Abstract: A system can include a backend system and a sensor kit configured to monitor an industrial setting. The sensor kit can include an edge device and a plurality of sensors that capture sensor data and transmit the sensor data via a self-configuring sensor kit network. At least one sensor can capture sensor measurements and output instances of sensor data, generate and output reporting packets, and transmit the reporting packets to the edge device via the self-configuring sensor kit network in accordance with a first communication protocol. The edge device receives reporting packets from the plurality of sensors via the self-configuring sensor kit network and transmits sensor kit packets to the backend system via a public network. The backend system can include a processing system and a storage system, where the processing system performs backend operations on the sensor data and the storage systems stores the sensor data.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a lithium-ion battery electrodes having desired pore-channel formations. A slurry comprising lithium-ion battery electrode components is aerosol jet printed and then exposed to a drying regime condition so as to dry the printed slurry and obtain a desired degree of porosity of the electrode. Resultant electrodes prepared using a slow drying regime have low porosity and little mesostructure growth. Resultant electrodes prepared using a moderate drying regime have moderate porosity and with enlonged mesostructure growth that is tens of microns in thickness and hundreds of microns in length. Resultant electrode prepared using a rapid drying regime have high porosity and with small aggregate mesostructures.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for securing a rivet to a plate having a frontside and opposed backside with tight clearance. A ductile rivet is inserted through a hole in the plate. The apparatus has a driver with a cone which intercepts a hollow, internally threaded shank of a rivet. An externally threaded fastener is inserted through the diver and threadably engaged with the rivet. The threaded fastener is rotated, compressively drawing the driver into and deforming the rivet circumferentially around the hole. A wrench may be inserted against the backside to hold the hat of the rivet in nonrotatable engagement, thereby enabling the threaded fastener to be axially drawn into the rivet in response to rotation of the threaded fastener relative to the rivet.

Abstract: An AI-based platform for enabling intelligent orchestration and management of power and energy is disclosed. The platform includes a digital twin system having a digital twin of a mining environment. The digital twin includes at least one parameter that is detected by a sensor of the mining environment. In some disclosed embodiments, the at least one parameter is associated with one or more of an unmined portion of the mining environment a mining of materials from the mining environment, a smart container event involving a smart container associated with the mining environment, a physiological status of a miner associated with the mining environment, a transaction-related event associated with the mining environment, and a compliance of the mining environment with one or more contractual, regulatory, and/or legal policies.

Abstract: A method for determining the likelihood that a pixel in a video image sequence represents true motion in the image. Light from a scene is captured to yield an original image having a sequence of frames. A prototype image is created from the original image as a geometrically accurate representation of the scene which is substantially free of contamination. A tilt variance-Gaussian mixture model and/or multi-variate Gaussian model, based upon optical turbulence statistics associated with the scene, is developed. Each pixel in the original image sequence of frames is evaluated against the prototype image using a probability density function, to yield a likelihood that the respective pixel represents true motion.

Abstract: An example monitoring system for data collection includes a data collector including a plurality of sensor. The system includes a data storage to store a collector route template for the plurality of sensors with a sensor collection routine defining how the plurality of sensors. The system includes a data acquisition and analysis circuit to receive detection signals and evaluate the detection values with respect to a rule, and further, based on the evaluation of the detection values with respect to the rule, to modify the sensor collection routine.

Abstract: A trailer for moving pallets on and off cargo aircraft is disclosed. The trailer includes a deck having a top surface that defines a top plane. The top of the deck has at least one pair of spaced apart forklift clearance channels therein that are disposed below the top plane of the deck and extend inward from at least one of the sides of the deck. Methods for loading and unloading pallets on and off cargo aircraft are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of space satellite propulsion, and particularly relates to a digital filter based method for measuring thrust response time of a satellite-borne micro-thruster.

Abstract: An AI-based platform for enabling intelligent orchestration and management of power and energy is provided herein. The AI-based platform includes a set of simulation systems that are configured to perform at least one simulation of at least one energy-related operation performed by a set of entities. The set of simulation systems is also configured to determine, based on the at least one simulation, energy associated with the set of entities.

Abstract: A magnetically adhered, static dissipative floor covering comprises a magnetically receptive floor surface, and a floor covering comprising a plurality of static dissipative, magnetic floor tiles. The magnetic floor tiles are held in place by magnetic interaction between the magnetic floor tiles and the magnetically receptive floor surface. Each of the magnetic floor tiles is a composite construction comprising a static dissipative vinyl wear layer, an integral, conductive ground plane, and an integral, planar magnetic layer. The conductive ground plane comprises a non-woven synthetic fabric with a nickel-copper coating and a conductive adhesive backing. The conductive ground plane is bonded to the static dissipative wearing layer by the conductive adhesive backing.

