Abstract: A curcumin entrained vapor generator providing the release of an essence, or compound or substances, from a solid or powder or liquid into a vapor exiting the generator, comprising a container having an interior volume and a region disposed to contain a liquid which emits or forms a vapor, and an openable closed end distal from said contained liquid. An interior support formed to support material (e.g. curcumin or other) thereon and is included and has a plurality of openings, and is dimensioned less than said container interior dimension across said container liquid to form a large vapor passage allowing the essence of the included material to be gently released into the vapor of the liquid and released into the external environment via the container openings. Other embodiments include esthetically shaped support structures, e.g. a leaf, a plant twig-like arms, etc. and/or graphic overlays, etchings, engravings, etc.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of instruction presentations to a ‘virtual’ audience or students including real-time information formed from observable audience reactions as they receive the presentation material, and further includes apparatus and methods to correlate the detected or missing audience reactions in relation to specific presented material, rapidly prompting the presenter and/or the audience with specific, timely, low-latency feedback. The presenter is alerted (possibly before an audience question can be formulated), and the audience member is prompted that there may be questions or contributions regarding a specific matter as it is presented, whereupon the audience member is given the freedom to join or question (or not).

Abstract: A curcumin entrained vapor generator providing the release of an essence, or compound or substances, from a solid or powder or liquid into a vapor exiting the generator, comprising a container having an interior volume and a region disposed to contain a liquid which emits or forms a vapor, and an openable closed end distal from said contained liquid. An interior support formed to support material (e.g. curcumin or other) thereon and is included and has a plurality of openings, and is dimensioned less than said container interior dimension across said container liquid to form a large vapor passage allowing the essence of the included material to be gently released into the vapor of the liquid and released into the external environment via the container openings. Other embodiments include esthetically shaped support structures, e.g. a leaf, a plant twig-like arms, etc. and/or graphic overlays, etchings, engravings, etc.

Abstract: A system and method of the present invention that assembles an acoustic arrangement of the participants (e.g. a square grid, a circle, etc. in a venue), wherein the sounds received by each participant from each of the other participants are processed according to a model of the selected arrangement and the acoustic signature of the venue to permit each participant to localize, identify the participant location and more easily comprehend what is said or presented. Also, corresponding visual representations are placed in the corresponding visual location of the selected arrangement, and together with rapid acoustic localization of a speaking participant, mental ‘overhead’ is significantly reduced and the participant can resume a near normal, in-person meeting behavior.