Abstract: The present document describes techniques associated with right-to-repair battery-replacement methodologies and applications thereof. These techniques include detecting a replacement battery in an electronic device (a new battery or the same battery reinstalled), authenticating the replacement battery, and monitoring battery characterization and health of the replacement battery. Using these techniques fulfills sustainability and right-to-repair options, aligning with customer rights and government regulations. Further, these techniques enable replacement of an embedded battery in a user's device and detection that the replacement battery was installed and is safe for use by the device. A battery health monitor may be implemented on the device to monitor the health of the replacement battery. In some aspects, the battery health monitor may be a subscription-based service implemented via an application executed on the device or via a system-level application.

Abstract: A processor coupled to memory is configured to receive image data based on an image captured by a camera of a vehicle. The image data is used as a basis of an input to a trained machine learning model trained to predict a three-dimensional trajectory of a machine learning feature. The three-dimensional trajectory of the machine learning feature is provided for automatically controlling the vehicle.

Abstract: Techniques for facilitating the autonomous presentation of a self-driving vehicle are provided. In one example, a method can include a system operatively coupled to a processor, where the system: determines a feature of a self-driving vehicle based on information regarding an entity in a pending transaction; determines a task to be performed by the self-driving vehicle based on the feature; and generates an instruction for the self-driving vehicle to perform the task.

Abstract: This invention relates to a hair styling device, a hair styling method, and a drive system suitable for use in the hair styling device. The invention relates in particular to a hair styling device (10; 210) for imparting a wave to a section of hair (36) without clamping the section of hair in the wave form. The device has a first forming member (24) and a second forming member (24) with a hair-receiving region (38) between the forming members. A driving member (20; 120) is movable relative to the first forming member and the second forming member to deform the section of hair in the hair-receiving region.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shell includes providing a mold of the shell. The method also includes forming one or more first skins on the mold. Further, the method includes securing at least one three-dimensional (3-D) grid structure onto an inner surface of the one or more first skins. Thus, the method also includes securing one or more reinforcing members to one or more locations of the grid structure so as to locally increase a stiffness of the shell at the one or more locations by creating one or more localized sandwich structures with the grid structure.

Abstract: The present invention recognizes that there exists a long felt and unfulfilled need for a photobioreactor for treatment of wastewater (Passive Aerobic Treatment Unit (PATU). As a non-limiting introduction to the breadth of the present invention, the present invention includes several general and useful aspects, including but not limited to: a) a device or system for the passive treatment of a preferably liquid wastewater stream using autotrophic, phototrophic, and heterotrophic microorganisms growing in a photobioreactor; and b) a method of treating wastewater using the devices of the present invention.

Abstract: Described herein are therapeutic methods of use of engineered anti-IL-2 antibodies including dosages and administration regimes. The engineered antibodies may confer modified receptor binding specificity to an IL-2-anti-IL2 antibody complex, inhibiting the binding of IL-2 to CD25. The engineered anti-IL-2 antibodies may facilitate expansion of subsets of effector immune cells and decrease undesirable effects caused by IL-2. Therapeutic methods of use of the engineered anti-IL-2 antibodies includes treating cancer, for example treating cancers presenting as solid tumors and metastases thereof.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a battery connector that includes a bendable axis configured to enable a first portion of the battery connector to be electrically connected to a corresponding connector prior to connecting a second portion. A flexible printed circuit may connect the first portion to the second portion and the bendable axis may be located along the flexible printed circuit. A hinge may connect the first portion to the second portion and enable the first portion to bend with respect to the second portion. A flexible printed circuit connected to the battery connector may enable the battery connector to wrap around an edge of a printed circuit board so that the first portion of the battery connector is connected to a first side of the printed circuit board and the second portion of the battery connector is connected to a second side of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating min-increment counting bloom filters to determine count and frequency of device identifiers and attributes in a networking environment are disclosed. The system can maintain a set of data records including device identifiers and attributes associated with device in a network. The system can generate a vector comprising coordinates corresponding to counter registers. The system can identify hash functions to update a counting bloom filter. The system can hash the data records to extract index values pointing to a set of counter registers. The system can increment the positions in the min-increment counting bloom filter corresponding to the minimum values of the counter registers. The system can obtain an aggregated public key comprising a public key. The system can encrypt the counter registers using the aggregated shared key to generate an encrypted vector. The system can transmit the encrypted vector to a networked worker computing device.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for creating stable, targeted mutations in Spirulina (Arthrospira) and Spirulina having stable, targeted mutations.

