Abstract: An integrated airspace defense system for identifying and locating a suspicious unmanned aerial vehicle. The system including at least one detection device to monitor the air space and provide a detection information; a computer to process the detection information and identifying the presence of suspicious unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using a sequence of detection algorithms. The integrated airspace defense system identifies and locates the suspicious UAV. In at least one embodiment the integrated airspace defense system is capable of capturing or destroying the suspicious UAV.

Abstract: An acoustic imaging system responsive to an acoustic wave emitted from an object is disclosed. The system detects a deflection angle of an electromagnetic probe beam as it passes through a coupling element. The coupling element also couples the acoustic wave emitted from the object to an acoustic detector. The probe beam deflection angle is related to an angle of propagation of the acoustic wave through the coupling element. A filtering unit is configured to remove components of the signal from the acoustic detector that are outside of a range of angles, thereby improving the angular resolution of the acoustic detector. The acoustic wave may be generated by an acoustic source, such as an ultrasound transmitter, or an electromagnetic source such as a laser.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes transaction-enabling systems and methods. A system can include a controller and a fleet of machines each having at least one of a compute task requirement, a networking task requirement, and an energy consumption task requirement. The controller may include a resource requirement circuit structured to determine an amount of a resource for each of the machines to service at least one of the task requirements, a resource market circuit to access a resource market, and a resource distribution circuit to execute an aggregated transaction of the resource on the resource market in response to the determined amount of the resource for each of the machines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microfluidic flow process for making polymers, polymers made by such processes, and methods of using such polymers. In such process, a novel reagent delivery setup is used in conjunction with microfluidic reaction technology to synthesize anionic polymerization reaction products from superheated monomer orders of magnitude faster than is possible in batch and continuous syntheses. The aforementioned process does not require the cryogenic temperatures which are required for such syntheses in batch or bulk continuous. Thus the aforementioned process is more economically efficient and reduces the environmental impact of linear polymer production.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic classification of loan refinancing interactions and outcomes are disclosed. An example system may include a data collection circuit to collect a training set of loan interactions between entities, wherein the training set of loan interactions comprises a set of loan refinancing activities and a set of loan refinancing outcomes; an artificial intelligence circuit to classify the set of loan refinancing activities, wherein the artificial intelligence circuit is trained on the training set of loan interactions; and a robotic process automation circuit to perform a second loan refinancing activity on behalf of a party to a second loan, wherein the robotic process automation circuit is trained on the set of loan refinancing activities and the set of loan refinancing outcomes.

Abstract: Systems and methods for forward market purchase of machine resources are disclosed. An example transaction-enabling system may include a fleet of machines, each one of the fleet of machines having a resource requirement comprising at least one of a plurality of machine-related resources and a controller. The controller may include an intelligent agent circuit to aggregate data for the plurality of machine-related resources from at least one data source comprising an external data source or an internal data source; an expert system circuit to configure a purchase of at least one of the plurality of machine-related resources; and a machine resource acquisition circuit to automatically solicit the configured purchase of the at least one of the plurality of machine-related resources in a forward market for at least one resource of the plurality of machine-related resources.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic classification of loan collection actions are disclosed. An example system may include: a data collection circuit to interpret interactions among entities related to at least one transaction of a first set of loans, wherein the at least one transaction involves a first collection action of a set of payments corresponding to the first set of loans; an artificial intelligence circuit to classify the first collection action, wherein the artificial intelligence circuit is trained on the interactions corresponding to the first set of loans; and a robotic process automation circuit that is trained on the interactions and a set of loan collection outcomes corresponding to the first set of loans to implement a second loan collection action on behalf of a party to a second loan.

Abstract: A unique rotor assembly for an electrical machine is disclosed herein. The rotor assembly includes a shaft having an axis of rotation extending within the electrical machine. A central support is connected to the shaft at an intermediate position and a pair of opposing end plates are configured to clamp a plurality of laminate plates therebetween. The laminate plates and a sidewall of the end plates have a non-linear cross-sectional shape such that radial loading due to centrifugal force is transmitted from the laminate plates to the end plates during operation.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Tripsacum dactyloides x Miscanthus sacchariflorus plant named ‘Mammoth’ that is characterized by its highly vigorous growth habit, its very tall plant height, its strong upright stems that do not fall over or flop, its leaves that are green in color with white center veins, and its lack of flower production.

