Abstract: A method of performing HVPE heteroepitaxy comprises exposing a substrate to a carrier gas, a first precursor gas, a Group II/III element, and ternary-forming gasses (V/VI group precursor), to form a heteroepitaxial growth of a binary, ternary, and/or quaternary compound on the substrate; wherein the carrier gas is H2, wherein the first precursor gas is HCl, the Group II/III element comprises at least one of Zn, Cd, Hg, Al, Ga, and In; and wherein the ternary-forming gasses comprise at least two or more of AsH3 (arsine), PH3 (phosphine), H2Se (hydrogen selenide), H2Te (hydrogen telluride), SbH3 (hydrogen antimonide, or antimony tri-hydride, or stibine), H2S (hydrogen sulfide), NH3 (ammonia), and HF (hydrogen fluoride); flowing the carrier gas over the Group II/III element; exposing the substrate to the ternary-forming gasses in a predetermined ratio of first ternary-forming gas to second ternary-forming gas (1tf:2tf ratio); and changing the 1tf:2tf ratio over time.

Abstract: Systems and methods for forward market renewable energy credit prediction from business entity behavior data are disclosed. An example transaction-enabling system may include a forward market circuit to access a forward energy credit market and a market forecasting circuit to automatically generate a forecast for a forward market price of an energy credit in the forward energy credit market. The example system may include wherein the forecast is based at least in part on a business entity behavior collected from at least one business entity behavioral data source, and wherein the energy credit comprises a renewable energy credit associated a renewable energy system. The example system may further include a smart contract circuit to perform at least one of selling the renewable energy credit or purchasing the renewable energy credit on the forward energy credit market in response to the forecasted forward market price.

Abstract: A strain body of a force sensor according to the present invention includes a tilting structure disposed between a force receiving body and a support body, a force-receiving-body-side deformable body connecting the force receiving body and the tilting structure, and a support-body-side deformable body connecting the tilting structure and the support body. The tilting structure includes a first tilting body that extends in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction and that is elastically deformable by the action of force in the first direction.

Abstract: A method of performing heteroepitaxy comprises exposing a substrate to a carrier gas, a first precursor gas, a Group II/III element, and a second precursor gas, to form a heteroepitaxial growth of one of GaAs, AlAs, InAs, GaP, InP, ZnSe, GaSe, CdSe, InSe, ZnTe, CdTe, GaTe, HgTe, GaSb, InSb, AlSb, CdS, GaN, and AlN on the substrate; wherein the substrate comprises one of GaAs, AlAs, InAs, GaP, InP, ZnSe, GaSe, CdSe, InSe, ZnTe, CdTe, GaTe, HgTe, GaSb, InSb, AlSb, CdS, GaN, and AlN; wherein the carrier gas is Hz, wherein the first precursor is HCl, the Group II/III element comprises at least one of Zn, Cd, Hg, Al, Ga, and In; and wherein the second precursor is one of AsH3 (arsine), PH3 (phosphine), H2Se (hydrogen selenide), H2Te (hydrogen telluride), SbH3 (hydrogen antimonide), H2S (hydrogen sulfide), and NH3 (ammonia). The process may be an HVPE (hydride vapor phase epitaxy) process.

Abstract: An air cooled machine is formed with a housing and a plurality of heat rejecting fins with a heat pipe system disposed therein. The heat pipe system includes a primary passageway and a plurality of leg passageways extending through the housing and into each fin. A working fluid is disposed within the heat pipe system and is operable to receive heat from a heat source, change material phase at a threshold temperature and transfer the heat through the fins to a surrounding atmosphere.

Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a system and method is configured for scheduling and invoking power sharing among satellites within a constellation of satellites such that energy storage systems at a target satellite may by charged prior to the use of electric propulsion thrust activation or other high electricity demand operations (or such operations contemporaneously augmented) by power beams transmitted from other (source) satellites within the constellation.

Abstract: Systems and methods for machine forward energy and energy credit purchase are disclosed. An example transaction-enabling system may include a machine having an energy requirement for a task and a controller. The controller may include a resource requirement circuit to determine an amount of an energy resource for the machine to service the energy requirement, a forward resource market circuit to access a forward resource market, and a resource distribution circuit to execute a transaction of on the forward resource market in response to the determined amount of the energy resource.

Abstract: A supply drop assembly for delivering one or more payloads via an aerial vehicle, the assembly comprising a payload body configured to receive a payload; and one or more wings attached to the payload with a connector or integral to the one or more wings; wherein when the supply drop assembly is dropped from the aerial vehicle, the one or more wings start rotating thereby generating lift and slowing the rate of descent of the payload as it falls downwards to a recipient.

Abstract: A drone disabling device includes a plurality of streamer launch tubes having at least one streamer device positioned therein. A barrel housing is configured to hold the plurality of launch tubes within streamer launch barrels. An ignition system is configured to ignite propellant within the launch tubes and launch the streamer devices from the barrel housing such that one or more propellers of a hostile drone will become entangled and disabled. A parachute connected to the streamer device is deployed as the drone descends to protect people and property on the ground and to preserve the drone for intelligence gathering after landing.

