Abstract: In one example, a system comprises a current-to-voltage converter to generate differential voltages from differential currents comprising a first current and a second current, the current-to-voltage converter comprising: a first bitline to provide the first current; a second bitline to provide the second current; a first regulator to apply a first voltage to the first bitline; a second regulator to apply a second voltage to the second bitline; a regulating circuit comprising a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal, the first output terminal and the second output terminal providing the differential voltages; and a common mode circuit.

Abstract: Genetically modified microorganisms that have the ability to convert carbon substrates into chemical products such as 2,3-BDO are disclosed. For example, genetically modified methanotrophs that are capable of generating 2,3-BDO at high titers from a methane source are disclosed. Methods of making these genetically modified microorganisms and methods of using them are also disclosed.

Abstract: In one example, a system comprises a neural network array of non-volatile memory cells arranged in rows and columns; and a logical cell comprising a first plurality of non-volatile memory cells in a first row of the array and a second plurality of non-volatile memory cells in a second row adjacent to the first row; wherein the first plurality of non-volatile memory cells and the second plurality of non-volatile memory cells are configured as one or more coarse cells and one or more fine cells.

Abstract: Numerous examples are disclosed of systems and methods to implement redundancy. In one example, a system comprises an array of non-volatile memory cells; a redundant array of non-volatile memory cells; and an input block coupled to respective rows in the array and respective rows in the redundant array and comprising row tag registers and redundant row tag registers.

Abstract: A system for monitoring a vehicle interior. The system includes at least one interface for receiving image data captured with an image capturing device, and a first computing device for providing at least a first monitoring function of the system based on the image data, and a further computing device for providing at least one further monitoring function of the system based on the image data. The system is designed in such a way that the image data are provided via the interface to the first computing device and that at least one portion of the image data is provided by the first computing device to the further computing device. The at least one portion of the image data includes image data that are required for the further computing device to provide the further monitoring function.

Abstract: Numerous examples are disclosed of multiplexors coupled to rows in a neural network array. In one example, a system comprises a neural network array of non-volatile memory cells comprising i rows, where i is a multiple of 2; j row registers, where j<i; j digital-to-analog converters to convert j sets of digital data received from the j row registers into j analog signals; and j multiplexors to route the j analog signals to a subset of the i rows in response to a control signal.

Abstract: A method for making a microarray block with a recipient block formed from a material and having at least one bore therein. A cylindrical core of a biological sample and a carrier medium can be provided. At least a portion of the core can be disposed in the at least one bore of the recipient block. The core can be made compatible with the material of the recipient block before the disposing step. Related methods and assemblies are provided.

Abstract: Systems for performing a medical procedure and associated methods and devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a system for performing a medical procedure includes an elongate flexible device configured to be introduced into an anatomic cavity of a patient, and a sensor system carried by the elongate flexible device and configured to obtain location data of the anatomic structure. The system can be configured to perform operations comprising: generating a 3D anatomic model based on first location data, the 3D anatomic model including an object within the anatomic cavity, based on second location data of the elongate flexible device when the object is within the image, and providing guidance for deploying an access tool along an access path through a patient's skin to the object based, at least in part, on the 3D anatomic model.

Abstract: There are provided a multifunctional epoxy compound obtained by modifying two or more epoxide functional groups on terminal portions of liquid crystal molecules synthesized by bonding multiple thermotropic liquid crystal materials; and a cured product produced by reacting the compound with a curing agent. The compound and the cured product enable easy interaction between liquid crystals and exhibiting high thermal conductivity. They are usable alone as a heat-dissipating polymer, or in the form of a composite material, and are applicable as a matrix resin of a composite material.

Abstract: A pill counting device includes a step feeder having moveable slats interleaved with fixed slats. The movable slats are vertically offset from one another and are configured to move vertically between top platforms of adjacent fixed slats to carry pills vertically up the step feeder. A top movable slat orients a subset of the plurality of pills into a row of pills to be fed into a count chamber. A camera configured to capture an image of a pill of the individual pills as it falls through the count chamber. The device further includes a control system configured to control movement of the movable slats and to control capturing of images by the camera. The control system is further configured to calculate a characteristic of the pill from the image, and to increment a pill counter in response to the characteristic of the pill meeting predefined criteria.

