Abstract: Techniques for encrypting short-term data using layered encryption based on difficult to obtain secrets are described herein. Data that will be encrypted is designated as the source data for a first iteration of a layered encryption. An index indicates a data block within a large set of random data. The data block is encrypted and the encrypted data block is combined with the source data for the iteration to produce set of cryptographic data for the current iteration. The set of cryptographic data is used to generate cryptographic key data that is used to encrypt the index and the encrypted index is stored. The set of cryptographic data is then used as the source data for the next iteration.

Abstract: Systems and methods of operating an alarm device of a home security system which integrates one or more sensors of a mobile device when the mobile device is located within a home protected by the home security system are provided. The security system may determine an unauthorized entry to the home based on an operating mode of the home security system and sensor data collected by the one or more sensors of the mobile device. An alarm may be output by the alarm device of the home security system based on the determined unauthorized entry by the home security system.

Abstract: An analyser 10 for identifying or verifying or otherwise characterising a liquid based drug sample 16 comprising: an electromagnetic radiation source 11 for emitting electromagnetic radiation 14a in at least one beam at a sample 16, the electromagnetic radiation comprising at least two different wavelengths, a sample detector 17 that detects affected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the emitted electromagnetic radiation affected by the sample, and a processor 18 for identifying or verifying the sample from the detected affected electromagnetic radiation, wherein each wavelength or at least two of the wavelengths is between substantially 1300 nm and 2000 nm, and each wavelength or at least two of the wavelengths is in the vicinity of the wavelength(s) of (or within a region spanning) a spectral characteristic in the liquid spectrum between substantially 1300 nm and 2000 nm.

Abstract: A process for cleaning a reactor, the reactor comprising a shell including catalyst for selectively converting hydrocarbons. The process includes removing catalyst from the reactor and deploying a robot into the reactor. A cleaner from the robot is applied onto a surface within the shell of the reactor that includes a foulant. The cleaner is adapted to remove the foulant from the surface within the shell of the reactor. The cleaner may be one of light radiation, heat radiation, ultra-high pressure fluid, and liquid nitrogen.

Abstract: A system and method for obtaining a request to perform a data operation with a volume, wherein the volume is a logical storage space in which data objects may be stored, determining a plurality of zones for performing the data operation with the volume, wherein each zone of the plurality of zones comprises a series of sectors of a computer-readable storage medium that forms an append-only section of the computer-readable storage medium, and performing the data operation with the volume on the plurality of zones.

Abstract: A permanent split capacitor (PSC) motor includes a stator defining an axis of rotation and a rotor disposed adjacent the stator. The stator includes a start winding, a capacitor electrically coupled in series with the start winding, a first plurality of windings, and a second plurality of windings. The motor includes first and second sets of electrical leads connected respectively to the first plurality of windings and to the second plurality of windings, the first plurality of windings and the second plurality of windings respectively configurated to rotate the motor respectively at a first and second rotational speeds of the motor when mounted respectively to the first machine and to the second machine.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting human intruders while rejecting/ignoring an occupant's registered pet. An object detection system is configured to detect an object that is present in a monitored area and generate a signal output relative to the type of object. A signature processor is configured to receive the generated signal output and produce an object signature, and compare a threshold signature to the object signature, wherein the threshold signature is generated using a photograph of a reserved object, and wherein the object detection system rejects the detected object when the object signature is determined to be similar to the threshold signatures.

Abstract: Methods, compositions, and apparatuses are disclosed and described for assessing systemic immune response by monitoring changes of biophysical properties of mammalian immune cells or immune relevant bacterial cells in response to a gradient of chemoattractant in vitro.

Abstract: Techniques for encoding data in grid encoded data storage systems are described herein. Data is stored in a grid of shards using grid encoding techniques that store the data in a combination of data shards and derived shards. Because the data is redundantly encoded in the grid of shards, a plurality of distinct copies of the data are reproducible from the grid of shards where each distinct copy is reproducible from a non-overlapping set of shards of the grid of shards.

Abstract: A data center may include a tape library rack module along with rack computer systems. The rack computer systems may be configured to provide computing capacity within a data center environment. In some embodiments, the tape library rack module may include an enclosure encompassing an interior of the tape library rack module, a rack within the interior, and a tape library unit mounted on the rack. The tape library rack unit may include tape cartridges configured to store data within a tape environment that is different than the data center environment. The tape library rack unit may be within a portion of the interior that is enclosed such that it is environmentally isolated from the data center environment. In some examples, the tape library rack module may include a cooling unit and/or a humidifier unit, which may provide the tape environment to the environmentally isolated portion of the interior of the tape library rack module.