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: A tunable optical filter for a detector is presented including a plate having a top side and a bottom side. The plate has material properties making it transparent to a range of optical frequencies. A transparent metasurface is proximate the top side of the plate. The transparent metasurface is configured to have a transmissive pass band and a stop band. An undercarriage support structure is proximate the bottom side of the plate. The undercarriage support is responsive to photothermal heating. The undercarriage support is configured to deform from the photothermal heating caused by an undesired signal thereby shifting the stop band in frequency toward the undesired signal to block reception of the undesired signal by the detector.

Abstract: Systems and methods for data collection in an industrial environment are disclosed. A system can include a plurality of analog sensors, wherein each of the plurality of analog sensors is operationally coupled to a respective data collection point of a machine component, and generates a respective stream of detection values. A data acquisition and analysis circuit can receive the respective stream of detection values and analyze the respective stream of detection values using an expert system analysis circuit, wherein the expert system analysis circuit determines an occurrence of an anomalous condition based on an analysis of the respective stream of detection values, wherein the expert system analysis circuit utilizes a neural network including one of a probabilistic, a time delay, and a convolutional neural network.

Abstract: A biorecognition element for rapid detection of fuel biocontamination. The biorecognition element is a biorecognition element selected from SEQ. ID No. 2 through SEQ. ID No. 24, SEQ. ID No. 22 through SEQ. ID No. 44, SEQ. ID No. 46 through SEQ. ID No. 57, SEQ. ID No. 59 through SEQ. ID No. 196 or SEQ. ID No. 198 through SEQ. ID No. 332.

Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating a gaming engine and a smart contract system in a platform are provided. The gaming engine is programmed with a software development environment and an architecture that provides a set of gaming engine services with predefined tools for digital content developers to create a set of game engine generated environments. The smart contract system programmed with smart contract services associated with transactions that are based on electronically verifiable conditions. The integration platform is programmed with an execution framework that is common to the gaming engine and to the smart contract system to integrate the smart contract services with at least one of the gaming engine and the set of game engine generated environments.

Abstract: User interfaces configured to provide a list of conditions of interest to at least one entity associated with a role type stored within a role taxonomy, and to select a condition of interest in response to a user selection from the list of conditions; and a controller configured to determine a reduced dimensionality view of the data in response to a determined structure in the data and further in response to the selected condition of interest. The reduced dimensionality view a plurality of graphical elements representing mechanical portions of a machine of the industrial environment associated with the condition of interest. The reduced dimensionality view further comprises a plurality of highlighted graphical elements representing sensors from the plurality of input sensors that provided data outside an acceptable range of data. The user interface is further configured to display the reduced dimensionality view.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically restructuring debt are disclosed. An example system may include a data collection circuit to monitor and collect information about at least one entity involved in a loan; and a smart contract circuit to automatically restructure a debt related to the loan based on the monitored and collected information about the at least one entity involved in the loan.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes transaction-enabling systems and methods. A system can include a facility having a core task and a controller. The controller may include a facility description circuit to interpret historical facility parameter values and corresponding outcome values. A facility prediction circuit operates an adaptive learning system to train a facility resource allocation circuit in response to the historical facility parameter values and corresponding outcome values. The facility description circuit further interprets a plurality of present state facility parameter values and the trained facility resource allocation circuit adjusts facility resource values in response.

Abstract: Detection of a radar target from a received radar signal includes computing a vector of filter weights dependent upon a steering vector and determining a threshold value dependent upon a designated probability of false alarm. The vector of filter weights is applied to samples of the received radar signal at a test cell, corresponding to a test range, to provide a filtered test signal and a test power of the filtered test signal is computed. The weights are also applied to samples of the received radar signal at a number of reference cells, to produce filtered reference signals. A reference power is computed from the filtered reference signals and the radar target is detected at the test range when a ratio of the test power to the reference power exceeds the threshold value.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus related to a self-preservation/self-protection system (SPS). The SPS system includes a local area situation awareness sensor suite (LASASS), multiple central pattern generator (mCPG) decision circuitries and related actuators. The SPS system utilizes the LASASS, mCPG circuitries and actuators to perform the desired processing and effectuate changes in the position of an object to be detected or avoided.

Abstract: A firing linkage mechanism includes a linkage assembly, a trigger assembly, and a firing assembly. The linkage assembly has a moving end and a firing end. The trigger assembly is disposed on the moving end and has a trigger portion and a connecting portion connected with the moving end. The connecting portion drives the linkage assembly to make an axial movement when the trigger portion is acting. The firing assembly is disposed on the firing end and has a touching portion and a firing portion extended from the touching portion. The firing end of the linkage assembly is disposed with an acting portion cooperating with the touching portion of the firing assembly. The acting portion is driven to move the touching portion by the axial movement of the linkage assembly to make the firing portion implement a firing action.