Abstract: In examples, there is provided a method for modifying a data item from a source apparatus, the data item associated with an event, in which the method comprises, within a trusted environment, parsing the data item to generate a set of tuples relating to the event and/or associated with the source apparatus, each tuple comprising a data item, and a data identifier related to the data item, applying a rule to a first tuple to pseudonymise a first data item to provide a transformed data item, and/or generate a contextual supplement to the first data item, generating a mapping between the transformed data item and the first data item, whereby to provide a link between the transformed data item and the first data item to enable subsequent resolution of the first data item using the transformed data item, and forwarding the transformed data item and the data identifier related to the first data item to an analytics engine situated logically outside of the trusted environment.

Abstract: In an example there is provided a method to certify a cryptographic key. The method comprises accessing an identifier stored at a secure location on the computing device, generating a cryptographic key according to a key generation process and certifying the cryptographic key is authentically generated during the boot process of the computing device, on the basis of the identifier.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods to process received results of an analytical process performed on first external data at a first computer at a server, to obtain sensitizing data; and provide the sensitizing data from the server to a second computer for use in performing a sensitized analytical process on second external data received at the second computer.

Abstract: Implementations are described for maintaining helium/air mixture within a tube in an evacuated tube transportation system. A first implementation includes a set of helium tanks uniformly fitted along the tube length, where helium is injected with controlled valves that open or close to maintain the desired level of helium. An operations control center (OCC) receives helium concentration levels in the tube and instructs a controller in the tube to release helium into the tube when detected levels of helium is lower than the desired level of helium. Another implementation is described where a capsule traversing the tube may have a source of helium gas that can be released into the tube. A hybrid approach is also described where helium can be released from a source within the tube and from another source within the capsule.

Abstract: A tubular transportation system is disclosed for transporting one or more passengers or one or more cargos via a capsule along a predetermined route. A method and an algorithm are described for determining optimum operating points for power/cost and helium-air ratios in a plurality of substantially evacuated tubes in a tubular transportation system for transporting one or more passengers or one or more cargos via a capsule along a predetermined route.

Abstract: An example computing device includes a memory accessible at startup of the computing device, a buffer, and a set of instructions. The memory stores a configuration setting that is configurable by the application of a change request. The memory also stores a first public key and a second public key. The buffer stores change requests submitted by a remote entity, including a first change request to make a first setting change and a second change request to make a second setting change. The first change request is signed by a first private key corresponding to the first public key, and the second change request is signed by a second private key corresponding to the second public key. The set of instructions retrieves a change request from the buffer, determines whether the change request is authenticated by a public key, and if authenticated, applies the change request.

Abstract: An example computing device includes a user interface, a network interface, a non-volatile memory, a processor coupled to the user interface, the network interface, and the non-volatile memory, and a set of instructions stored in the non-volatile memory. The set of instructions, when executed by the processor, is to perform a hardware initialization of the computing device according to a setting, establish a local trust domain and a remote trust domain, use a local-access public key to issue a challenge via the user interface to grant local access to the setting, and use a remote-access public key to grant remote access via the network interface to remote access to the setting.

Abstract: In an example, a method includes receiving, at a server device, a record of an event transmitted from a client device which occurred on the client device. At the server device, a record of the event is generated, by a processor. The received record is compared with the record generated at the server device. When at least a portion of the record generated at the server device is not found in the received record, an alert is issued.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method is disclosed.

Abstract: In an example, a method includes analysing data collected from a service. A value representative of the number of anomalies in the data is generated, this value then being compared with a threshold. Depending on whether the value is greater or less than the threshold, a performance parameter of the monitoring service may be evaluated.

Abstract: A system is disclosed that includes a wireless power receiver, a battery charging system coupled to the wireless power receiver and configured to charge a battery using power received from the wireless power receiver and a wireless data communication system coupled to the wireless power receiver and the battery charging system, the wireless data communication system configured to determine a power requirement and to transmit the power requirement using the wireless power receiver.

