Abstract: An on-board dynamic and interactive information and exchange system and method enabling passengers while traveling in transportation vehicles to acquire services from selective vendors located at intended destinations merging the purchase power of an individual customer into the purchase power of a group of customers. It also can merge in real time the purchasing powers of said groups of passengers in a plurality of vehicles traveling towards same destinations at given time intervals into a common network forming an even greater purchasing group. It also enables passengers to receive prices and deals at changing terms as getting closer to destination, and vendors to gain ‘captive audience’ prospective customers at concrete times.

Abstract: A figure toy having a head with a mouth and eyes mounted on a torso, the figure toy including a mechanism for expelling a flow of air from the mouth. This mechanism consists of an electric motor-driven blower mounted within the torso, an electronic controller operatively connected to the blower for activating and deactivating it, a power supply operatively connected to the blower and controller, and a sensing device designed and configured such that upon triggering, the sensing device provides a signal to the electronic controller for the purpose of activating and deactivating the blower. The figure toy can include a lamp for illuminating the eyes. The power supply and electronic controller can be mounted inside the figure toy. Sensing devices can be based on an LED emitter/receiver, ultrasonic detection, infrared detection, a directly-contacted microswitch, noise detection, verbal command recognition, temperature sensing, relative humidity sensing, or motion detection.

Abstract: A system for communicating to a fisherman information relating to fish in water in the vicinity of a fishing lure or hook which is connected to a conventional non-electrically conducting fishing line and which includes a float attached to a conventional non-electrically conducting fishing line with the float being located at or below the water surface. The system also includes a sensor housed in the float for detecting a parameter relating to the fish, the sensor being housed in the float. Also housed in the float are an electronic card and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the signal. A power source housed in the float provides electrical energy to the sensor and transmitter. The system also includes a receiver for receiving the signal from the transmitter and a display or other output for presenting information relating to the signal to the fisherman.