Abstract: An air-moving device may include an aerodynamic rotor in the form of a bladed disk. The aerodynamic rotor may include a physical geometry that constrains a noise level of the air-moving device during operation. The air-moving device may be a leaf blower.

Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a housing having a wall defining an opening in the housing and at least a portion of four side surfaces of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may further include a display at least partially within the housing, a front cover positioned in the opening in the housing and over the display, the front cover defining a front surface, a peripheral side surface extending from the front surface and at least partially surrounded by the wall of the housing, and a notch that, together with a portion of the wall of the housing, defines an acoustic port of the portable electronic device. The electronic device may further include an acoustic port cover positioned at least partially in the acoustic port and a speaker at least partially within the housing and configured to direct sound through the acoustic port cover.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compound having a first ligand LA, including those comprising a structure of Formula A, In the compound, each of X1P to X6P is C, N, or B, where at least one of X1P to X6P is N or B; at least four substituent pairs selected from (R1, R2), (R2, R3), (R3, R4), (R4, R5), (R5, R6), and (R6, R1) are joined or fused together to form rings fused to the center ring P; each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is independently a hydrogen or a General Substituents defined herein; LA is coordinated to a metal M to form a 5-membered or 6-membered chelate ring; and any two substituents may be joined or fused to form a ring. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing such compounds are also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first electrical oscillator, a second electrical oscillator, at least one ferroelectric capacitor coupled between the first electrical oscillator and the second electrical oscillator, a ferroelectric capacitor of the at least one ferroelectric capacitor comprising a first terminal, a second terminal, and a ferroelectric material between the first terminal and the second terminal; and a detector coupled to the first electrical oscillator and second electrical oscillator, the detector to produce an output based on a state of the first electrical oscillator and the second electrical oscillator.

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically tracking objects, and projecting rendered 3D content onto said objects in real-time. The methods described herein further include image data capture performed by various image-capturing devices, wherein said data is segmented into various components to identify one or more projectors for rendering and projecting 3D content components onto one or more objects.

Abstract: A compound having a first ligand LA including a structure of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, each of moiety B and moiety D is a monocyclic ring or a polycyclic fused ring system; each of X1 to X5 is C or N; ring C is bonded to ring A by a C; K is a direct bond or a linking group; each RA, RB, RC, and RD is hydrogen or a General Substituent defined herein; at least one RC or RD comprises an electron-withdrawing group; and LA is coordinated to a metal M through the dashed lines. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.

Abstract: A method and system for automating CNC manufacturing is provided, comprising: receiving, at a server over a network, metadata from a plurality of CNC machines, the metadata from each CNC machine being automatically generated by a CNC control of the CNC machine as a result of an operator loading a CAD file of a first part to be formed by the CNC machine into CAM software of the CNC control and using the CAM software to define manufacturing process parameters and tool path parameters for forming the first part; training, by the server, a supervised machine learning model using the metadata as labeled training data to produce a trained model; and transmitting, by the server to at least one CNC machine of the plurality of CNC machines, model generated manufacturing process parameters and tool path parameters generated by the trained model for forming a second part.

Abstract: A personal massage device, for interaction with a user's body, comprising: a base comprising a base section and a clitoral stimulation motor, the base section and the clitoral stimulation motor each having a main longitudinal axis, the main longitudinal axis of the clitoral stimulation motor subtending an angle to the main longitudinal axis of the base section; and a shaft comprising a first shaft section and a second shaft section; wherein the base section and the first shaft section form a first flexible section, bendable in a first rotational direction, and the first shaft section and the second shaft section form a second flexible section, bendable in a second rotational direction, such that the device can be bent from a first configuration to a second configuration; wherein a component of the second rotational direction is opposite to the first rotational direction; and the flexible sections resist bending such that the device resists bending from the first configuration to the second configuration and m

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of mesh-deformation prediction is provided. The method may include generating a set of global features based on mesh information associated with a mesh of an avatar head. The mesh information may include a plurality of first vertex positions of the mesh corresponding to the avatar head being in a neutral pose. The method may include generating a set of mesh deformations for another pose of the avatar head based on the mesh information, the set of global features, and a pose vector associated with the another pose. The set of mesh deformations may be associated with a plurality of second vertex positions of the mesh corresponding to the avatar head in the another pose. The method may include performing a skinning process to generate a plurality of joints and joint weights based on the set of mesh deformations.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method of cage generation for animation is provided. The method may include identifying, by a processor, a correspondence between an input geometry of an avatar head and a template cage. The method may include generating, by the processor, an initial cage based on the correspondence. The method may include generating, by the processor, a final cage by adjusting a shape of the initial cage based on input geometry of the avatar head. The method may include animating, by the processor, the avatar head based on the input geometry and the final cage.

