Abstract: An attention-getting camera attachment connects to a standardized connector of a camera or tripod, such as to a tripod screw receptacle of a camera, a tripod screw of a tripod for a camera, or a universal serial bus (USB) or other connector of the camera for example. The attachment includes an ornament for garnering the attention of a subject being photographed. The ornament may incorporate light, color, sound, motion, chemical, odor, or other techniques for attracting attention. One or more attention-getting features may be actuated manually by the user, or automatically in response to an electrical, optical, or other signal from the camera. Various components of the attention-getting camera attachment may be packaged and sold together as a kit.

Abstract: A multi-wheel highway vehicle for transporting passengers, cargo or both has a plurality of wheels supporting the vehicle with the wheels having pneumatic tires mounted thereon, at least one transducer connected to one of the wheels for sensing pressure in a tire mounted on the wheel and providing a output signal indicative of the pressure, a comparator mounted on the wheel receiving the output signal provided by the transducer for comparing the output signal from the transducer to a reference and providing a second output signal indicative of the comparison and a transmitter carried by the vehicle receiving the second output signal provided by the comparator for sending tire pressure information derived from the second output signal to a remote locale, optionally together with information identifying the vehicle and/or the location of the vehicle and/or the speed and/or the direction of travel of the vehicle and/or the identity of the driver of the vehicle.