Abstract: An energy storage system includes an energy storage component. It further includes heat generating electronics. It further includes a fluid circulator that transfers fluid between the energy storage component and the heat generating electronics. The circulator is controlled to alternatively transfer fluid from the battery to the heat generating electronics or from the heat generating electronics to the energy storage component based at least in part on a thermal state of the energy storage system.

Abstract: A system that includes a wettable thermal insulator, a phase change material, and a flexible pouch. In the event a thermal event occurs, the phase change material changes from a liquid state to a gaseous state. The flexible pouch is configured to envelope the wettable thermal insulator and the phase change material in the liquid state.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating between devices using short-range communication links. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating access-right data between devices for verification or transfer.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processor, a physical design block and a physical hierarchy of a chip design of a chip. Further, the method includes extracting, by the processor, one or more features of a macro to be added to the chip design based on a logic synthesis of the chip design. Further, the method includes predicting, by the processor, specifications of the macro to be added to the chip design based on the physical design block, the predicting performed using a pre-trained machine learning model. Further, the method includes using, by the processor, the specifications of the macro to perform a physical synthesis of the chip design to determine a physical layout of the chip.

Abstract: A hydrofoiling watercraft is disclosed that includes a board having a top surface for supporting a user and a bottom surface. Extending from the top surface of the board is a handlebar. Extending from the bottom surface of the board is a hydrofoil including a strut and a hydrofoil wing. A propulsion system is attached to the hydrofoil.

Abstract: A voice-controlled question answering system that is capable of answering questions using both a knowledge base and a search engine. The knowledge base is used to answer questions when answers to those questions are contained in the knowledge base. If an answer using the knowledge base is unavailable, and if the question is suitable for answering using an unstructured search approach, the system may obtain an answer using a search engine. The search engine results may be processed to obtain an answer to the question suitable for output using a voice user interface.

Abstract: A gap compensated stress sensing system and methods for using the same are provided. The system can include a sensor head in communication with a controller. The sensor head can contain a stress sensor configured to generate a stress signal representing stress applied to a target based upon measurement of generated magnetic fluxes passing through the target. The system can also include a drive circuit configured to provide a current for generation of the magnetic fluxes, and to measure signals characterizing a gap between the sensor head and the target. The controller can analyze these signals to determine a gap-dependent reference signal that is relatively insensitive to electrical runout. The controller can further adjust the stress signal based upon the gap-dependent reference signal to determine an improved stress signal that has reduced sensitivity to gap changes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating between devices using short-range communication links. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating access-right data between devices for verification or transfer.

Abstract: A voice-controlled question answering system that is capable of answering questions using both a knowledge base and a search engine. The knowledge base is used to answer questions when answers to those questions are contained in the knowledge base. If an answer using the knowledge base is unavailable, and if the question is suitable for answering using an unstructured search approach, the system may obtain an answer using a search engine. The search engine results may be processed to obtain an answer to the question suitable for output using a voice user interface.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processor, a physical design block and a physical hierarchy of a chip design of a chip. Further, the method includes extracting, by the processor, one or more features of a macro to be added to the chip design based on a logic synthesis of the chip design. Further, the method includes predicting, by the processor, specifications of the macro to be added to the chip design based on the physical design block, the predicting performed using a pre-trained machine learning model. Further, the method includes using, by the processor, the specifications of the macro to perform a physical synthesis of the chip design to determine a physical layout of the chip.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating between devices using short-range communication links. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating access-right data between devices for verification or transfer.

Abstract: The disclosed devices for lateral flow testing may include a receptacle for receiving bodily fluids from a patient that has a predetermined fluid volume for application to one or more lateral flow test strips. A test strip holder may be positioned to receive the predetermined fluid volume of the bodily fluids from the receptacle. Various other components, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosed devices for lateral flow testing may include a receptacle for receiving bodily fluids from a patient that has a predetermined fluid volume for application to one or more lateral flow test strips. A test strip holder may be positioned to receive the predetermined fluid volume of the bodily fluids from the receptacle. Various other components, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention describes methods for quantifying and analyzing cell migration and drug screening. Such methods include a gel (or a hydrogel) comprising a polymer, and cells that forms an oxygen gradient within the gel by controlling the balance of the diffusion of oxygen through the top of the gel and by the consumption of oxygen uptake by the cells. The migration of the cells is determined while the cells are grown in the gel of the present invention.

Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) recovery is disclosed. An example apparatus to recover an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a support rail to support a cable. The apparatus also includes a pivot arm to rotate about a pivot, where the cable is suspended between the support rail and the pivot arm, and where the pivot arm is rotated to a first orientation when the UAV contacts the cable and rotated to a second orientation when the UAV is brought to a stop. The apparatus also includes at least one of a friction device or a damper operatively coupled to the cable to resist motion of the cable during rotation of the pivot arm from the first orientation to the second orientation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices and methods for an interactive book configured to enhance a user's vocabulary. In some embodiments, an interactive paper-based book comprises a back cover comprising a plurality of touch sensors and an audio module and a plurality of paper pages that are stacked together on top of each other. In some embodiments, each of the pages comprises a grid array of images associated with a plurality of words. In some embodiments, the grid array of images on the plurality of pages are aligned with the plurality of touch sensors on the back cover. In some embodiments, each of the pages and a set of audio files for each page are configured to be activated using a page button corresponding to the respective page. In some embodiments, the page buttons are located on one or more portions of the book. In some embodiments, the audio module is configured to play one or more sounds associated with an image on an activated page when the user touches the image on the activated page.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a system and a method. In an example implantation, the system and the method can receive an image at a first deep neural network, estimate a distance between an object depicted in the image and a vehicle, wherein the first deep neural network estimates the distance, determine whether the estimated distance is greater than a predetermined distance threshold, and generate an alert when the estimated distance is not greater than the predetermined distance threshold.

Abstract: A server includes a memory storing a shared pool of user defined vehicle settings packages and may determine, from the shared pool, one or more settings packages meeting a search request. For each determined settings package, the server may determine compatibility of the determined settings package with configurable systems of a vehicle associated with the search request. The server may also present a selectable list of determined settings packages that are also determined to have a predefined minimum level of compatibility with the vehicle and download a selected settings package to the vehicle, responsive to selection of the selected settings package from the selectable list.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating between devices using short-range communication links. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating access-right data between devices for verification or transfer.