Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for growing and harvesting living matter. The system includes trays. The system also includes a racking portion, including at least one rack having shelves vertically spaced apart from each other and a robot selectively operable to deliver the trays to and retrieve the trays from the shelves. The system further includes a processing portion, including a harvester configured to receive the trays from the shelves and to remove living matter from the trays, and a seeder configured to receive the trays from the harvester and to distribute seed to the trays. The system additionally includes an electronic controller operable to autonomously control operation of the robot to deliver the trays, after seeded by the seeder, to the shelves and to retrieve the trays, when the seed has grown into the living matter, from the shelves.

Abstract: A bale cleaning truck is presented. A flatbed trailer has a conveyor belt for moving one or more bales off the trailer. There are one or more brushes for cleaning a hay bale as it travels down the trailer where at least two vertical brushes that are mounted vertically on the sides of the trailer. A roof brush is attached to the top of the trailer and the final brush is mounted above the trailer to clean the top of the bale. Pumps for operating the brushes and the conveyor belt are hydraulic.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring direct broadcast satellite signals. In a most general embodiment, the invention (10) includes a mechanism (20) for receiving direct broadcast wireless signals encoded in accordance with a DSS transport protocol. The received signals are analyzed with respect to various parameters and an output is provided in response thereto. In a specific embodiment, the wireless signals are transmitted via satellite and plural integrated receiver decoders (20) are used, one with an associated channel, to receive the wireless signals and provide audio, video, program guide and conditional access signals in response thereto. These signals are analyzed by software (100) running on a computer (56) which outputs alarm data on the detection of anomalies in the received signals.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring direct broadcast satellite signals. In a most general embodiment, the invention (10) includes a mechanism (20) for receiving direct broadcast wireless signals encoded in accordance with a DSS transport protocol. The received signals are analyzed with respect to various parameters and an output is provided in response thereto. In a specific embodiment, the wireless signals are transmitted via satellite and plural integrated receiver decoders (20) are used, one with an associated channel, to receive the wireless signals and provide audio, video, program guide and conditional access signals in response thereto. These signals are analyzed by software (100) running on a computer (56) which outputs alarm data on the detection of anomalies in the received signals.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring direct broadcast satellite signals. In a most general embodiment, the invention (10) includes a mechanism (20) for receiving direct broadcast wireless signals encoded in accordance with a DSS transport protocol. The received signals are analyzed with respect to various parameters and an output is provided in response thereto. In a specific embodiment, the wireless signals are transmitted via satellite and plural integrated receiver decoders (20) are used, one with an associated channel, to receive the wireless signals and provide audio, video, program guide and conditional access signals in response thereto. These signals are analyzed by software (100) running on a computer (56) which outputs alarm data on the detection of anomalies in the received signals.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring direct broadcast satellite signals. In a most general embodiment, the invention (10) includes a mechanism (20) for receiving direct broadcast wireless signals encoded in accordance with a DSS transport protocol. The received signals are analyzed with respect to various parameters and an output is provided in response thereto. In a specific embodiment, the wireless signals are transmitted via satellite and plural integrated receiver decoders (20) are used, one with an associated channel, to receive the wireless signals and provide audio, video, program guide and conditional access signals in response thereto. These signals are analyzed by software (100) running on a computer (56) which outputs alarm data on the detection of anomalies in the received signals.