Abstract: A system for initiating a recycling program of consumer electronic devices, wherein the system includes a collection device configured to collect a plurality of consumer electronic devices from users, a processing unit located within a permitted facility, communicatively connected to the collection device, wherein the processing unit is configured to disassemble each consumer electronic device of the plurality of consumer electronic devices into a plurality of base components through an electronic device disassembling process, wherein the plurality of base components includes a plurality of plastic components and at least a battery component, process the plurality of base components, wherein processing the plurality of base components includes disintegrating the plurality of plastic components into a plurality of granules and decomposing the at least one battery component into a plurality of electrochemical materials, and generate a recycled output using the processed plurality of base components.

Abstract: Facility layouts and configurations for an automated crop production system for controlled environment agriculture. In particular implementations, the core of the facility comprises a controlled growth environment and a central processing system. The controlled growth environment includes systems for exposing crops housed in modules, such as grow towers, to controlled environmental conditions. The central processing system may include various stations and functionality both for preparing crop-bearing modules to be inserted in the controlled growth environment, for harvesting crops from the crop-bearing modules after they have been extracted from the controlled growth environment, and for cleaning or washing crop-bearing modules for re-use. The controlled growth environment may include vertical farming structure having vertical grow towers and associated conveyance mechanisms for moving the vertical grow towers along one or more grow lines.

Abstract: According to the various embodiments of the present disclosure, footwear with an enhanced toe post is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the footwear may comprise a sole portion to support and protect a wearer's foot, a strap portion attached to the sole to bind the footwear to a wearer's foot, and at least one toe post passing between a wearer's toes constructed at least partially of memory foam or other cushioning materials.

Abstract: An orthopaedic implant includes: a porous ingrowth material body including a porous ingrowth material including a polymer and configured to be implanted within the spine of a human or a non-human animal, the material body comprising a top surface and a bottom surface and a through-hole extending through the material body from the top surface to the bottom surface, the material body having at least one pin opening that extends from the top surface toward the bottom surface; and at least one pin placed in the at least one pin opening.

Abstract: A multi-vehicle charging system comprises a main station, including a power distribution module configured to receive power from a power grid and at least one main station charging port electrically coupled to the power distribution module for selectively receiving power therefrom. The system also includes at least one substation spaced apart from the main station and modularly coupled thereto. The at least one substation includes at least one substation charging port electrically coupled to the power distribution module of the main station for selectively receiving power therefrom. The system further includes at least one vehicle interface assembly having at least one plug, wherein the at least one plug is configured to selectively mate with each of the at least one main station charging port and the at least one substation charging port.

Abstract: A plate for an imaging device.

Abstract: A control device may comprise a primary radio circuit for receiving radio-frequency signals via an antenna, and a secondary radio circuit for waking up the primary radio circuit when a radio-frequency signal is presently being transmitted by an external device. The control device may include a control circuit that may be coupled to the primary radio circuit, and may control the primary radio circuit into a sleep mode. The secondary radio circuit may generate a first control signal indicating that the radio-frequency signal is presently being transmitted by the external device. The control circuit may wake up the primary radio circuit from the sleep mode in response to the secondary radio circuit generating the first control signal indicating that the radio-frequency signal is presently being transmitted by the external device.

Abstract: A method includes training a first differentially private (DP) model using a private training set, the private training set including a plurality of training samples, the first DP model satisfying a differential privacy budget, the differential privacy budget defining an amount of information about individual training samples of the private training set that may be revealed by the first DP model. The method also includes, while training the first DP model, generating a plurality of intermediate checkpoints, each intermediate checkpoint of the plurality of intermediate checkpoints representing a different intermediate state of the first DP model, each of the intermediate checkpoints satisfying the same differential privacy budget. The method further includes determining an aggregate of the first DP model and the plurality of intermediate checkpoints, and determining, using the aggregate, a second DP model, the second DP model satisfying the same differential privacy budget.

Abstract: The operational amplifier disclosed includes an input stage configured to receive power from a floating supply in a low voltage range that can float according to the common mode voltage at the input. The floating supply facilitates the use of low voltage components that can improve the precision of the operational amplifier by lowering the offset voltage. The input stage includes a first gain stage including field effect transistors and a second gain stage using bipolar transistors. The gain stages can be implemented differently to accommodate different applications and fabrication capabilities.

Abstract: Methods and systems for supply of fuel for a turbine-driven fracturing pump system used in hydraulic fracturing may be configured to identify when the supply pressure of primary fuel to a plurality of gas turbine engines of a plurality of hydraulic fracturing units falls below a set point, identify a gas turbine engine of the fleet of hydraulic fracturing units operating on primary fuel with highest amount of secondary fuel available, and to selectively transfer the gas turbine engine operating on primary fuel with the highest amount of secondary fuel from primary fuel operation to secondary fuel operation. Some methods and systems may be configured to transfer all gas turbine engines to secondary fuel operation and individually and/or sequentially restore operation to primary fuel operation and/or to manage primary fuel operation and/or secondary fuel operation for portions of the plurality of gas turbine engines.

