Abstract: A crash cushion is provided. The crash cushion includes a rigid structure and a pod. The pod is positioned within the rigid structure. The pod includes a waste material and a binder. The binder is mixed with the waste material and configured to bind the waste material to form the pod.

Abstract: A sustainable article including a waste material and a binder is provided. The binder is mixed with the waste material and configured to bind the waste material to form the sustainable article. The binder may include a catalyst configured to enable the binder to bind the waste material to form the sustainable article. The sustainable article further includes a reinforcement system.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sustainable article is provided. The method includes mixing a waste material with a binder. The binder includes a catalyst configured to enable the binder to bind the waste material into the sustainable article. The method also includes curing the binder and the waste material into the sustainable article. The binder and the waste material are cured into the sustainable article outside of a press.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a compression collar expander assembly for expanding a tubular compression collar are described. For example, the compression collar expander assembly can include a guide plate, a spindle plate, and a plurality of carriages movably disposed on a top surface of the guide plate. Each of the plurality of carriages can include a body, a guide projecting from the body, and a die set comprising a plurality of dies. Each die can include a base coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of carriages and a prong upstanding from the base. In some embodiments, a tapered expander is configured to assist with expanding the plurality of dies.

Abstract: An extended-reality projectile-firing gaming system includes a projectile-firing device that includes a projectile repository, a battlefield object, a network configured to provide communication and control connectivity in accordance with at least one protocol to the projectile-firing device and the battlefield object, an extended-reality gaming application, and an extended-reality device. The extended-reality device includes at least one display and is configured to provide computer-aided vision of real and virtual objects and a computer-aided interface for interaction with the real and virtual objects, the computer-aided interface configured to receive commands or instructions associated with the real and virtual objects and corresponding to the gameplay configuration.

Abstract: A sustainable barrier including a waste material and a binder is provided. The binder is mixed with the waste material and configured to bind the waste material into the sustainable barrier. The binder includes a catalyst configured to enable the binder to bind the waste material into the sustainable barrier. The sustainable barrier has a maximum load rating of at least 25,000 pounds.

Abstract: A blaster for shooting projectiles that includes a housing that defines a housing interior, and a variable velocity barrel assembly positioned in the housing interior. The variable velocity barrel assembly includes a barrel that defines a barrel axis and a barrel interior. The barrel includes an exit opening at a distal end thereof. At least a first opening communicates the barrel interior with an exterior of the barrel. The first opening is defined through a side wall of the barrel. A slider member that includes a cylindrical portion that surrounds the barrel is movable axially along the barrel between a maximum velocity position where the cylindrical portion covers the first opening and a minimum velocity position where the slider member does not cover the first opening.

Abstract: An extended-reality projectile-firing gaming system includes a projectile-firing device that includes a projectile repository, a battlefield object, a network configured to provide communication and control connectivity in accordance with at least one protocol to the projectile-firing device and the battlefield object, an extended-reality gaming application, and an extended-reality device. The extended-reality device includes at least one display and is configured to provide computer-aided vision of real and virtual objects and a computer-aided interface for interaction with the real and virtual objects, the computer-aided interface configured to receive commands or instructions associated with the real and virtual objects and corresponding to the gameplay configuration.

Abstract: A method for coupling a tube to a tube fitting includes radially outwardly expanding a tubular compression collar from a constricted state to an expanded state, the compression collar having a throughway extending there through and being made of a resiliently flexible material. An end of the tube is inserted within the throughway of the expanded compression collar, the tube bounding a passage. A tube fitting is inserted within the passage of the tube. The compression collar is allowed to resiliently rebound back towards the constricted state so that the compression collar pushes the tube against the tube fitting.

Abstract: A toy projectile shooter that includes a housing defining a housing interior, a barrel, a trigger movable between a firing position and a non-firing position, a firing motor, a plunger sensor, a plunger disposed in the housing interior, and a shot firing mode system configured to activate the firing motor when the trigger is moved from the non-firing position to the firing position, move the plunger from a first plunger position to a second plunger position when the firing motor is activated, actuate the plunger sensor when the plunger is moved from the first plunger position to the second plunger position, bias the plunger from the second plunger position to the first plunger position after the plunger sensor is actuated, and deactivate the firing motor after the plunger sensor has been actuated a predetermined number of times.

Abstract: Nozzles, nozzle assemblies, and blaster assemblies featuring interchangeable nozzles having externally powered electrical components or accessories. A nozzle assembly may include a body. The body may have a projectile opening defined therethrough. The nozzle assembly may further include an electrical component that is attachable to the body. The nozzle assembly may further include an electrical connection member coupled to the body and the electrical component. The electrical connection member may be configured to electrically connect the electrical component to the blaster.

Abstract: A sustainable barrier including a waste material and a binder is provided. The binder is mixed with the waste material and configured to bind the waste material into the sustainable barrier. The binder includes a catalyst configured to enable the binder to bind the waste material into the sustainable barrier.

Abstract: A sustainable barrier including a waste material and a binder is provided. The binder is mixed with the waste material and configured to bind the waste material into the sustainable barrier. The binder includes a catalyst configured to enable the binder to bind the waste material into the sustainable barrier. The sustainable barrier has a maximum load rating of at least 25,000 pounds.

Abstract: A sustainable barrier including a waste material and a binder is provided. The binder is mixed with the waste material and configured to bind the waste material into the sustainable barrier. The binder includes a catalyst configured to enable the binder to bind the waste material into the sustainable barrier. The sustainable barrier has a maximum load rating of at least 25,000 pounds.

Abstract: Presented herein is a handheld analyte measurement device. The analyte measurement device includes one or more software applications to help the user manager their diabetes. Embodiments and descriptions of the various applications are provided below in conjunction with the handheld analyte measurement device.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a deinking primer composition for deinking of a substrate, wherein said deinking primer composition comprises a binder component that has a polymeric backbone with pendent hydroxy or carboxy groups that have been esterified or acetalised or ketalised to such an extent that the binder component has an acid value of 0-50 mg KOH/g or a hydroxyl value of 0-600 mg KOH/g, preferably 0-400 mg KOH/g, so that a primer layer prepared from said deinking primer composition is dissolvable in an alkaline aqueous medium.

Abstract: An electrically actuated propeller pitch control system includes a propeller hub assembly, a propeller assembly, and a crosshead drive system. The propeller hub assembly rotates about the central axis during operation of watercraft. The propeller assembly is configured to selectively rotate a propeller blade. The crosshead drive system includes an electric motor, a transmission, and a lead screw that rotates about the central axis.

Abstract: An electrically actuated propeller pitch control system includes a propeller hub assembly, a propeller assembly, and a crosshead drive system. The propeller hub assembly rotates about the central axis during operation of watercraft. The propeller assembly is configured to selectively rotate a propeller blade. The crosshead drive system includes an electric motor, a transmission, and a lead screw that rotates about the central axis.

Abstract: An electrically actuated propeller pitch control system includes a propeller hub, a propeller assembly, and a crosshead drive system. The propeller hub rotates about the central axis during operation of watercraft. The propeller assembly is coupled to rotate with the propeller hub during operation of the watercraft. The crosshead drive system includes an electric motor, a lead screw, and a pitch position indicator system configured to indicate a pitch angle of propeller blades.