Abstract: Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for managing the power consumption of an automotive vehicle, and thereby for optimizing the power consumption of the vehicle. The devices and systems for managing the power consumption of the vehicle typically include power management logic that can calculate an applied power for the vehicle engine based on information provided from the external environment of the vehicle, the operational status of the vehicle, one or more command inputs from a driver, and one or more operational parameters of the vehicle.

Abstract: System and method for event-based updating of user profiles UP of users U in a social network and formation of new communities based on a resonance condition. A database of user profiles UP with profile domains D based on self-reports as well as observed network behaviors is deployed. The user profiles UP of users U in groups G attending an event are re-compiled by an event-based updating module based on event responses ER. Further, the event-based updating module identifies a profile change ?P* in at least one of the profile domains D of user profiles UP, and the new community is formed by the event-based updating module from a subgroup SG whose profile change ?P* indicates a mutual resonance or consensus in their event responses ER.

Abstract: The self-powered device is configured to be powered by energy collected from a surrounding environment. The self-powered device includes an energy collector, and a memory having instructions for selecting one of a plurality of modes of operation. The energy collector is configured to collect energy to power the self-powered device from a surrounding environment in which the self-powered device is located. The plurality of modes of operation include: (i) a low-power mode of operation in which the self-powered device consumes less than a pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and the self-powered device uses less than its full capabilities, and (ii) and a high-power mode of operation in which self-powered device consumes more than the pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and the self-powered device uses its full capabilities.

Abstract: The present invention presents methods and apparatus for predicting a joint quantum state of subjects, such as human beings, modulo an underlying proposition that revolves about an object, a subject or an experience while deploying a quantum representation of the situation. The joint quantum state is built from a transmit subject qubit |Tx assigned to a transmitting subject that broadcasts a measurable indication and also a receive subject qubit |Rx that is assigned to a receiving subject that is capable of receiving the measurable indication. The subjects share a common internal space represented by a Hilbert space (TR). The joint quantum states admit of representation by symmetric and anti-symmetric wave functions depending on the quantum statistics (Bose-Einstein or Fermi-Dirac) corresponding to consensus and anti-consensus forming types exhibited by the qubits when considered modulo the proposition.

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method for predicting the reactions of a subject, e.g., a human being to a proposition posed to the subject during a subject-object or a subject-subject interaction that takes place online or in real life. The quantum mechanical model adopted herein assigns a first subject qubit |iss1> to a primary internal state of the subject with eigenvalues corresponding to measurable indications a, b of the primary internal state. A response qubit |rsp> that can yield at least two mutually exclusive responses corresponding to two eigenvalues is also assigned to the subject. A proposition matrix PR in the form of a linear operator designed to act on response qubit |rsp> is assigned to enable a quantum mechanical derivation of response probabilities and expectation values for response to the same underlying proposition in various contexts, including incompatible contexts in the Heisenberg sense.

Abstract: Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for managing the power consumption of an automotive vehicle, and thereby for optimizing the power consumption of the vehicle. The devices and systems for managing the power consumption of the vehicle typically include power management logic that can calculate an applied power for the vehicle engine based on information provided from the external environment of the vehicle, the operational status of the vehicle, one or more command inputs from a driver, and one or more operational parameters of the vehicle.