Abstract: Modular sexual stimulation devices or sexual stimulation devices according to various embodiments are provided. The modular sexual stimulation device includes a handle and at least one replaceable/detachable stimulation head. The handle is configured to receive the at least one stimulation head. In some embodiments, the modular sexual stimulation device includes a handle enclosing at least a rechargeable battery and a first stimulation head configured to be detached from or coupled to the handle. The first stimulation head encloses a first stimulation component powered by the battery. In some embodiments, the modular sexual stimulation device further includes a second stimulation head configured to be detached from or coupled to the handle such that the first stimulation head can be replaced with the second stimulation head enclosing a second stimulation component powered by the battery. Each of the first and second stimulation components includes a vibration and/or suction motor.

Abstract: An air-moving device may include an aerodynamic rotor in the form of a bladed disk. The aerodynamic rotor may include a physical geometry that constrains a noise level of the air-moving device.

Abstract: Magnetoelectric spin-orbit (MESO) devices, integrated circuit devices and systems with MESO devices, and methods of forming the same, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a first layer that includes a magnetoelectric material; one or more second layers over the first layer, where the second layer(s) include one or more ferromagnetic materials; a third layer over the second layer(s), where the third layer includes an antiferromagnetic material; and a fourth layer over the third layer, where the fourth layer includes at least one of a metal, a topological insulator, or a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor material.

Abstract: A system for monitoring wear of a tension member, having: a hoistway; a car; an elevator motor having a first sheave; a processor configured to: access historical data including at least one of prior usage data of the tension member and historical traffic pattern of the car; track real time data indicative of bends of segments of the tension member; determine from historical data and real time data a health condition of the segments of the tension member; issue a service alert when bends in one or more segments of the tension member exceeds a threshold; and control the car to transport an inspector to one or more locations along the hoistway that provide for visual inspection of at least one segment of the one or more segments that has a greater amount of bends relative to another segment of the one or more segments.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method of dynamic head generation is provided. The method may include computing a linear blend skinning (LBS) rig associated with an avatar head based on a set of mesh deformations for a plurality of poses of the avatar head. The LBS rig may include a set of skinning joints and a set of joint weights. Each joint weight of the set of joint weights may be assigned to a vertex of a mesh of the avatar head in a neutral pose. The method may include computing an adjusted head cage for the avatar head based on a correspondence between the mesh of the avatar head in the neutral pose and a template head cage using a landmark-prediction model or a regression model. The method may include animating the avatar head based on the LBS rig and the adjusted head cage.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula I or II. Compounds of Formula I or II may be used in pharmaceutical formulations, and may be used for modulating glucocorticoid receptors.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for automatically computing a linear blend skinning (LBS) rig. Most mesh vertices do not change positions from neutral pose to another pose (e.g., the mesh vertices at the top and back of the head). Thus, the present Smooth Skinning Decomposition for Rigid Bones (SSDR) technique determines joint transforms and skinning weights using vertex-joint sets in which a vertex i is influenced by joint j.

Abstract: A communications network utilizes codelets within a network function for correcting interoperability issues within standardized messages. A processor configured to execute the instructions for operating the network function receives a codelet for execution at a hook point for processing a standardized message within the instructions. The processor executes the codelet to determine that a message is incompatible with a local configuration or interpretation of the standardized message and to modify the message to be compatible with the local configuration or interpretation of the standardized message. The processor executes the network function to process the modified message.

Abstract: A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system comprising well piping, the landfill gas having a first temperature when extracted, the control system comprising: a gas composition chamber coupled to the well piping and comprising at least one sensor configured to measure one or more characteristics of a landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber; a temperature control mechanism configured to heat the landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber to a second temperature at least a threshold amount greater than the first temperature; and a controller configured to control the at least one sensor to measure the one or more characteristics of the landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber when a temperature of the landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber is at least the threshold amount greater than the first temperature.

Abstract: Systems and methods utilizing aqueous-based polymer binders for silicon-dominant anodes containing pyrolyzed carbon may include an electrode coating layer on a current collector, where the electrode coating layer is formed from silicon and a water soluble polymer and may comprise one or more additional materials. The electrode coating layer may include more than 70% silicon and the anode may be in a lithium ion battery.