Abstract: A system and method for reducing a psychoacoustic penalty of acoustic noise emitted by an aircraft, including a plurality of propulsion assemblies coupled to the aircraft, wherein each of the plurality of propulsion assemblies includes a motor, and a plurality of blades defined by a propeller, wherein the plurality of blades can define an asymmetric blade spacing; a control subsystem coupled to the aircraft and communicatively coupled to the motor of each of the plurality of propulsion assemblies, wherein the control subsystem is operable to rotate each of the plurality of propulsion assemblies at a different frequency to modulate the acoustic power distribution of the emitted acoustic signature.

Abstract: There is provided an air treatment apparatus comprising an air flow generator that is arranged to generate an air flow through the air treatment apparatus, a moisture source that is arranged to introduce water vapour into the air flow, a body that is use surrounds both air flow generator and the moisture source, and a water supply system that is arranged to provide water to the moisture source. The water supply system comprises a water tank assembly that is separable from the body, and the water tank assembly comprises a water tank and a water pump for pumping water from the water tank to the moisture source. The water tank comprises a tank opening and the water tank assembly further comprises a removable tank cap that is arranged to fit over and thereby occlude the tank opening, and wherein the water pump is provided on the removable tank cap.

Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein generate context-aware responses using semantically chunked information. The systems and methods disclosed herein partition a set of artifacts responsive to a query (e.g., a prompt for an artificial intelligence model such as a large language model) into a set of continuous chunks and associate each continuous chunk with a knowledge graph. The knowledge graph includes nodes representing chunks and edges indicating common attributes. The systems and methods disclosed herein modify node(s) in the graph by determining values of feature variables and adjusting edges in accordance with the values and generate contextualized chunks by associating or linking continuous chunks of node pairs using shared edges. The systems and methods disclosed herein use the contextualized chunks and query to generate a response using the artificial intelligence model.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for predicting user interest, and more specifically to defining user interest based on user expressions of intent. The system can receive a list of items, where each item in the list of items has a similar purpose and can be substituted with other items in the list of items, and item content elements associated with items in the list. The system can then identify websites with content that is relevant to the item content elements associated with the list based on relevancy, and identify at least one user that accessed one of the websites, resulting in at least one interested user. The system can then generate, for each user in the set of at least one interested users, a user intent and modify a previously planned interaction with the each user based on the user intent score.

Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein generates responses generated by artificial intelligence (AI) models such as large language models (LLM) using intent-based rankings of retrieved information. The systems and methods disclosed herein receives an output generation request for the generation of an output using a set of AI models. Using a first AI model, a set of documents are retrieved using the received output generation request. The set of documents are partitioned into chunks. The chunks are ranked using a distance between the vector representation of the received output generation request and the vector representation of each chunk. A second AI model classifies the output generation request and chunks using an intent of the respective output generation request or chunk, and generates a second set of rankings using the intents. The set of AI models generate a response using the second set of rankings.

Abstract: A power system with a reliability enhancing battery architecture for electric motors adapted for use in an aerial vehicle. Individual batteries may be used to power a subset two or more motors in systems with six or more motors, for example. Each motor may be powered by two or more subsets of batteries, allowing accommodation for motor failure. With a failed motor in a vertical take-off or landing mode, power may be diverted to other motors to continue proper attitude control, and to provide sufficient thrust. With a failed motor a second motor offset from the failed motor may be powered down to facilitate attitude control.

Abstract: A composition that comprises recombinant probiotic organisms recombinantly engineered to constitutively express an enzyme involved in maintaining the length of telomeres, wherein the enzyme comprises telomerase subunits, the genetic modification comprises an operon that includes a promoter recognized by the probiotic organism's RNA polymerase and a gene sequence encoding telomerase with genetic modifications that induces secretion of telomerase into a host organism, and the genetic modification of the telomerase gene sequence enhances the telomerase enzyme entrance into the host organism's cells.

Abstract: A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft includes a starboard wing, a port wing, first and second tilt rotors coupled to the port and starboard wings respectively, and first and second batteries. A pair of control surfaces are arranged on a first side of the mid-sagittal plane of the aircraft, the pair comprising a first and a second control surface. A first flight actuator is electrically connected to the first battery and a second flight actuator is electrically connected to the second battery. The first and second flight actuators are mechanically connected to the first and second control surfaces respectively.

Abstract: Methods for operating a stable carbon synthetic asset for a regenerative ecosystem include providing a carbon reflex index implemented on a blockchain. The carbon reflex index includes a redemption value that corresponds to a market value of the carbon reflex index. It is determined that the market value of the carbon reflex index has increased. A proportional feedback value is determined based on the redemption value and the market value. An integral feedback value is determined based on historical deviations of the redemption value. A redemption rate of the carbon reflex index is determined based on the proportional feedback value and the integral feedback value. It is determined that a difference between the market value and the redemption value is less than a threshold difference. The redemption value is broadcast to computer devices communicably coupled to the blockchain.

Abstract: The power system can include: a plurality of batteries, a plurality of electric propulsion units, flight computers, and power connections. The propulsion assemblies can include a motor, a propeller, and one or more inverters. The power system can optionally include a plurality of flight actuators. However, the power system can include any other suitable set of components. The power system functions to provide aircraft propulsion and/or aircraft control authority during flight.

