether to perform a hearing test on the basis of at least the hearing aid affinity information, and a hearing test conducting unit that conducts a hearing test on the basis of a determination result from the determining unit.

Abstract: A cyclic-olefin-based thermoplastic resin for thermal imprint to be used in the production of a sheet or a film which contains at least one of skeletons represented by the following chemical equation 1 or the following chemical equation 2 in a main chain. The glass transition temperature Tg (° C.) and the value ([M]) of MFR at 260° C. satisfy the following equation 1, and [M]<30. The thermal imprint characteristics (transferability, mold release characteristic, and the like) are superior and the productivity (throughput) is improved.

Abstract: An optical component is disclosed, as well as articles of manufacture, methods for forming, and methods of operating thereof. The optical component may include a plurality of patterned two-way shape memory alloy portions. Each patterned two-way shape memory alloy portion may include a reflective surface and a temperature adjustment element. Each patterned two-way shape memory alloy portion may be individually configured to flex to a first bend angle at a first temperature and a second bend angle at a second temperature.

Abstract: Sensors for detecting at least one electrolyte in a conductive solution are described. The sensors may include a dielectric substrate and a resonator having a resonance characteristic and configured to generate a signal in response to an interrogation signal. The resonator may include a conductive layer in contact with the dielectric substrate, at least one layer of nanotubes provided on the conductive layer, and a dielectric layer at least partially encapsulating the nanotubes.

Abstract: The present technology provides a bisphenol A capture system for food and beverage containers which include BPA-containing coatings. The capture system is made of one or more materials which bind any BPA eluting from the BPA-containing coating. The present capture system therefore reduces or prevents BPA from migrating from the can coating into the food or beverages stored in the can. The present technology further provides methods of manufacturing and using such coatings.

Abstract: A tunable spectrometer is described. A tunable spectrometer may include an optical filter, having a first reflector stack and a second reflector stack separated by a half-wave spacer, a heater, a heat-sink and a detector array. At least one of the first reflector stack, the second reflector stack, and the half-wave spacer is made from a thermo-optic material. The heater and the heat sink are separately in contact with at least one of the first reflector stack, the second reflector stack, and the half-wave spacer. The detector array is configured to collect an output from the optical filter. In various embodiments, the heat and the heat sink may be separated by an optically transparent thermal isolator.

Abstract: Coating materials that include at least one microcapsule containing a sensing agent, the microcapsule being configured to release the sensing agent in response to stress applied to the microcapsule, and a reactive reagent configured to react with the released sensing agent to develop color are described.