Abstract: A system for displaying refreshment outlooks the system comprising a computing device, the computing device designed and configured to retrieve a user profile from a profile database; determine a refreshment position using the user profile; select current refreshment possibilities contained within the refreshment position; output a refreshment target, using the user profile; compare current refreshment possibilities and the refreshment target; and generate a refreshment outlook.

Abstract: Provided are transaction cards including an expanded identification ship. In some approaches, a transaction card may include a body having a first main side opposite a second main side, wherein the body defines an outer perimeter including a first end perimeter opposite a second end perimeter, and a first side perimeter opposite a second side perimeter. The transaction card may further include an identification chip having a plurality of contacts, wherein a first contact of the plurality of contacts extends to at least one of the following: the first end perimeter, the second end perimeter, the first side perimeter, and the second side perimeter.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to generating a tree-based data structure representative of a data set and the verification thereof. As each data item of a data set is updated, a leaf node is generated that stores a hash value therefor. For every even leaf node generated, a parent node storing a hash value based on the hash values of its child nodes is generated. For each level of the tree, the hash value of the last odd node generated therefor is maintained. The foregoing process is performed recursively at each level of the tree. During verification, a new root hash value is determined for a new tree-based data structure generated for the data set to be verified. The old and new root hash values are compared. If the hash values do not match, a remediation is performed to restore the data set.

Abstract: A base station may transmit, and a wireless device may receive, configuration parameters for a control channel used for wireless communications between the base station and the wireless device. The configuration parameters may indicate various aspects of the control channel.

Abstract: A method and system for authenticating answers to Domain Name System (DNS) queries originating from recursive DNS servers are provided. A verification component provides a verification that a DNS query originated from the recursive DNS server. An authoritative DNS server receives the query via a network, such as the Internet, and provides an answer to the query to an authentication component. The authentication component then provides an authentication, such as a digital signature, which confirms that the received answer was provided by the authoritative DNS server, and then communicates the answer and the authentication to the verification component via the network. The verification component then verifies that the authentication corresponds to the received answer and sends the answer to the recursive DNS server. When the verification component receives an answer in the absence of a corresponding authentication, the verification component drops the answer.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for pre-fetching data from memory using neural networks. One example system receives a sequence of prior program counter addresses of a computer program and corresponding delta values. The system creates an input representation based on the sequence. The system provides the input representation as input to a recurrent neural network. The system receives from the recurrent neural network an output that defines a probability distribution over future delta values. Each probability in the distribution represents a likelihood that execution of a future instruction of the computer program will cause data to be fetched from a particular future memory address.

Abstract: An audio enhanced hearing protection system to be worn by a user includes an ambient noise reduction assembly having a primary noise reduction unit and a secondary noise reduction unit. The audio enhanced hearing protection system also includes an audio input assembly having one or more environmental microphones to receive raw environmental audio signals. The raw audio signals are transformed into processed audio signals via a digital signal processing assembly prior to transmission to a user. The audio enhanced hearing protection system also includes an audio output assembly having at least one speaker to transmit processed audio signals to a user.

Abstract: Implementations are directed to dynamically adapting which assistant on-device model(s) are locally stored at assistant devices of an assistant device group and/or dynamically adapting the assistant processing role(s) of the assistant device(s) of the assistant device group. In some of those implementations, the corresponding on-device model(s) and/or corresponding processing role(s), for each of the assistant devices of the group, is determined based on collectively considering individual processing capabilities of the assistant devices of the group. Implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to cooperatively utilizing assistant devices of a group, and their associated post-adaptation on-device model(s) and/or post-adaptation processing role(s), in cooperatively processing assistant requests that are directed to any one of the assistant devices of the group.

Abstract: An imaging system and methods including a gantry defining a bore and an imaging axis extending through the bore, and at least one support member that supports the gantry such that the imaging axis has a generally vertical orientation, where the gantry is displaceable with respect to the at least one support member in a generally vertical direction. The imaging system may be configured to obtain a vertical imaging scan (e.g., a helical x-ray CT scan), of a patient in a weight-bearing position. The gantry may be rotatable between a first position, in which the gantry is supported such that the imaging axis has a generally vertical orientation, and a second position, such that the imaging axis has a generally horizontal orientation. The gantry may be displaceable in a horizontal direction and the system may perform a horizontal scan of a patient or object positioned within the bore.

