Abstract: A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances.

Abstract: A one-way breath training device has a mouth insert engaged to a cage housing a movable baffle. The mouth insert has an air hole extending from a first end to a second end. The baffle moves within the cage between a backstop having air pathways therethrough to the second end of the mouth insert. The cage has one or more guidance tracks which the baffle moves along. When a user attempts to inhale through their mouth, the inflow of air pulls the baffle against the second end and blocks the air hole to prevent further air from entering the air hole. When a user exhales through the mouth insert, the outflowing air pushes the baffle against the backstop of the cage thereby opening the air hole and air pathways for the exhaled air to escape.

Abstract: An automated self-cleaning litter box (20) includes a guide arrangement (114) to allow for slidably mounting a disposable litter receptacle (40). The litter box can include a ramp (30) with a catch basin (142) and removable mat (146).