Abstract: A floor cleaning apparatus is provided. The floor cleaning apparatus includes a roller arrangement for carrying rolls of soiled and unsoiled cleaning media thereon. The floor cleaning apparatus also includes an actuation arrangement operable to simultaneously unwind unsoiled cleaning media and wind soiled cleaning media.

Abstract: A wellbore apparatus may include first and second tubular members joined together in end-to-end relation, the first tubular member having a reduced outer diameter end portion. The wellbore apparatus may further include a removable modular antenna assembly comprising a cylindrical dielectric housing removably positioned on the reduced outer diameter end portion of the first tubular member, at least one antenna coil carried by the cylindrical dielectric housing, and a first electrical connector coupled to the at least one antenna coil. The wellbore apparatus may also include resistivity processing circuitry coupled to the first electrical connector to determine an electrical resistivity of a wellbore based upon the at least one antenna coil.

Abstract: A system and method collects at least one measurement within a borehole formed in a formation. The system and method provides a drill collar made of a non-conductive or substantially non-conductive composite material positioned within the borehole. A downhole component is capable of collecting at least one measurement and is embedded within the composite material of the drill collar. The at least one measurement collectable by the downhole component is related to the borehole or the formation about the borehole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a training device usable in both indoor and outdoor training sessions, linked to a communication network capable of connecting multiple remote users during shared training sessions. Said device comprises, among other elements, a training means which presents a variable resistance against a physical force applied by a user; a monitoring and communication unit of data regarding the physical condition of the user and the mechanical conditions of the training means; a simulation and control unit; and a plurality of sensors for acquiring information on the physical condition of the user, on the mechanical conditions of the training means and on the user's environment.

Abstract: The present invention is a lemon juicer device to juice a half lemon that includes a bottom spoon-shaped base with a cup portion that includes 4 metal cutting blades and a plurality of apertures disposed on the cup portion and a handle portion, a top spoon-shaped press with a cup portion that includes a plurality of slots that correspond to the cutting blades and a handle portion and an ejector plate disposed in the front of the cup portion of the bottom spoon-shaped press. There is also an attachment indentation and an attachment protrusion where the attachment indentation and the attachment protrusion can be mated and snapped together to secure the cup portion of the bottom spoon-shaped base and the cup portion of the top spoon-shaped press together and a hinge that swingably attaches the bottom spoon-shaped base to the top spoon-shaped press.

Abstract: A drill string caliper includes a mandrel configured to be coupled within a drill string. At least one laterally extensible arm is coupled to an exterior of the mandrel. A biasing device is configured to urge the at least one arm into contact with a wall of a wellbore. A sensor is configured to generate an output signal corresponding to a lateral extent of the at least one arm.

Abstract: A bubble wand device that includes an elongated handle and a pair of helical coils with a pair of smooth surface wires, a center core and a hollow space. The pair of helical coils are wound and placed in a circular configuration and provide a tapered surface to allow a bubble making solution to adhere to the hollow space between the pair of helical coils, with the center core providing a reservoir to retain the bubble making solution. The bubble wand device also includes a plurality of inner spires that protrudes from the center core of the pair of helical coils where the inner spires increase bubble production from the pair of helical coils which suspend the bubble making solution.

Abstract: A system is provided for automatically notifying a user of predicted action. The system may be configured to monitor and observe a user's interactions with incoming data, identify patterns of actions the user may take in response to the incoming data and generate a notification associated with the action. A trainer component and a classifier component determine the probability a user may take a particular action and to make predictions of likely user actions based on the observations of the user. A notifier may communicate with the classifier to generate a particular user notification associated with a user action response generated by the classifier. The notifier component utilizes a logic device to compare the received user prediction from the classifier with a plurality of user notifications stored in a database. The notifier component sends the user notification to one or more user devices associated with a user.

Abstract: A system is provided for automatically predicting actions a user is likely to take in response to receiving data. The system may be configured to monitor and observe a user's interactions with incoming data and to identify patterns of actions the user may take in response to the incoming data. The system may enable a trainer component and a classifier component to determine the probability a user may take a particular action and to make predictions of likely user actions based on the observations of the user and the identified pattern of the user's actions. The system may also be configured to continuously observe the user's actions to fine-tune and adjust the identified patterns of user actions and to update the probabilities of likely user actions in order increase the accuracy of the predicted user action in response to incoming data.

