Abstract: A remote temperature monitoring apparatus includes a base-located energizing wave transmission/communication wave reception unit (e.g. located on a cooking stove) and a remotely-located, energizing-wave-powered, temperature-dependent communication wave emission unit (e. g. located on a cooking vessel). The base-located energizing wave transmission/communication wave reception unit transmits a series of probing energizing waves and receives temperature-dependent resonant communication wave emissions.

Abstract: A remote temperature monitoring apparatus includes a base-located energizing wave transmission/communication wave reception unit (e.g. located on a cooking stove) and a remotely-located, energizing-wave-powered, temperature-dependent communication wave emission unit (e. g. located on a cooking vessel). The base-located energizing wave transmission/communication wave reception unit transmits a series of probing energizing waves and receives temperature-dependent resonant communication wave emissions.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for permitting an existing computing system to understand and operate upon applications programming, which has been prepared using the instruction set of another computing system. Selected memory units located in the central processing unit of the existing computing system are removed and apparatus containing a circuit is inserted into the electrical connections previously occupied by such memory units. The inventive circuit contains advanced micro-circuits which provide additional memory capability for containing an inventive microprogram which contains the instruction set of the computing system being emulated. The invention, after installation, permits an existing computing system to operate on applications programming written either in its original language or in the language of the machine being emulated.

Abstract: A self-contained, portable system for measuring and computing respiratory parameters of a test subject undergoing forced expired breathing maneuvers according to instructions including a spirometer for receiving the exhaled breath of the subject for generating a measurement signal, a miniaturized digital computer for receiving the measurement signal, a visual display for presenting alpha-numeric characters under control of the computer to generate indicia representative of the computed parameter results, the computer further including a central processing unit and a voltage control oscillator interconnected between the central processing unit and the spirometer for receiving the measurement signal from the spirometer and converting the same to digital signals for averaging by the central processing unit to substantially eliminate random noise.

Abstract: A programmable digital computer receives an electrical signal from a spirometer into which a person under test breathes. The signal is representative of the volume of air expired by the person. The computer controls a matrix printer. Data may be entered into the computer via a keyboard. The computer instructs the operator as to when identification data may be entered via the keyboard. The operator indicates which test is to be conducted by actuating the keyboard; and the computer receives the data and indicates whether acquired test data is acceptable. The operator tells the test subject which breathing maneuver he must follow for a desired test. The computer stores the test results and the operator may then have the measurement test results analyzed by the computer, compared with standardized predicted values, and printed on a permanent record.