Abstract: A method for generating a data structure, the data structure being used to generate an HLC or OHLC type symbol, the method includes receiving a plurality of prices, each price corresponding to a unique time within a time period, determining, from the received plurality of the prices, an open price corresponding to a start of the time period, a highest price corresponding to a first time within the time period, a lowest price corresponding to a second time within the time period, and a close price corresponding to an end of the time period, calculating a highest symbol position value indicating when the first time occurred between the start of the time period and the end of the time period, calculating a lowest symbol position value indicating when the second time occurred between the start of the time period and the end of the time period, and storing the time period, the open price, the highest price, the lowest price, the close price, the highest symbol position value, and the lowest symbol position value i

Abstract: A method of displaying a symbol representative of changes in price during a time period includes receiving a plurality of prices, each price occurring at a different corresponding time, determining, from the received plurality of the prices, an open price occurring at an initial time and a last price occurring at a last time, the time period extending from the initial time to the last time, determining, from the received plurality of prices, a highest price occurring at a first time within the time period and a lowest price occurring at a second time within the time period, generating, by a charting engine, a symbol, based on the open price, the last price, the highest price, and the lowest price, and displaying at a particular position, by the charting engine, the symbol, which includes a first indicator indicating the first time corresponding to the highest price and a second indicator indicating the second time corresponding to the lowest price.

Abstract: A method of displaying an HLL (high, low, last) type symbol representative of changes in price during a time period in which a highest price occurred at a first time within the time period, and a lowest price occurred at a second time within the time period, the method includes receiving a last price corresponding to a third time within the time period, comparing the last price to the highest price and the lowest price, in response to the comparing step, updating the highest price with the last price and updating the highest price to correspond to the third time if the last price is greater than or equal to the highest price and updating the lowest price with the last price and updating the lowest price to correspond to the third time if the last price is less than or equal to the lowest price, generating, by a charting engine, the HLL type symbol by drawing a spatiotemporal relationship between the highest price, the lowest price, and the last price in accordance with a selected symbol rendering method, wher

Abstract: A catheter having a distal tip comprising two sections of different hardness, and a method of making the same, is herein disclosed. The first section of the two sections is distal to the second section of the two sections and the second section is comprised of a material that is harder than the material of the first section. Additionally, the distal tip is bonded to a catheter shaft and the material of the catheter shaft is harder than the material of the first and second sections. The material of the catheter shaft, first section, and second section can comprise polyether block amide, with each section and the catheter shaft having different properties.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for displaying to a user a OHLC (open, high, low, close) bar representative of a price range of a market traded security during a time period includes a charting engine generating and displaying an open-close price line drawn from an open price to a close price of the time period and the charting engine generating and displaying a high-low price line intersecting the open-close price line where the high-low price line is drawn from a high price at a first time during the time period to a low price at a second time during the time period.

Abstract: A method of displaying a price range of a market traded security during a time period includes a charting engine displaying a price bar, having a width of the time period, generating at least one of an upper and lower price bar, the upper bar having a height of a high price at a first time and the lower bar having a height of a low price at a second time during the time period, connecting a bottom of the upper price bar to the top of the price bar and the top of the lower bar to the bottom of the price bar, and displaying the price bar, the upper bar, and the lower bar that visually depicts and enables the user to see proportional to the price bar when the upper price bar and the lower price bar have occurred during the time period.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for displaying to a user a candlestick representative of a price range of a market traded security during at least a portion of a time period having a plurality of intratime periods includes receiving a OHLC (open, high, low, close) data of a first intratime period and a OHLC data of a second intratime period, a charting engine generating a candle body from an open price of the first intratime period and a close price of the second intratime period, determining a highest intratime period having a highest price from each high price of each the intratime period and a lowest intratime period having a lowest price from each low price of each the intratime period, the charting engine generating at least one of an upper wick and lower wick, a bottom of the upper wick connected to a top of the candle body above the highest intratime period and a top of the lower wick connected to a bottom of the candle body below the lowest intratime period, and the charting engine displaying the candle

Abstract: A planter for a bag including a growing medium where the bag is used for growing at least one of a seed and plant includes a base used for placement under the bag and at least one bag piercing element attached to the base where each bag piercing element includes at least one opening for liquid drainage below the base and projects upwardly from the base.

Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving content to present to a user where the content does not include results of a universal product code search request, a constructive notice discovery engine determining that at least a portion of the content includes an intellectual property mark owned by a publicly traded company located near constructive notice language, retrieving a ticker symbol corresponding to the publicly traded company, and presenting the content to the user with at least one option to the user for performing at least one operative function corresponding to the ticker symbol.

Abstract: A portable hands-free computer accessory having a housing, a controller, and a first and second button separated by a surface area configured to accommodate a foot of a user. The controller is configured to detect a first set of two or more commands associated with a first set of one or more actuation types of the first button, each command from the first set of commands corresponding to a respective actuation type from the first set of actuation types, detect a second set of two or more commands associated with a second set of one or more actuation types of the second button, each command from the second set of playback commands corresponding to a respective different actuation type from the second set of actuation types, and, based on the first and second sets of commands, control playback of a video displayed on a computing device.