Abstract: Systems and methods for crowdsourcing data collection for condition classification of bond entities are disclosed. An example system may include a crowdsourcing data collection circuit to collect information about entities involved in a set of bond transactions and a training data set of outcomes related to the entities. The example system may include a condition classifying circuit to classify a condition of a set of issuers using the information from the crowdsourcing data collection circuit and a model, where the model is trained using the training data set of outcomes related to the set of issuers. The example system may also include an automated agent circuit to perform an action related to a debt transaction in response to the classified condition of at least one issuer of the set of issuers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to core shell liquid metal encapsulates comprising multi-functional ligands, networks comprising such encapsulates and processes of making and using such encapsulates and networks. When subjected to strain, such network's conductivity is enhanced, thus allowing the network to serve as a healing agent that restores at least a portion of the conductivity in an adjacent conductor.

Abstract: An explosive initiator retention assembly comprises a pair of opposed shell elements. The shell elements have a pair of spaced-apart passages, each configured to receive an elongated initiator having a cylindrical form. Each passage has a rotation inhibitor element configured to rotationally engage an initiator, such the initiators are retained against rotation.

Abstract: Transaction-enabling systems and methods are disclosed. A system may include a controller to interpret a resource utilization requirement for a task system and a plurality of external data sources. The system may further include an expert system to predict a forward market price for a resource in response to the resource utilization requirement and the plurality of external data sources. Then, in response to the predicted forward market price, the controller may execute a transaction on a resource market.

Abstract: Transaction-enabled systems and methods for identifying and acquiring machine resources on a forward resource market are disclosed. An example system may include a controller having a resource requirement circuit to determine an amount of a resource required for a machine to service a task requirement, a forward resource market circuit to access a forward resource market, a resource market circuit to access a resource market, and a resource distribution circuit to execute a transaction of the resource on at least one of the resource market or the forward resource market in response to the determined amount of the resource required.

Abstract: This invention provides a high molecular weight polysaccharide capable of binding to and inhibiting virus and related pharmaceutical formulations and methods of inhibiting viral infectivity and/or pathogenicity, as well as immunogenic compositions. The invention further includes methods of inhibiting the growth of cancer cells and of ameliorating a symptom of aging. Additionally, the invention provides methods of detecting and/or quantifying and/or isolating viruses.

Abstract: An ergonomic method for working in confined work spaces is disclosed. The method, in some cases, includes the steps of: a) providing a support structure that is generally in the configuration of a rectangular prism having six faces, a length, width, and a height in which the length, width, and height differ from one another so that the structure provides three different height positions when the support structure is placed on the floor of the workspace; b) placing the support structure with one of its faces in contact with a contoured floor surface in a confined work space; and c) sitting or standing on the support structure.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a monitoring system for data collection in an industrial environment including a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels connected to data collection points related to machine components, wherein at least one of the plurality of input channels is connected to a data collection point on a rotating machine component; a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the plurality of input channels; and an expert system analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data, wherein the expert system analysis circuit determines a failure state for the rotating machine component based on analysis of the plurality of detection values, wherein upon determining the failure state the expert system analysis circuit provides the failure state to a data storage.

Abstract: Transaction-enabled methods for providing provable access to a distributed ledger with a tokenized instruction set for polymer production processes are described. A method may include accessing a distributed ledger comprising an instruction set for a polymer production process and tokenizing the instruction set. The method may further include interpreting an instruction set access request and providing a provable access to the instruction set. The method may further include providing commands to a production tool of the polymer production process and recording the transaction on the distributed ledger.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated servicing of a subsidized loan are disclosed. An example system may include a crowdsourcing services circuit to collect information related to a set of entities involved in a set of subsidized loan transactions and a condition classifying circuit including a model and an artificial intelligence services circuit to classify a set of parameters of the set of subsidized loans based on information from the crowdsourcing services circuit, where the model is trained using a training data set of outcomes related to subsidized loans. The example system may further include a smart contract circuit for automatically modifying a term or a condition of the subsidized loan based on the classified set of parameters from the condition classifying circuit.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for a robotic process automation system for consolidating a set of loans are disclosed herein. An example system may include a set of data collection and monitoring services for collecting information about a set of loans and for collecting a training set of interactions between entities for a set of loan consolidation transactions; an artificial intelligence system that is trained on the training set of interactions to classify a set of loans as candidates for consolidation; and a robotic process automation system that is trained on a set of loan consolidation interactions to manage consolidation of at least a subset of the set of loans on behalf of a party to the consolidation.