Abstract: A method and analyzer for identifying or verifying or otherwise characterizing a sample comprising: using or having an electromagnetic radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation in at least one beam at a sample, the electromagnetic radiation comprising at least two different wavelengths, using or having a sample detector that detects affected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the emitted electromagnetic radiation affected by the sample and provides output representing the detected affected radiation, and using or having a processor for determining sample coefficients from the output, and identifying or verifying or otherwise characterizing the sample using the sample coefficients and training coefficients determined from training samples, wherein the coefficients reduce sensitivity to a sample retainer variation and/or are independent of concentration.

Abstract: A logical storage layer for shared storage systems interposes between address ranges of the shards and the storage devices on which the shards are stored. The shards may be logically addressed using a plurality of addressable zones, to which the storage devices are independently mapped. Data requests related to a given piece of data associated with a shard may involve multiple storage devices, and vice versa.

Abstract: A user interface includes a curved outer surface, a generally flat printed circuit board defining a base plane, and a capacitive touch sensor connected to the generally flat printed circuit board and offset from the base plane. The capacitive touch sensor is substantially aligned with the curved outer surface. The user interface may be provided on an appliance.

Abstract: An inflatable hover structure, conveyor structure, and slide structure are disclosed utilizing an inflatable envelope with a perforated top surface and tensioning reinforcements to establish a smooth hover surface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing an integrated search is provided. An interface is provided that allows users to search and select any data related to a searchable term. Searchable terms may comprise titles of content, actors, and tags. Upon receiving results from the initial search, the user progresses through the initial search by selecting a result from the initial search and conducting a further search of that selection. The search may progress through many layers of searching in order to find information useful to the user and the user may perform actions based upon results of the search. The search implements a display with two columns, the first column displaying selectable data, and the second column displaying results to the selected data. The search is further customizable based upon a privacy level selected by the user.

Abstract: Techniques described and suggested herein include various methods and systems for verifying integrity of redundancy coded data, such as erasure coded data shards. In some embodiments, a quantity of redundancy coded data elements, hereafter referred to as data shards (e.g., erasure coded data shards), sufficient to reconstruct the original data element from which the redundancy coded data elements are derived, is used to generate reconstructed data shards to be used for checking the validity of analogous data shards stored for the original data element.

Abstract: A permanent split capacitor (PSC) motor includes a stator defining an axis of rotation and a rotor disposed adjacent the stator. The stator includes a start winding, a capacitor electrically coupled in series with the start winding, a first plurality of windings, and a second plurality of windings. At least one winding of the first plurality of windings is energized in parallel with at least one winding of the second plurality of windings at a first voltage and in series with the at least one winding of the second plurality of windings at a second voltage. The first and second pluralities of windings are energized to produce a plurality of motor speeds. The rotor rotates relative to the stator about the axis of rotation at a selected one of the plurality of motor speeds induced at least partially by a magnetic output of the windings of the stator.

Abstract: A scroll compressor can include a housing, a rod member, and a nut. The housing can define a first bore. The non-orbiting scroll can include a flange. The flange can define a second bore. The rod member can have a first axial end that is coupled to the housing. The rod member can extend from the first bore and through the second bore to a second axial end of the rod member. The rod member can include at least one set of external threads. The at least one set of external threads can be disposed about the second axial end of the rod member. The nut can be threadably engaged with the second axial end of the rod member. The second bore can be disposed axially between the nut and the housing. The primary forces acting within the rod member are tensile forces, while torsional shear forces are minimized.

Abstract: A data center may include a tape library rack module along with rack computer systems. The rack computer systems may be configured to provide computing capacity within a data center environment. In some embodiments, the tape library rack module may include an enclosure encompassing an interior of the tape library rack module, a rack within the interior, and a tape library unit mounted on the rack. The tape library rack unit may include tape cartridges configured to store data within a tape environment that is different than the data center environment. The tape library rack unit may be within a portion of the interior that is enclosed such that it is environmentally isolated from the data center environment. In some examples, the tape library rack module may include a cooling unit and/or a humidifier unit, which may provide the tape environment to the environmentally isolated portion of the interior of the tape library rack module.

Abstract: The present invention includes a pair of boxing robots. Each robot includes at least one wheel and at least one arm controllable through a control system on the robot that is in communication with a user control unit. The control system has at least one axis of inertial sensing to support balancing of the robot. Preprogrammed algorithms are configured to include a balance algorithm to (a) maintain the robot upright during movement and actions, (b) maintain the robot upright upon sensing impact or force onto the robot, (c) cause the robot to fall prone upon sensing a strong impact or force (defined above a threshold) or sensing repeated impacts above a threshold number, and (d) create specified movement to mimic swagger, loss of energy, and additional wobble to imitate dazing. A set of preprogrammed instructions to (a) control wheels to move the robot, (b) control arms to mimic punching.