Abstract: A transportation system and method for managing rewards in the transportation system includes using a merchant interface to a cognitive system for managing the offering or fulfillment of a reward to a rider of a vehicle, where a merchant may specify parameters of the reward that can be earned by the rider as a result of performing an action while in the vehicle.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are directed to a door securement device for securing a door to a door frame having a front door frame wall, the door having a first fastener attached thereto and the frame having a second fastener attached thereto. The door securement device can include a top wall, a first side wall extending substantially perpendicularly outwardly from the top wall, a second side wall extending substantially perpendicularly outwardly from the top wall, and substantially perpendicularly from the first side wall. The door securement device can also include a first slot defined in the first side wall and a second slot defined in the second side wall. The first and second slot portions can be sized and shaped to retain respective heads of the first and second fasteners.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically soliciting the purchase of a first or second machine-related resource in a forward market, wherein the first resource and the second resource are distinct instances of the same type of resource, are described. A sample system may include a fleet of machines, each having a resource requirement comprising at least two of: a compute resource, a spectrum resource, or a network bandwidth resource. The system may include an circuits to aggregate data corresponding to the machine-related resources from at least a behavioral data source, to determine a substitution cost of a second resource; to determine a machine-related resource acquisition value; and to automatically solicit a purchase, in a forward market, of one of the first resource or the second resource in response to the determined substitution cost of the second resource.

Abstract: A method of detecting a presence of Francisella tularensis (F. tularensis). The method includes amplifying a first nucleic acid from said specimen using a first plurality of primers, said first plurality of primers comprising SEQ ID NO 4 and SEQ ID NO 5. When the first nucleic acid is detected, then the presence of F. tularensis is determined.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a three-dimensional design and integrated fabrication system that includes a data system in a computing environment. The system includes a manufacturing section including a pre-processing section and a post-processing section. The system also includes a material selection system and a control system that integrates the data system, manufacturing section, and material selection system with an intelligence system that includes artificial intelligence in the computing environment.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an alignment mount for electrode device used to measure transepithelial/transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER) for cell culture models of endothelial and epithelial monolayers. The TEER electrode alignment mount includes a base having a top wall, a bottom wall and a sidewall shaped to fit within a culture tray chamber. An extension arm projects from a top wall of the base. A pair of through apertures are formed in the base on opposing sides of the arm to receive first and second electrodes therethrough, respectively. An optional adjustable sliding sleeve for changing the height of the arm can be selectively coupled to the extension arm.

Abstract: A system for transportation includes a vehicle configured to have a rider located therein or thereon, and an expert system to produce a recommendation for a configuration of the vehicle, wherein the recommendation includes at least one recommended parameter of configuration for the expert system that controls a parameter selected from the group consisting of a vehicle parameter, a rider experience parameter, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A system for operating a vehicle based on a state of a rider includes an artificial intelligence system, a vehicle control system, and a feedback loop. The artificial intelligence system processes a sensory input from a wearable device in a vehicle to determine a state of a rider and optimizes an operating parameter of the vehicle to improve the state of the rider. The artificial intelligence system includes a neural net with a perceptron to mimic human senses to facilitate determining a state of a rider based on an extent to which at least one of the senses of the rider is stimulated. The vehicle control system adjusts vehicle operating parameters and the feedback loop indicates the change in the state of the rider, where the vehicle control system adjusts at least one of the plurality of vehicle operating parameters responsive to the indication of the change.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a pump and a fan are disclosed. A monitoring system for a pump may include an industrial system including a pump, a data acquisition circuit to interpret a plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of a plurality of input sensors operationally coupled to the pump and communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit. A monitoring system may further include a signal evaluation circuit including a timer circuit to generate at least one timing signal and a phase detection circuit structured to determine a relative phase difference between at least one of the detection values and at least one of the timing signals from the timer circuit. A response circuit may perform at least one operation in response to the relative phase difference.

Abstract: A unique seal for a wave rotor disk engine is disclosed herein. The seal is operable for sealing a region between a rotor and a rotor casing. The seal is spring loaded and will engage with the tip of the rotor to reduce pressure loss within the wave rotor disk engine.