Abstract: A one-way breath training device has a mouth insert engaged to a cage housing a movable baffle. The mouth insert has an air hole extending from a first end to a second end. The baffle moves within the cage between a backstop having air pathways therethrough to the second end of the mouth insert. The cage has one or more guidance tracks which the baffle moves along. When a user attempts to inhale through their mouth, the inflow of air pulls the baffle against the second end and blocks the air hole to prevent further air from entering the air hole. When a user exhales through the mouth insert, the outflowing air pushes the baffle against the backstop of the cage thereby opening the air hole and air pathways for the exhaled air to escape.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method of operating a local storage device (“LSD”) in a broadband communication network is disclosed. The LSD is within a local area network of at least one user device. At least one item of digital content is received by the LSD from at least some of a plurality of digital content providers, via the network, during an off peak time period of the network. The item of digital content is selected by a respective content provider for download to a respective user based on the respective user. The received digital content is stored in the local storage device. A selected one of the stored digital content is provided from the LSD to a user device in response to a request from the user device. A system for providing digital content and an LSD, are also disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of operating an autonomous vehicle (AV), including: detecting an alert condition within the AV via data from an electronic sensor suite of the AV; based at least in part on detecting the alert condition, automatically initiating a call with another party; and communicatively coupling a passenger of the AV to the call, whereby the passenger can communicate with the other party via the call.

Abstract: A radio communication route enables communication from an originating ground station to a destination ground station via one of multiple randomly orbiting satellites with no active attitude control. The ground stations and satellites include multi-feed parabolic antennas for receiving radio signals from and transmitting radio signals in multiple directions. The satellites store an address of a destination ground station from which an initial information signal is transmitted and antenna information identifying the satellite antenna feed on which the initial information signal was received. Plural satellite antennas transmit linking information identifying the satellite to the originating ground station.

Abstract: During operation, an access point may provide a first WLAN and a second WLAN, where the first WLAN uses a WPA2-compatible authentication protocol and the second WLAN uses a WPA3-compatible authentication protocol. In response to an association request or a probe request associated with (or from) an electronic device, the access point may establish a connection with the electronic device using the first WLAN. Then, the access point may confirm, with a computer system, that a binding between a passphrase associated with the electronic device and the second WLAN exists. Alternatively, when the binding does not exist, the access point may establish the binding in the computer system. Next, the access point may perform a BSS transition of the electronic device from the first WLAN to the second WLAN.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and non-transitory storage medium for training two or more cross-task neural network models based on two or more neural network tasks, including mapping first pseudo labels based on a first model associated with a first task among the two or more neural network tasks and second pseudo labels based on a second model associated with a second task among the two or more neural network tasks to a same space, and computing a matching score indicating a cross-task matching between the first pseudo labels and the second pseudo labels based on the mapping. The method may further include selecting one or more cross-task pseudo labels based on the matching score and accuracies associated with the first model and the second model, and training the two or more cross-task neural network models based on the one or more cross-task pseudo labels.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat having a seat bottom and a seatback. The vehicle includes a buckle movable from a retracted position at the seatback to a deployed position spaced from the seatback. The vehicle incudes an actuator operatively coupled to the buckle to move the buckle from the retracted position to the deployed position. The vehicle includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive an indication that an occupant of the seat will exit the vehicle and, in response, command the actuator to move the buckle from the retracted position to the deployed position.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards methods of enhanced oil recovery from a subterranean reservoir, the method includes co-injecting a gas and a foam formulation into the subterranean reservoir, wherein the gas comprises steam and the foam formulation comprises a sulfonate composition, a glycol compound, and water.

Abstract: A liquid lens with flexible transparent active layers on both sides of a fluid is transformed along two distinct deformation axes. The flexible transparent active layers include piezoelectric materials that actuate the lens in response to applied voltage(s). The piezoelectric properties and actuation mechanism of the transparent layers are arranged to deform the lens cylindrically along different axes resulting in a net spherical deformation or a combination of spherical and cylindrical deformation with substantially less distortion than spherically deforming layers. The piezoelectric active layers may be polymer or ceramic with isotropic or anisotropic mechanical stiffness. Alternatively, a pair of transparent, internal layers are positioned between the front and rear surfaces. The active layers, front and/or rear, are dual layers affixed together with an adhesive or single layers.

Abstract: A method implements a measurement application. The method includes presenting a view to a user device. The view comprises a design image corresponding to a worksite. The design image comprises a measurement point. The method further includes receiving a measurement signal. The method further includes applying a measurement model to the measurement signal to create a measured distance corresponding to the measurement point. The method further includes applying a verification model to the measured distance to create a verification signal. The method further includes automatically updating the view to an updated view based on the verification signal. The updated view comprises an updated image. The updated image comprises the measured distance.