Abstract: A system and a method for allowing users to quickly and cost-effectively design and make functional circuit boards, without the need for the users to have any specialized education or training. The system allows users to define a footprint for the circuit board to be designed. The system maintains information associated with each of the circuit board components and uses this information to help users determine where to place the components, add ancillary components, and make connections between these components.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a multiplex fluid processing cartridge includes a sample well, a deformable fluid chamber, a mixing well with a mixer disposed therein, a lysis chamber including a lysis mixer, an electrowetting grid for microdroplet manipulation, and electrosensor arrays configured to detect analytes of interest. An instrument for processing the cartridge is configured to receive the cartridge and to selectively apply thermal energy, magnetic force, and electrical connections to one or more discrete locations on the cartridge and is further configured to compress the deformable chamber(s) in a specified sequence.

Abstract: Heat resistant sensors equipped with any of a variety of transducers for measuring any of a variety of properties of fluids are constructed with components comprising materials that can withstand very high temperatures. Some embodiments of the sensors include a first pressure sensitive element and a second pressure sensitive element with respective first and second membranes positioned in juxtaposed relation to each other to form a capacitor. Some embodiments include a pusher that extends from the membrane toward a first electrode. Some embodiments have a housing comprising a ceramic substrate with a sensor element mounted on an inside surface of the substrate. Other embodiments have direction sensing capabilities including a heater positioned in a core material and at least three temperature sensors located at or near the peripheral surface of the core material and spaced apart angularly in relation to each other.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a multiplex fluid processing cartridge includes a sample well, a deformable fluid chamber, a mixing well with a mixer disposed therein, a lysis chamber including a lysis mixer, an electrowetting grid for microdroplet manipulation, and electrosensor arrays configured to detect analytes of interest. An instrument for processing the cartridge is configured to receive the cartridge and to selectively apply thermal energy, magnetic force, and electrical connections to one or more discrete locations on the cartridge and is further configured to compress the deformable chamber(s) in a specified sequence.

Abstract: A network access device is configured to display a first vertical line of a height proportionate to a range between a first high price and first low price from a first intratime period of OHLC data and display a second vertical line adjacent to the first vertical line, the second vertical line having a height proportionate to a range between a second high price and second low price from a second intratime period of OHLC data and generate a body from an open price of the time period and a close price of the second intratime period and determine a highest intratime period having a highest price from each high price of each intratime period and a lowest intratime period having a lowest price from each low price of each intratime period and generate and display an enhanced candlestick by the display of the body overlayed upon the first vertical line and the second vertical line and then generate at least one of an upper wick and lower wick by a removal of all portions of all vertical lines outside of the body fro

Abstract: In one embodiment, a multiplex fluid processing cartridge includes a sample well, a deformable fluid chamber, a mixing well with a mixer disposed therein, a lysis chamber including a lysis mixer, an electrowetting grid for microdroplet manipulation, and electrosensor arrays configured to detect analytes of interest. An instrument for processing the cartridge is configured to receive the cartridge and to selectively apply thermal energy, magnetic force, and electrical connections to one or more discrete locations on the cartridge and is further configured to compress the deformable chamber(s) in a specified sequence.

Abstract: Systems and methods for thermal management are provided. Thermal management components may include an electrical source and a cooling source. The electrical source may supply electricity to an electrical apparatus. In addition, the thermal management components store thermal energy. A controller may cause the electrical apparatus to be cooled by the cooling source and delay or suspend cooling the electrical source with the cooling source while a state of charge of the electrical source is greater than a predefined value for the electrical source. The state of charge of the electrical source may include a measurement of cooling capacity available by the electrical source.

Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for the real time processing of nucleic acid during polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and thermal melt applications. According to an aspect of the invention, a system for the rapid serial processing of multiple nucleic acid assays is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes, but is not limited to: a microfluidic cartridge having microfluidic (flow-through) channels, a fluorescence imaging system, a temperature measurement and control system; a pressure measurement and control system for applying variable pneumatic pressures to the microfluidic cartridge; a storage device for holding multiple reagents (e.g., a well-plate); a liquid handling system comprising at least one robotic pipettor for aspirating, mixing, and dispensing reagent mixtures to the microfluidic cartridge; systems for data storage, processing, and output; and a system controller to coordinate the various devices and functions.

Abstract: Techniques are described for collecting sensor data associated with a wheelchair and, based on the sensor data, determining metric(s) for a user of the wheelchair. Sensor(s) attached to, or in proximity to, the wheelchair may collect sensor data describing the wheelchair and/or its component(s), such as location, velocity, acceleration, direction of movement, orientations (e.g., pitch, yaw, roll), angular velocity of wheels, angular acceleration of wheels, and so forth. The sensor data may be analyzed to determine (e.g., fitness) metrics such as a caloric burn rate, a metabolic burn rate, and/or power expenditure of the user while the user is employing the wheelchair to exercise or otherwise move. The metric(s) and/or sensor data may be presented to the user through a user interface on a smartphone, tablet computer, wearable computer, or other device, to enable the user to monitor fitness metric(s) during use of the wheelchair.

Abstract: A system and a method for allowing users to quickly and cost-effectively design and make functional circuit boards, without the need for the users to have any specialized education or training. The system allows users to define a footprint for the circuit board to be designed. The system maintains information associated with each of the circuit board components and uses this information to help users determine where to place the components, add ancillary components, and make connections between these components.