Abstract: In a harvesting machine having an agricultural header which is adjustable in height, a computer controller includes programming instructions to allow an operator to associate a plurality of different harvester functions with a single programmable input button providing single-touch actuation. The input button is programmable to return the header height to a preset height value in addition to controlling position of one or more additional accessories such as a double windrow attachment, a deck shifting set of drapers of the header, and/or a crop compressor attachment, etc. Programming of the input button uses navigational inputs to select which functions of the machine are associated with the button, followed by a press-and-hold actuation to set the preset value of all associated functions based on the current operating condition.

Abstract: In an example, there is provided a method for tracking domain name server (DNS) requests, wherein the method comprises determining whether a DNS request has resolved; and for each non-resolving DNS request decomposing the domain name of the request into multiple components, determining, for each component, a value of a metric representing the occurrence of the component in a corpus, generating a scaling factor for the request on the basis of the values for each component, and incrementing a count of the total number of non-resolving DNS requests by a scaled value on the basis of the scaling factor.

Abstract: A self-powered trolling motor device including a shaft member including a motor element and a propeller element attached to the shaft member at a distal end and including at least one rechargeable battery and a control cover attached to the shaft member at a proximate end, the rechargeable battery having affixed thereto a plurality of solar panels on all sides of the battery, wherein the rechargeable battery and the affixed solar panels collectively form a self-powered unit for powering the device.

Abstract: A controller on a harvester vehicle is arranged to automatically identify a header in electrical communication with the vehicle upon key activation of the harvester vehicle. Programming instructions on the controller can generate notifications to the user based upon a state of activation of the float mechanism and the state of header identity detection. The controller also prompts the user to confirm the identity of the header if the detected identity of the header has changed. The controller also uses header identity to log usage hours of the header on the computer controller in association with the identity of the header such that maintenance schedules for a plurality of different headers interchangeably used on a common harvester vehicle can be tracked.

Abstract: Methods include producing tunable carbon structures and combining carbon structures with a polymer to form a composite material. Carbon structures include crinkled graphene. Methods also include functionalizing the carbon structures, either in-situ, within the plasma reactor, or in a liquid collection facility. The plasma reactor has a first control for tuning the specific surface area (SSA) of the resulting tuned carbon structures as well as a second, independent control for tuning the SSA of the tuned carbon structures. The composite materials that result from mixing the tuned carbon structures with a polymer results in composite materials that exhibit exceptional favorable mechanical and/or other properties. Mechanisms that operate between the carbon structures and the polymer yield composite materials that exhibit these exceptional mechanical properties are also examined.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a memory to store data and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor may modify a plurality of data elements using a semantic relationship between the plurality of data elements and a pre-selected data security policy and to store data representing the modified plurality of data elements in the memory.

Abstract: Implementations are described for maintaining helium/air mixture within a tube in an evacuated tube transportation system. A first implementation includes a set of helium tanks uniformly fitted along the tube length, where helium is injected with controlled valves that open or close to maintain the desired level of helium. An operations control center (OCC) receives helium concentration levels in the tube and instructs a controller in the tube to release helium into the tube when detected levels of helium is lower than the desired level of helium. Another implementation is described where a capsule traversing the tube may have a source of helium gas that can be released into the tube. A hybrid approach is also described where helium can be released from a source within the tube and from another source within the capsule.

Abstract: A tubular transportation system is disclosed for transporting one or more passengers or one or more cargos via a capsule along a predetermined route. A method and an algorithm are described for determining optimum operating points for power/cost and helium-air ratios in a plurality of substantially evacuated tubes in a tubular transportation system for transporting one or more passengers or one or more cargos via a capsule along a predetermined route.

Abstract: A heat transfer assembly for transferring heat from a heat generating electrical element and having a porous element having a portion configured to contact the heat generating element and a moveable diaphragm having a portion adjacent the porous element and where the diaphragm is moveable between an extended position towards the porous element and a retracted position away from the porous element.