Abstract: An artificial gravity heating system includes a cylindrical compartment formed of a hollow cylinder having a bottom base and an open top end. An electric motor rotates the cylindrical compartment to provide centripetal motion of materials inside the cylindrical compartment. While rotating, the materials move towards an inner wall of the cylindrical compartment. A heating element is conductively coupled along an outer wall of the cylindrical compartment for heating the materials against the inner wall via conduction. A temperature sensor is operatively coupled to the cylindrical compartment for monitoring a temperature of the cylindrical compartment. A controller is configured to control operation of the heating element based on the temperature monitored via the temperature sensor. An artificial gravity heating method is used to process materials including heating ingredients to cook food. The artificial gravity heating system may also be configured as a vapor generator dehydrator or a thermal gas generator.

Abstract: A replacement filter cartridge for a faucet mounted water filter includes a hollow filter body having an open upper portion having an upper annular edge and partially enclosed bottom portion with a fluid egress orifice therein. The upper annular edge includes a series of castellations. A filter element is disposed within the hollow filter body, and a filter element cover is configured to cover and secure the filter element, said filter element cover includes depressions in an outer peripheral edge. The depressions in the outer peripheral edge form openings between the depressions and an inner peripheral surface of the filter body, such that water can flow into the openings, through the filter element, and out of the filter housing through the fluid egress orifice.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to communicate via a weld cable are disclosed. An example welding accessory includes a first port to receive input power via a first weld cable, a power converter to convert the input power to output power, a second port to output the input power via a second weld cable, and one or more output switches to selectively divert the input power from the power converter to the second port.

Abstract: System and methods for providing multiple distinct and private video streams, where the streams are temporally and spatially overlapping, and a person uses a visual aid to substantially perceive a single distinct stream from within the multiplicity. A preferred embodiment using two or more projectors comprising a composite of three or more private streams implements the combination of spatial and temporal filtering for steam differentiation. Composite streams from multiple projectors are temporally synchronized, and each composite stream comprises one or more private streams, wherein two or more private streams are temporally interleaved. Each composite stream comprises a succession of spatially composite images. A spatially composite image comprises two or more spatially differentiable private images belonging to different distinct private image streams.

Abstract: A series of fused pentacyclic imidazole derivatives, being potent modulators of human TNFa activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders. In particular, the present invention is concerned with 6, 7-dihydro-7, 14-methanobenzimidazo[1, 2-b][2,5]benzodiazocin-5(14H)-one derivatives and analogs thereof.

Abstract: An electronic material sensor for a container, such as a dispenser for paper or liquid materials, or a waste receptacle, in a facility such as a restroom. The material sensor may be adapted to fit inside an existing material dispenser. The material sensor provides wireless data transmission of the level of liquid or paper material in the container. A traffic sensor senses presence of people in the facility. An electronic beacon assigned to a user, such as a cleaning staff, tracks location of the user in the facility. In a system employing one or more sensors, including material sensors, traffic sensors, and beacons, the sensors send real-time data to a base station running a software application, to give details about levels of the materials and facility usage, and the location of cleaning staff.

Abstract: A closure element for closing a container, comprises an inner cap member to be coupled with a mouth of the container; an outer cap member rotatably coupled to the inner cap member, and a transponder housed between the inner cap member and the outer cap member. the transponder comprises a chip, an antenna, and a control loop. The chip is attached to one of a top wall of the inner cap member and a top wall of the outer cap member and at least a portion of the control loop is attached to the other of a top wall of the inner cap member and a top wall of the outer cap member, in such a way that a relative rotation of outer cap member and the inner cap member determines a torsion or shear force to act on the control loop to break it.

Abstract: A method of making an article includes depositing a plurality of layers to form a three-dimensional preform, sintering the preform to form a sintered preform, and infiltrating the preform with at least one metal to form the article. At least one layer of the plurality of layers is formed from a beryllium-containing composition including beryllium powder. The infiltrating metal can be selected from aluminum and magnesium.

Abstract: Systems and methods related to controlling an autonomous vehicle (“AV”) are described herein. Implementations can obtain a plurality of instances that each include input and output. The input can include actor(s) from a given time instance of a past episode of locomotion of a vehicle, and stream(s) in an environment of the vehicle during the past episode. The actor(s) may be associated with an object in the environment of the vehicle at the given time instance, and the stream(s) may each represent candidate navigation paths in the environment of the vehicle. The output may include ground truth label(s) (or reference label(s)). Implementations can train a machine learning (“ML”) model based on the plurality of instances, and subsequently use the ML model in controlling the AV. In training the ML model, the actor(s) and stream(s) can be processed in parallel.