Abstract: A floor cleaning apparatus is provided. The floor cleaning apparatus includes a roller arrangement for carrying rolls of soiled and unsoiled cleaning media thereon. The floor cleaning apparatus also includes an actuation arrangement operable to simultaneously unwind unsoiled cleaning media and wind soiled cleaning media.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to control a formation testing operation based on a mudcake leakage are disclosed. A disclosed example method for use with a downhole tool disposed in a wellbore comprises measuring a property of a mudcake layer at a first location in a wellbore, determining a value representative of an estimated leakage through the mudcake layer based on the property, and determining, based on the value, whether to continue a formation testing operation.

Abstract: Acoustic communication apparatus for use with downhole tools are described. An example acoustic communication apparatus for use in a wellbore includes a first acoustic transducer to generate first acoustic signals. The first acoustic transducer is mounted in an interior of a first drill collar to transmit the first acoustic signals via at least a portion of a body of a drillstring or a mud channel within the drillstring to a second drill collar. Additionally, the example acoustic communication apparatus includes a first receiver mounted to the first drill collar to receive second acoustic signals transmitted from the second drill collar.

Abstract: A downhole tool for subsurface disposal is provided. The tool comprises an elongated tool body, an enclosure attached to an exterior surface of the tool body. The enclosure comprises at least one transducer disposed at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the enclosure, and an electronics board coupled to and disposed adjacent to the at least one transducer. The enclosure also defines an internal cavity, and the internal cavity contains a fluid for insulating the at least one transducer from a downhole environment. The fluid is in direct contact with the at least one transducer and the electronics board.

Abstract: Artificial intelligence engine that receives data related to at least one of at least one available network of a mobile communication environment and system data of a mobile device in the mobile communication environment. The artificial intelligence engine includes a rules engine that receives a currently configured set including at least one rule, the at least one rule includes at least one condition and at least one action. The at least one condition includes at least one predicate and at least one condition state, and the rules engine is structured to evaluate the at least one condition and the at least one predicate. Further, a triggering device triggers the at least one action in accordance with the evaluation of the at least one condition and the at least one predicate.

Abstract: A downhole tool for subsurface disposal is provided. The tool comprises an elongated tool body, an enclosure attached to an exterior surface of the tool body. The enclosure comprises at least one transducer disposed at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the enclosure, and an electronics board coupled to and disposed adjacent to the at least one transducer. The enclosure also defines an internal cavity, and the internal cavity contains a fluid for insulating the at least one transducer from a downhole environment. The fluid is in direct contact with the at least one transducer and the electronics board.

Abstract: Mobile user auditing system and method for monitoring at least one available network accessible by a mobile user within a mobile communications environment. The mobile user auditing system includes an acquisition device to acquire, from the mobile user, data related to at least one of: service coverage for the mobile user in the at least one available network; service quality for the mobile user in the at least one available network; and service usage for the mobile user in the at least one available network, and a plotter to identify on an audit map locations within the at least one available network from which the acquired data was received.

Abstract: Mobile device tracker and method for tracking movement of mobile devices within a mobile communications environment. The mobile device tracker includes an acquisition device to periodically acquire location data for the mobile device within the mobile communications environment, and a plotter to identify on a map of a geographical region within which the mobile communications environment is located the location data for the mobile device.

Abstract: Data collection agent associated with a mobile device movable within a mobile communications environment that includes at least one available network connectable to the mobile device. The data collection agent includes an acquisition device to acquire data related to at least one of: service coverage for the at least one available network; service quality for the at least one available network; usage for the at least one available network; and system data from the mobile device, and a transmitter to send the acquired data to a web server.

Abstract: Network auditing system and method for monitoring or auditing at least one communications network. The network auditing system includes an acquisition device to acquire, for locations throughout the at least one communications network, data related to at least one of: service coverage for the at least one communications network; service quality for the at least one communications network; and service usage for the at least one communications network, and a plotter to identify on an audit map the data acquired for the locations.

Abstract: Controller coupled to a mobile communications environment including at least one of a public and a private network and method of controlling a mobile device in the mobile communications environment. The controller includes a receiver that receives data about network operating parameters at specific locations within the at least one of a public and private network, a processor that evaluates the data about the network operating parameters at the specific locations based upon rules for the mobile device, and a transmitter that sends advisories to a mobile device located within a predetermined proximity to one of the specific locations about the network operating parameters.