Abstract: A method of operating a hybrid engine for an aircraft, the hybrid engine having a thermal engine and an electric motor. The method includes verifying, using an engine control unit of the hybrid engine, that a selected power level is under a predetermined threshold for operation of the hybrid engine in a sub-idle hybrid mode. The method further includes operating the hybrid engine in the sub-idle hybrid mode, using the engine control unit, by controlling the thermal engine to operate in a standby mode, and by controlling the electric motor to operate in an active mode wherein the electric motor provides a majority of a propulsive power to the aircraft, wherein in the standby mode the thermal engine operates in a sub-idle condition to provide at most minimal propulsive power to the aircraft.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a steering wheel, a steering wheel sensor sensing rotational movement of the steering wheel, an accelerator pedal actuatable to accelerate the vehicle, a brake pedal actuatable to decelerate the vehicle, and a sensor sensing a signal indicative of an acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes at least one proximity switch located on the steering wheel, and a controller configured to process the rotational movement of the steering wheel and the sensed signal and control an interaction mode of the at least one input switch, wherein the controller changes the interaction mode of the at least one input switch based on the sensed steering wheel movement and the sensed signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns scalable single-pot synthesis, anion binding features, liquid-liquid extraction of salts of the triazolophane macrocycle of Formula (I): wherein the substituents R are independently selected from the group consisting of a linear and branched alkyl, a linear and branched alkyl substituted with an ionizable functional group such as an amine or carboxylic acid, a linear and branched alkoxy (R=—OR), an alkyl comprising —O(CH2CH2O)nCH3, where n is 1-20, an amide —CO—NR1R2, where R1 is any alkyl, organic substituent, R2 is any alkyl, organic substituent, wherein R1 and R2 may be identical or different, —OCO—R, wherein R is any alkyl, organic substituent, an aromatic ring and their substituted analogues, any length and sequence of natural and unnatural amino acids that make up a peptide chain, and —C?C—R where R is any alkyl, organic substituent.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery, an outer enclosure housing the battery to form a battery pack, and an expandable portion extending from the outer enclosure and allowing the battery pack to expand along an X-axis of the battery pack. The expandable portion includes an inner portion, an outer portion, and a gap portion between the inner portion and the outer portion. The inner portion and the outer portion have a sealing layer to seal off an interior space and the gap portion is devoid of the sealing layer. The sealing layer allows for fluid communication between the gap portion and the interior space when a pressure exerted on the sealing layer exceeds a pressure threshold. The expandable portion includes folds allowing the expandable portion to fold toward the battery pack in an initial folded configuration and expand away from the battery pack in an at least partially unfolded configuration.

Abstract: Method and system for customized configuration of a shipper for transporting temperature-sensitive materials. In one embodiment, a webpage application is used to allow a user to input certain information. Such information may include the shipping origin zip code, the shipping destination zip code, an indication of the courier used to transport the shipper, an indication of the desired temperature range at which the materials are to be maintained by the shipper, and an indication of the maximum payload size desired. Based on the inputted information and a selection methodology that determines the average ambient temperature to which the shipper will likely be exposed, a shipper is then selected from among a pre-selected collection of possible shipper configurations. Such a collection may include, for example, configurations designed to protect against hot ambient temperatures, cold ambient temperatures and intermediate ambient temperatures.

Abstract: Provided herein are H1.0K180me2 antibodies, H1.0K180me2 proteins, and H1.0K180me2 peptides and methods of use for diagnostics and therapeutics. These H1.0K180me2 antibodies, H1.0K180me2 proteins, and H1.0K180me2 peptides may be used in the treatment of methylated H1.0-related diseases or conditions in an individual. These H1.0K180me2 antibodies, H1.0K180me2 proteins, and H1.0K180me2 peptides may also be used for the detection and quantification of a histone H1.0 protein or fragment thereof, comprising a dimethylated lysine at lysine residue 180 (H1.0K180me2); such compositions and methods are useful for detecting replicative senescence, DNA damage, genotoxic stress, radiation exposure, Alzheimer's disease, are useful for monitoring therapeutic regimens, patient stratification, drug screening, and may serve as a marker of biological aging in a system.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery, a first temperature sensor configured to provide a first temperature value associated with a temperature of the battery, a heat source disposed proximate to the battery and configured to heat the battery, a second temperature sensor configured to provide a second temperature value associated with a temperature of the heat source, and a control board coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor, wherein the control board is configured to receive the first temperature value and the second temperature value. The control board is configured to compare the first temperature value and the second temperature value to determine a temperature gradient between the battery and the heat source and transmit an alert if the temperature gradient exceeds a first temperature gradient threshold.