Abstract: A slipcover for a pillow includes a cover body. The slipcover body includes a first surface and a second surface. The cover body defines an open interior that is adapted to receive the pillow. The cover body has a medial region and two arms extending from the medial region to define an outer periphery and an inner periphery. The cover body further includes a bolster at the outer periphery extending along a majority of the medial region and protruding away from the first surface.

Abstract: A drive placement or placement functionality can enable initial copies of data to be placed on a drive in reclaim unit (HRUs) in a manner which is probabilistically more efficient from a garbage collection (GC) perspective and leverages knowledge of a host or application using the data. The placement functionality enables the advantages of fine-grained placement functionality while simultaneously allowing a storage device or storage drive to maintain NAND or other management responsibility, and not allocate that responsibility to an application or host device using the device.

Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling treatment of exhaust in a emission control system of a platform having an combustion system and one or more selective catalyst reduction catalysts (SCR) is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the system includes: one or more sensors configured to obtain sensor data pertaining to an SCR temperature for the SCR; and a processor that is coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to at least facilitate controlling treatment of the exhaust based on the SCR temperature.

Abstract: A window shade system may comprise a drive mechanism having a friction slip ring inside a brake hub, wherein the brake hub is configured to rotate with respect to the friction slip ring, in response to an at least partial rotation of the drive mechanism. The brake hub may be configured to overcome a break-away force between the drive hub and the friction slip ring. The brake hub may be configured to overcome a break-away force between the drive hub and the friction slip ring. The brake hub may be configured to overcome a break-away force of about double a maximum force that a window shade exerts on the friction slip ring. The system may include a spring plunger system abutting a bracket, wherein the spring plunger system may be configured to reduce friction against the bracket in response to a first at least partial rotation of a drive mechanism.

Abstract: One example method for improving robotic surgical safety via video processing includes identifying, during a robotic surgical procedure, one or more surgical tools using one or more images of the surgical procedure captured by a camera, the robotic surgical procedure employing a robotic surgical device controlling the one or more identified surgical tools; predicting, for at least one of the one or more images, one or more loaded surgical tools that are controlled by the robotic surgical device and should be in a field of view of the camera; comparing the one or more identified surgical tools with the one or more loaded surgical tools; determining that at least one of the one or more loaded surgical tools does not match any of the one or more identified surgical tools; and causing the at least one loaded tool of the robotic surgical device to be disabled.

Abstract: A system for additive manufacturing of nutritional supplement servings includes a computing device configured to receive nutritional needs of a user, determine a nutritional input to the user, detect at least a nutrition deficiency as a function of the plurality of nutritional needs and the nutritional input, calculate at least a supplement dose from the plurality of nutritional needs and at the least a nutrition deficiency, select an ingredient combination as a function of the at least a supplement dose, wherein selecting further includes receiving a plurality of ingredients stored at an additive manufacturing device, wherein the plurality ingredients includes a plurality of supplement ingredients and at least a substrate ingredient and selecting an ingredient combination including at least a substrate ingredient and at least a supplement ingredient as a function of the nutritional deficiency, and initiating manufacture of a nutritional supplement serving at the additive manufacturing device.

Abstract: Power equipment includes a base, a swappable battery pack, an electric motor powered by the swappable battery pack, a motor controller electrically coupled to the electric motor, and a battery holder or bracket coupled to the base. The battery holder includes a dock connector. The swappable battery pack is coupled to the dock connector and arranged within or on the battery holder so that the swappable battery pack is arranged at an angle relative to the base.

Abstract: Laser and synthetic profilometry of positive displacement motors (PDM) and ML methods, systems, and computer medium storing instructions for predicting PDM attribute(s). Laser profilometric scans (LPS) and mechanical stator minor ID (SMID) measurements from a plurality of locations in the stator are used for training a stator profilometric ML (SPML) model to learn stator profiles. The SPML model is deployed on input SMID measurements to generate synthetic stator dimension data (SSDD). LPS are preprocessed for feature alignment and statistical profilometric data are extracted for use in training the SPML model, and/or for training a PDM motor performance ML (MPML) model to learn PDM performance. The MPML training dataset may also include the learned stator profiles from the SPML model. The MPML model is deployed, on either input LPS or SSDD generated by the SPML model from input SMID measurements, to generate PDM performance data.