Abstract: A power system with a reliability enhancing battery architecture for electric motors adapted for use in an aerial vehicle. Individual batteries may be used to power a subset two or more motors in systems with six or more motors, for example. Each motor may be powered by two or more subsets of batteries, allowing accommodation for motor failure. With a failed motor in a vertical take-off or landing mode, power may be diverted to other motors to continue proper attitude control, and to provide sufficient thrust. With a failed motor a second motor offset from the failed motor may be powered down to facilitate attitude control.

Abstract: An autonomy system for use with a vehicle in an environment. The autonomy system comprising a processor operatively coupled with a memory device, a plurality of sensors operatively coupled with the processor; a vehicle controller, a situational awareness module, a task planning module, and a task execution module. The situational awareness module being configured to determine a state of the environment based at least in part on sensor data from at least one of the plurality of sensors. The task planning module being configured to identify, via the processor, a plurality of tasks to be performed by the vehicle and to generate a task assignment list from the plurality of tasks that is based at least in part on predetermined optimization criteria. The task execution module being configured to instruct the vehicle controller to execute the plurality of tasks in accordance with the task assignment list.

Abstract: A power system with a reliability enhancing battery architecture for electric motors adapted for use in an aerial vehicle. Individual batteries may be used to power a subset two or more motors in systems with six or more motors, for example. Each motor may be powered may be powered by two or more subsets of batteries, allowing accommodation for motor failure. With a failed motor in a vertical take-off or landing mode, power may be diverted to other motors to continue proper attitude control, and to provide sufficient thrust. With a failed motor a second motor offset from the failed motor may be powered down to facilitate attitude control.

Abstract: A method for determining airspeed of an aircraft that includes determining a rotor model relating a power coefficient of a propeller of the aircraft to an axial inflow velocity through the propeller as a function of a set of rotor operating parameters; determining the set of rotor operating parameters by sampling an electronic control signal associated with an electric motor actuating the propeller; computing the axial inflow velocity through the propeller based on the set of rotor operating parameters using the rotor model; and determining the airspeed based on the axial inflow velocity.

Abstract: An aircrew automation system that provides a pilot with high-fidelity knowledge of the aircraft's physical state, and notifies that pilot of any deviations in expected state based on predictive models. The aircrew automation may be provided as a non-invasive ride-along aircrew automation system that perceives the state of the aircraft through visual techniques, derives the aircraft state vector and other aircraft information, and communicates any deviations from expected aircraft state to the pilot.

Abstract: Assemblies, systems, and methods for isolation of target material are provided. In various embodiments, an assembly for target material isolation includes a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion together defining an inner chamber. The inner chamber includes a semi-toroidal shape and the semi-toroidal shape defines a longitudinal axis. The assembly further includes one or more fluidic connection from the exterior of the housing to the inner chamber. An isolation material (e.g., polymer wool and/or magnetic beads) may be disposed within the inner chamber. A system includes a configured to fit at least a portion of the housing and releasably couple the assembly. Upon activation of the motor, the assembly may rotate about the longitudinal axis. An angle of the platform may be adjustable to thereby change the angle of the longitudinal axis about which the assembly rotates.

Abstract: A method for determining airspeed of an aircraft that includes determining a rotor model relating a power coefficient of a propeller of the aircraft to an axial inflow velocity through the propeller as a function of a set of rotor operating parameters; determining the set of rotor operating parameters by sampling an electronic control signal associated with an electric motor actuating the propeller; computing the axial inflow velocity through the propeller based on the set of rotor operating parameters using the rotor model; and determining the airspeed based on the axial inflow velocity.

Abstract: A curable film-forming composition is provided, comprising: (a) a polymeric binder comprising reactive functional groups; (b) a curing agent comprising functional groups that are reactive with the reactive functional groups of (a); and (c) a polysiloxane resin comprising aromatic functional groups and terminal active hydrogen groups. In certain examples of the present invention, the polymeric binder (a) comprises an acrylic polyol prepared from a monomer mixture comprising a hydroxyl functional monomer, and the curable film-forming composition further comprises a rheology modifier comprising: (1) a non-aqueous dispersion of an internally crosslinked organic polymer; (2) a silica dispersion; and/or (3) a reaction product of an amine and an isocyanate. Also provided are coated substrates that include the curable film-forming compositions described above and methods for forming a composite coating on a substrate.

Abstract: An autonomy system for use with a vehicle in an environment. The autonomy system comprising a processor operatively coupled with a memory device, a plurality of sensors operatively coupled with the processor; a vehicle controller, a situational awareness module, a task planning module, and a task execution module. The situational awareness module being configured to determine a state of the environment based at least in part on sensor data from at least one of the plurality of sensors. The task planning module being configured to identify, via the processor, a plurality of tasks to be performed by the vehicle and to generate a task assignment list from the plurality of tasks that is based at least in part on predetermined optimization criteria. The task execution module being configured to instruct the vehicle controller to execute the plurality of tasks in accordance with the task assignment list.