Abstract: A transmission includes a first component and a second component which are journaled for rotation relative to each other, and a locking mechanism for rotationally locking the first component and the second component relative to each other in a predetermined mutual rotation position. The transmission includes a magnetic field sensor arranged for measuring a relative rotation position of the first component and the second component while the first component and the second component are rotating relative to each other.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media micro-allocating digital currency. One method includes registering a device with a private network, wherein the device is associated with a digital wallet application. The method further includes detecting, from the registered device via the private network, activity data corresponding to a use of the device. The method further includes determining a denomination of digital currency for an off-chain exchange between a third-party digital wallet application and the digital wallet application based on the activity data. The method further includes establishing, via the private network, a private network connection between the digital wallet application and the processing circuit. The method further includes accessing and identifying, via the private network, at least one digital currency token greater or equal to the denomination. The method further includes issuing a digital currency token based on a rule dataset and the at least one digital currency token.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method of forming an integrated chip. The method includes forming a lower electrode layer over a substrate, and an un-patterned amorphous initiation layer over the lower electrode layer. An intermediate ferroelectric material layer is formed have a substantially uniform amorphous phase on the un-patterned amorphous initiation layer. An anneal process is performed to change the intermediate ferroelectric material layer to a ferroelectric material layer having a substantially uniform orthorhombic crystalline phase. An upper electrode layer is formed over the ferroelectric material layer. One or more patterning processes are performed on the upper electrode layer, the ferroelectric material layer, the un-patterned amorphous initiation layer, and the lower electrode layer to form a ferroelectric memory device. An upper ILD layer is formed over the ferroelectric memory device, and an upper interconnect is formed to contact the ferroelectric memory device.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a bottom electrode structure disposed over a lower interconnect within a lower inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer over a substrate. The bottom electrode structure has an upper surface including a noble metal. A diffusion barrier layer is over the bottom electrode structure, a data storage structure is over the diffusion barrier layer, and a top electrode structure is over the data storage structure. The diffusion barrier layer is configured to mitigate a diffusion of noble metal atoms from the bottom electrode structure to the data storage structure.

Abstract: Techniques for providing device functionalities using device components are described. A system receives a system-generated directive from a skill system and determines a workflow to execute. The system implements a response orchestrator that operates based on the workflow that includes interception points where cross-cutting functionalities can be invoked as pluggable components. The interception points occur pre-system-generated directive, pre-device-facing directive, post-device-facing directive generation, post-device-facing directive dispatch, and the like. The system supports asynchronous execution, conditional execution, and sequential execution of components. Data determined by the cross functionality components can be used by other components for processing.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for locking-in currency exchanges. One method includes providing, by a graphical user interface (GUI) of a wallet application, a customer request, wherein the customer request is a request for a currency transfer between a customer account of the customer to a recipient account of a recipient, wherein the customer account is associated with a first type of currency and the recipient account is associated with a second type of currency, presenting, by the GUI of the wallet application, a locked-in exchange rate for a time limit and data corresponding to the exchange rate and the time limit, exchanging, by the wallet application, an amount of the first type of currency for an amount of the second type of currency based on the exchange rate, and receiving, by the GUI of the wallet application, an indication of a transferred amount for a currency transfer.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a memory device. The memory device has a first transistor having a first source/drain and a second source/drain, where the first source/drain and the second source/drain are disposed in a semiconductor substrate. A dielectric structure is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. A first memory cell is disposed in the dielectric structure and over the semiconductor substrate, where the first memory cell has a first electrode and a second electrode, where the first electrode of the first memory cell is electrically coupled to the first source/drain of the first transistor. A second memory cell is disposed in the dielectric structure and over the semiconductor substrate, where the second memory cell has a first electrode and a second electrode, where the first electrode of the second memory cell is electrically coupled to the second source/drain of the first transistor.

Abstract: A system and method for preventing the double-spending of digital currency that transfers between multiple DLT networks. The system and method includes creating a first digital currency of a first type on the first DLT network stored in a digital wallet, the first digital currency associated with a second digital currency of a second type on a second DLT network, configuring a monitoring agent on the node, the monitoring agent configured to intercept at least one of a function call, a message, or an event on the digital wallet, and locking, responsive to intercepting the at least one of the function call, the message, or the event, the first digital currency onto the first DLT network to prevent a transfer of the first digital currency from the digital wallet on the first DLT network to another DLT network responsive to a subsequent transaction request.

Abstract: Provided are a multi-function device for intensive shrimp farming and intensive shrimp farming systems using this device. The system comprises: shrimp ponds (100) with brackish water pumped from rivers or seas then treated with chemicals, sedimentation and micro-organisms; at least one multifunction device (200) to generate water flow, dissolve molecular oxygen, deliver and dispense shrimp feed and provide solution containing minerals, micro-organisms and other additives; pure oxygen supply device (300) capable of generating oxygen from the air to supply oxygen with purity higher than 90% to water in intensive culture pond to achieve consistently higher concentrations of dissolved oxygen saturated dissolved oxygen concentration; a network of porous sheets floats on the water to reduce the diffusion of oxygen molecules from the water to the air; and a network of lights for providing artificial light to change the feeding cycle of shrimp with industrial and natural food.

Abstract: An agitator deployable in a wellbore includes a housing, a valve disposed in the housing and including a first valve body and a second valve body permitted to rotate relative to the first valve body, a first valve adapter coupled to the housing and which includes a first receptacle which receives at least a portion of the first valve body, wherein the first receptacle includes a cylindrical inner surface and an annular shoulder projecting radially inwards from the cylindrical inner surface, and a flexible valve seat positioned in the first receptacle of the first valve adapter between the first valve body and the first valve adapter, wherein the flexible valve seat has a cylindrical portion and an annular shoulder extending radially inwards from the cylindrical portion.