Abstract: An extractor with a housing, conveyor assembly, and a plurality of recycle stages which are configured to direct a flow of solvent or miscella upwardly through a material bed.

Abstract: A slow open hinge assembly for an associated appliance door includes an arm and a channel including a first end that is pivotally connected to the arm at a first location for pivoting about a first pivot axis. A slide link includes an inner end that is pivotally connected to the arm at a second location for pivoting about a second pivot axis that is offset from the first pivot axis. A fluid damped spring rod assembly includes a cylinder body supported on the channel and includes a spring-biased piston rod assembly engaged with the slide link. A control spring assembly can be connected to the channel and includes a reciprocally movable spring rod assembly including a follower, wherein the follower is engaged with a cam profile defined by a contoured edge of the arm for some but not all angular positions of the channel relative to the arm.

Abstract: A vehicle configured to transfer energy to a building is disclosed. The vehicle may include a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver may receive temperature information and demand information associated with a power grid. The processor may determine that a first predefined condition may be met based on the demand information. The processor may then calculate a first amount of energy to be transferred to the building based on the temperature information, and cause the vehicle to transfer the first amount of energy to the building. The processor may further determine that a second predefined condition may be met based on the first amount of energy and/or vehicle availability information, and determine a second amount of energy to be transferred to the building based on the temperature information. The processor may then cause the vehicle to transfer the second amount of energy to the building.

Abstract: Environmentally-clean wildfire inhibitor liquid biochemical solutions produced from an aqueous mixture of alkali metal salt derived from a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid such as acetic acid, and dissolved in water along with a dispersing and coalescing agent, realized as an ester of a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid, and dissolved in the water to provide a liquid fire inhibitor solution that can be sprayed on combustible surfaces to form thin alkali metal salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces when and as water molecules in the liquid fire inhibitor evaporate to the environment during drying operations, to inhibit fire ignition, flame spread and smoke development.

Abstract: A method including loading solar panel assemblies onto a vehicle, transporting the solar panel assemblies on the vehicle to a pile row of a solar project installation site, and individually unloading the solar panel assemblies along the pile row at the installation site to facilitate installation of the solar panel assemblies on the pile row. Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: A method of operating a memory circuit is disclosed. The memory circuit includes a memory array having a memory portion and a spare portion. The method includes receiving a first write command to a first memory address, where the first memory address has a status of being mapped to a first spare memory address, and where the first memory address corresponds to a first memory location in the memory portion and the first spare memory address corresponds to a first spare memory location in the spare portion. The method also includes performing, in response to the first write command, a first write operation by attempting to write first data to the first memory location, determining if the first write operation is successful, and unmapping, in response to the first write operation of being successful, the first memory address from the first spare memory address.

Abstract: A physician-prescribed and compounding pharmacy-compounded minoxidil-containing hair growth composition is described, containing minoxidil, glycerin, polysorbate-80, and propylene glycol in aqueous ethanol solution at pH in a range of from 3.8 to 5.2. The composition may contain additional ingredients such as finasteride, dutasteride, retinoic acid, tretinoin, sulfuric acid, hypochlorous acid, and citric acid. The described hair growth compositions are stable against minoxidil precipitation for at least 6 months at temperature in a range of from 5° C. to 32° C., and may contain physician-prescribed minoxidil at a concentration that is in a range of from 1.2 wt % to 12 wt %, based on total weight of the composition. Various methods of preparation of such compositions are additionally described.

Abstract: An energy collection system may collect and use the energy generated by an electric field. Collection devices are suspended from a support system. The collection devices are configured in one or more fluffed configurations. The support system is electrically connected to a load by a connecting wire. The collection devices may be made of any conducting material, but graphene, boron, silicene, carbon, and graphite are preferred. Diodes may be used to restrict the backflow or loss of energy.

Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronizing the playback of streamed content on multiple playback devices is disclosed. The systems and methods include receiving time information based on a network time source in the playback devices connected to a defined network. The playback clock in each playback device is set based upon the time information. A first playback device then generates presentation time information including a start time for playback and broadcast the presentation time information to the other playback device over the defined network. The playback devices use the presentation time information to adjust the presentation time stamps of the frames of the media content in the stream.