Abstract: The invention provides methods and apparatus for visualizing multivariate data being provided with attributes. It further provides systems for displaying multivariate data. A method and a system allow identification of items of interests and to increase the amount of information to be displayed in respect to the attribute mapped to the brightness visualization dimension a method is proposed for visualization of multivariate data being provided with attributes comprising the steps of: mapping a multivariate data point to a glyph; calculating a brightness value for the glyph by mapping a continuous data dimension to the glyph; and displaying the glyph based on the calculated brightness value. By further interactively adjustment the interval of interest the mapping function for calculating the brightness value could be adapted interactively depending on user settings. Such methods are suitable for intrusion detections systems and online data analysis systems.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for advancing and extracting a component from a tube or channel of a magazine by the employment of a vacuum to a port that engages an open proximal end of the tube or channel of the magazine where the vacuum is sufficient to advance and hold the component as the head is moved away from the proximal end in a direction parallel to the long axis of the tube or channel of the magazine.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for flipping or rotating a component 180 degrees. The apparatus includes a rotatable plate having a component opening where the component may pass through and a top and a bottom shutter where when the plate is rotated in a first direction, the top shutter closes and the bottom shutter opens and when the plate is rotated in a second, opposite direction, the bottom shutter closes and the top shutter opens. The top shutter and the bottom shutter may be coupled to a proximal and distal cam following bearing where the proximal and distal cam following bearings are located within a proximal and distal cam slot of a cam barrel.