Abstract: A hydraulically powered implement is designed for use in connection with a tractor that has a hydraulic pump that supplies pressurized hydraulic fluid to the implement. The implement includes a variable displacement hydraulic motor, an operative element driven by the hydraulic motor, a speed sensor configured to measure the rotational speed of the operative element and output a speed signal representative of the measured speed, a shift module that adjusts the displacement of the hydraulic motor in response to a shift command signal, and a controller. The controller sends the shift command signal to the shift module in response to speed signal output by the speed sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for network switching. The device includes an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) configured to provide electrical power from a power grid to a battery and a modem. The device further includes the battery configured to provide electrical power to a cellular modem. The device also includes the cellular modem configured to provide internet connection to a remote device. The device in addition includes a network switch configured to switch internet connectivity between the modem and the cellular modem. The network switch, when the power grid is interrupted, switches from the modem to the cellular modem to provide internet connectivity to the remote device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of triggering an event. The method includes receiving a signal stream, detecting a trigger point within the signal stream using a fingerprint associated with the trigger point and triggering an event associated with the detected trigger point.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to adjusting a prediction model for control at handling limits associated with a projected trajectory during automated driving. In one embodiment, a method includes adjusting parameters of a prediction model using friction estimates and sideslip costs associated with a projected trajectory of a vehicle, the friction estimates being derived from Kalman filtering. The method also includes scaling, using the prediction model, handling limits of the vehicle for the projected trajectory according to a friction circle. The method also includes generating, by the prediction model, vehicle dynamics using a load transfer and a brake distribution, the vehicle dynamics being associated with estimated road conditions and the handling limits. The method also includes outputting, by the prediction model using the vehicle dynamics, a driving command to the vehicle for the projected trajectory.

Abstract: A packed bed catalyst in a pressurized vessel/reactor during contact with a dioxide species precursor enhances catalytic conversion of the precursor to the dioxide species, compared with the same catalytic conversion performed in a non-pressurized vessel/reactor.

Abstract: An alignment vest for holding an external coil in a predetermined location. The alignment vest may comprise at least one attachment mechanism for holding the external coil in the predetermined location. The alignment vest may also comprise a panel having a fastening mechanism and a plurality of straps, the front panel being secured to at least one of the plurality of straps.

Abstract: According to examples, machine-readable instructions in a computer-readable medium may cause a processor to generate code representing a cavity to be formed in an object, generate code representing a first lattice structure to be formed in the object directly above the cavity, and generate code representing a second lattice structure to be formed in the object in an area adjacent to the first lattice structure, in which the first lattice structure may be stiffer than the second lattice structure. In addition, the processor may output the generated codes, in which a three-dimensional (3D) fabrication system may fabricate the object according to the generated codes.

Abstract: Mediated-reality imaging systems, methods, and devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an imaging system includes (i) a camera array configured to capture intraoperative image data of a surgical scene in substantially real-time and (ii) a processing device communicatively coupled to the camera array. The processing device can be configured to synthesize a three-dimensional (3D) image corresponding to a virtual perspective of the scene based on the intraoperative image data from the cameras. The imaging system is further configured to receive and/or store preoperative image data, such as medical scan data corresponding to a portion of a patient in the scene. The processing device can register the preoperative image data to the intraoperative image data, and overlay the registered preoperative image data over the corresponding portion of the 3D image of the scene to present a mediated-reality view.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for communicating data acoustically. The method includes segmenting the data into a sequence of symbols; encoding each symbol of the sequence into a plurality of tones; and acoustically generating the plurality of tones simultaneously for each symbol in sequence. Each of the plurality of tones for each symbol in the sequence may be at a different frequency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for receiving data transmitted acoustically. The method includes the steps of receiving an acoustically transmitted signal; and decoding the signal using, at least, a first plurality of voters to extract the data. The first plurality of voters comprise differing values for a first acoustic characteristic to address interference. A system and software are also disclosed.

Abstract: According to examples, a processor may access a digital model of a portion of an object and identify a lattice structure to be formed in an interior of the digital model, in which the identified lattice structure is to provide the portion with a predefined property and is defined by an equation that includes constants. The processor may also determine values of the constants that result in surfaces of the lattice structure forming tubes, determine locations at which the identified equation with the determined values of the constants intersects with the defined boundaries, and modify the digital model to include the lattice structure with the surfaces forming tubes and cap ends added at determined locations to close open edges of the tubes at the determined locations, in which the portion is to be fabricated by a 3D fabrication system according to the modified digital model to have the predefined property.