Abstract: A system and method for brainwave entrainment using virtual objects and gamification, in which brainwave entrainment is applied using some combination of gaming elements, and brainwave activity is enhanced by virtue of the user's active participation. Long-term use is encouraged by virtue of the entertaining nature of the gamification. Depending on configuration, the system and method may comprise a display comprising virtual objects, a light-producing device (other than the display), an audio-producing device such as speakers or headphones, a haptic feedback device such as a vibratory motor, and various devices for monitoring the user's attention. A software application induces brainwave entrainment via one or more of the devices of the system.

Abstract: A device includes a first substrate having a principal surface; a second substrate having a principal surface, in which the first substrate is bump-bonded to the second substrate such that the principal surface of the first substrate faces the principal surface of the second substrate; a circuit element having a microwave frequency resonance mode, in which a first portion of the circuit element is arranged on the principal surface of the first substrate and a second portion of the circuit element is arranged on the principal surface of the second substrate; and a first bump bond connected to the first portion of the circuit element and to the second portion of the circuit element, in which the first superconductor bump bond provides an electrical connection between the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: A sucker rod cleaning system includes an inductive heating device, a feed mechanism, a first support and a second support. An electromagnet of the inductive heating device includes a wire coil head that is configured to inductively heat a sucker rod positioned within a heating zone. The feed mechanism is configured to feed a sucker rod through the heating zone in a feed direction. The first support is positioned on an upstream side of the wire coil head, and is configured to support a portion of a sucker rod as it is fed through the heating zone by the feed mechanism. The second support is positioned on a downstream side of the wire coil head, and is configured to support a portion of a sucker rod as it is fed through the heating zone by the feed mechanism.

Abstract: A method of making a stator for a rotating electrical machine in which a tooth segment from a high saturation induction material and a yoke segment from a silicon steel material. The tooth segment is bond to yoke segment, thereby producing a stator with at least two magnetic saturations.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for defending against exploitation of vulnerable software. An example apparatus comprises an inventory controller to identify a vulnerable application corresponding to one or more files including a security defect, an origination identifying generator to identify an origination source of incoming data, the origination source tagged as suspicious, a workload analyzing controller to query, in response to the suspicious origination source, an inventory datastore to determine if the incoming data is to be accessed by the vulnerable application, and a policy application executor to, in response to determining the incoming data is to be accessed by the vulnerable application, apply a policy action to the vulnerable application to protect the vulnerable application from exposing the security defect to malicious data in the incoming data.

Abstract: A driving circuit is provided in this present disclosure, the driving circuit includes a voltage input module, a quick start module and a control module. The voltage input module includes a first input terminal and a second input terminal and is configured to receive an alternating current voltage and convert the alternating current voltage into a direct current voltage. The quick start module is coupled to the voltage input module and configured to receive the direct current voltage and convert the direct current voltage into a startup voltage. The control module is coupled to the quick start module and configured to receive the startup voltage and control a load, wherein the quick start module comprises a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series and is coupled between the first input terminal and the control module.

Abstract: A method of monitoring a subterranean operation includes sampling fluid from a borehole during the operation, and estimating, in near real time, a concentration of one or more gases in the sampled fluid and an isotope composition of the sampled fluid. The method also includes identifying an operational inefficiency in the operation based on the isotope composition associated with the one or more gases, and performing, during the operation, at least one of: alerting an operator and adjusting an operational parameter of the operation, based on identifying the operational inefficiency.

Abstract: A method for improving reading proficiency in persons in need of improvement. The method includes the steps of providing a body of digital text on an electronic device; extracting a selected portion of digital text from the body of digital text; analyzing the selected portion by natural language processing to produce a phonetical font, the phonetical font including a representation of a letter that when heard or said voices a phoneme of the letter; rendering the analyzed selected portion into the phonetical font; and utilizing the phonetical font to increase reading proficiency.

Abstract: A user of a client can access an application using privileged credentials without having direct access to or knowledge of the privileged credentials. The user's access to the application can also be monitored using a custom protocol including recording the user's interactions with the application while logged in with the privileged credentials.

Abstract: Methods and devices and clamps for separating a hub from a rotor of a rotor/hub assembly, including a platform having a top portion to receive the rotor and an opening to allow a pusher from a jack or press to pass through the opening, and a set of clamps configured to hold the rotor in a fixed position with respect to the platform while the pusher pushes through the opening to contact the hub to separate the hub from the rotor. The clamps are generally C-shaped and devoid of moving parts and slip inwardly upon the platform to hold the rotor while the pusher pushes upward to release the hub from the rotor, and the clamps have a slot to allow the clamps to rotate and store out of position in a non-use mode.

Abstract: Techniques and tools for encoding enhancement layer video with quantization that varies spatially and/or between color channels are presented, along with corresponding decoding techniques and tools. For example, an encoding tool determines whether quantization varies spatially over a picture, and the tool also determines whether quantization varies between color channels in the picture. The tool signals quantization parameters for macroblocks in the picture in an encoded bit stream. In some implementations, to signal the quantization parameters, the tool predicts the quantization parameters, and the quantization parameters are signaled with reference to the predicted quantization parameters. A decoding tool receives the encoded bit stream, predicts the quantization parameters, and uses the signaled information to determine the quantization parameters for the macroblocks of the enhancement layer video. The decoding tool performs inverse quantization that can vary spatially and/or between color channels.

Abstract: Apparatus for recognizing left-behind objects 2 has a sensor device 3 designed to generate sensor signals 4 upon sensing a left-behind object 2, a control unit 5 designed to receive and process the sensor signals 4 and generate control signals 6 in reaction to the processed sensor signals 4, and a warning device 7, designed to receive the control signals 6 and output a warning signal 8 in reaction to the received control signals 6. A module arrangement 13 of individual component units having pairs of LED sensors and emitters may be arranged in a vehicle 14 to scan a storage region.

Abstract: An electric motor drive retrofit system (EMDRS) comprises a power system, an energy storage system (ESS), a cooling system, a vehicle control unit (VCU), and a user interface device (UID). A non-hybrid combustion engine drive vehicle with tight space constraints is retrofittable with the EMDRS to provide hybrid drive functionality. EMDRS includes a motor generator unit (MGU) coupled to a motor control unit that transfers charge between MGU and ESS. During retrofit, the MGU is coupled between a transmission and an internal combustion engine (ICE) of the vehicle without extending a powertrain length by more than five inches. VCU does not interfere with any pre-existing vehicle electronics. The VCU controls the EMDRS to add torque (discharging ESS) or to remove torque (charging the ESS) based on a selected operating mode and vehicle sensor information (for example, brake and throttle pressure). Operating modes are selected by driver via the UID.