Abstract: A method of joining a first work-piece to a second work-piece is provided. Each of the first work-piece and the second work-piece include a top surface, an opposed bottom surface, and a side surface connecting the top surface and the opposed bottom surface. In one aspect, the method includes positioning the side surface of the first work-piece adjacent to the side surface of the second work-piece, and advancing a friction stir additive manufacturing tool across the top surface of the first work-piece and the top surface of the second work-piece along a weld line between the first work-piece and the second work-piece. As the friction stir additive manufacturing tool advances along the weld line, a filler material is deposited along the weld line and into a plurality of through holes formed in either or both of the first work-piece and the second work-piece.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or “drone” executes a neural network to assist with inspection, surveillance, reporting, and other missions. The drone inspection neural network may monitor, in real time, the data stream from a plurality of onboard sensors during navigation to an asset along a preprogrammed flight path and/or during its mission (e.g., as it scans and inspects an asset).

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are described that enable agent instances to be instantiated in secure, containerized environments. When a new container is detected, a list of agent instances expected to be running in a compute instance or in a container may be obtained and compared with status information regarding which agent instances are active. For a non-active agent instance, an agent object and configuration information for the agent instance may be obtained from a storage. Based on the available name, the agent object, and the configuration information, the agent instance may be instantiated and connected to an agent status server. An application related to the new agent instance may be deployed in the secure containerized environment.

Abstract: An electronic device (such as an access point) that selectively changes to an alternative or different partition is described. During operation, when the electronic device is in a first power state (such as a lower power state), an integrated circuit in the electronic device may detect or receive an error state or a change instruction. In response, the integrated circuit may change an active partition in the electronic device from a first partition to a second partition. Next, the integrated circuit may transition the electronic device to a second power state (such as a higher power state). Furthermore, a processor in the electronic device (which may be the same as or different from the integrated circuit) may install and execute an operating system of the electronic device in the second partition.

Abstract: A system for detecting a road surface includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a virtual boundary for a vehicle body based on a shape of the vehicle body, to identify one or more objects based on vehicle sensor data, based on the identified one or more objects, the determined virtual boundary, and an input to at least one of propulsion, steering, or braking, to determine at least one of a braking override or a steering override, and based on the determination, to perform at least one of adjusting a vehicle steering and a vehicle speed.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle roof, a liftgate rotatably connected to the vehicle roof, and an airbag. The airbag has a first segment supported by the vehicle roof and a second segment supported by the liftgate. The first segment of the airbag defines a first inflation chamber and the second segment of the airbag defines a second inflation chamber. The airbag includes a conduit fluidly connecting the first inflation chamber and the second inflation chamber.

Abstract: A trolling head includes first and second body portions. Each body portion includes a first end and a second end with a body portion thru-hole therebetween. Each body portion includes a mating surface extending from the first end to the second end. Each body portion includes a groove disposed within the mating surface, which extends from the first end to the second end. The mating surfaces of the first and second body portions are configured to attach together such that the grooves of the first and second body portions align to form a tunnel. The tunnel extends from the first ends to the second ends of the first and second body portions and is sized to receive a fishing line therethrough. The body portion thru-holes of the first and second body portions also align to form a trolling head thru-hole sized to receive a fish eye mimic therein.

Abstract: An exemplary system, method, and computer-accessible medium can include, for example, receiving an original dataset(s), receiving a synthetic dataset(s), training a model(s) using the original dataset(s) and the synthetic dataset(s), and evaluating the synthetic dataset(s) based on the training of the model(s). The model(s) can include a first model and a second model, and the first model can be trained using the original dataset(s) and the second model can be trained using the synthetic dataset(s). The synthetic dataset(s) can be evaluated by comparing first results from the training of the first model to second results from the training of the second model.

Abstract: A case that includes an acoustic horn and a microphone input therein to enhance the sound emitted from and input into a smart phone.

Abstract: A recording device comprising a base, a top cover, at least one computer with a wi-fi dongle coupled to the base that is configured to automatically upload a .zip file of the audio files to a cloud network when the device is turned on and in range of a preferred wifi network, a hook switch coupled to the base, and electrically coupled to the computer, at least one rechargeable battery electrically coupled to the computer, an LED that indicates battery charge electrically coupled to the computer, at least one USB-A connector electrically coupled to the computer for charging the power source, a rotary dial coupled to the base and configured to extend through an opening in the top cover, a power button electrically coupled to the computer, and a handset removably supported by the top cover and electrically coupled to the computer.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a stator and a stator where the method includes providing a plurality of electromagnet cores, with each electromagnet core having a stack of laminations defining a tooth and a yoke segment. The yoke segment is defined by a stack of laminations having a tongue structure and an opposing groove structure. Representative methods also include providing an insulating bobbin surrounding a portion of the tooth of each lamination, such that each lamination is held against adjacent laminations by the bobbin. The method further includes the step of winding electrically conductive windings around a portion of the bobbin, and assembling the plurality of electromagnets into a stator by mating the tongue structure and the groove structure of each electromagnet with a corresponding tongue structure and a corresponding groove structure of adjacent electromagnets. Additional embodiments includes a stator having the above characteristics.