Abstract: According to some embodiments, an apparatus for charging a wireless harness automated measurement system (WHAMS) includes a charging cart, a mobile frame, a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) indicators, and a plurality of charging slots. The charging cart may charge a plurality of wireless test modules (WTMs) of the WHAMS. The mobile aluminum frame may support the charging cart. The plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) indicators may identify a status of the plurality of the WTMs during testing of the WHAMS. The plurality of charging slots may charge the plurality of WTMs. Each of the plurality of charging slots is associated with a respective one of the plurality of LED indicators.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system includes a computer system and a plurality of wireless test modules. Each wireless test module includes a wireless transceiver and physically couples to an electrical wiring harness. The computer system sends test instructions to the plurality of wireless test modules according to an automated test plan. Each wireless test module wirelessly receives one or more of the plurality of test instructions from the computer system using the wireless transceiver and performs one or more tests on the electrical wiring harness according to received one or more test instructions from the computer system. Each wireless test module wirelessly communicates test results to the computer system using the wireless transceiver.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system includes a wireless transceiver, an electrical wiring harness, and a wireless test module (WTM) operable to physically couple to the electrical wiring harness. The WTM comprising a chassis and a variable front end connected to the chassis using hot-swap connectors. The WTM wirelessly receives, using the wireless transceiver, a plurality of test instructions according to an automated test plan from a computer system. The WTM performs, using the variable front end, one or more tests on the electrical wiring harness according to the plurality of test instructions. The WTM wirelessly communicates, using the wireless transceiver, test results to the computer system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixed-fixed membrane for a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphone. In one embodiment, a MEMS acoustic sensor includes a substrate; a membrane situated parallel to the substrate; and at least one vent formed into the membrane, wherein the at least one vent is a curved opening in the membrane, and wherein the at least one vent is disposed substantially along a length of the membrane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for forming polyureas. The present invention also relates to methods of forming polyureas. The present invention also relates to kits for forming polyureas.

Abstract: A device is described for delivering a therapeutic vibration to a body. The device may include at least two motors in a housing with unbalanced masses coupled to their axles, such that vibration of the masses causes the two motors and housing to vibrate at a beat frequency 80. The motors and housing may be coupled to the body via a platform which places the motors and housings at or near a resonant structure in the body, creating a coupled oscillation between the platform and the body. The vibration may be based on the input signal, such that the system applies the vibration based on the input signal to the user, wherein the signal may be an audio or video signal. The system may be configured to measure and manipulate the flow of cerebral spinal fluid.

Abstract: A microwave appliance provides safe heating of packaged food products at an efficiency greater than 90%. A temperature sensor positioned about a product holder is configured to sense a temperature of the package. A product identification scanner identifies a type of food product, a type of packaging, and/or a size of packaging being inserted into the microwave appliance. The product identification may be used to obtain a dielectric constant and/or electrical conductivity of the product. An electric field detector verifies that a suitable product has been inserted into the microwave appliance and is used to estimate a volume of the packaged food product. Accordingly, even partially full packaged food products may be safely re-heated to a desired temperature. As opposed to a time-based operation with traditional microwave appliances, operation of the microwave appliance may be adjusted based on the product identification scanner, temperature sensor, and electric field detector.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for improving composability and efficiency in decentralized markets through composite pools, efficient estimators and non-linear techniques. One method may include calculating at least one entry of a weight vector according to at least one estimator-based rule to be applied to a liquidity pool, and based at least in part upon the calculated at least one entry of a previous weight vector, storing the at least one entry of the weight vector onto a blockchain configured to determine whether to perform an exchange of at least one asset for at least one other asset from among a pre-defined pool of other assets.

Abstract: A microwave appliance provides safe heating of packaged food products at an efficiency greater than 90%. A temperature sensor positioned about a product holder is configured to sense a temperature of the package. A product identification scanner identifies a type of food product, a type of packaging, and/or a size of packaging being inserted into the microwave appliance. The product identification may be used to obtain a dielectric constant and/or electrical conductivity of the product. An electric field detector verifies that a suitable product has been inserted into the microwave appliance and is used to estimate a volume of the packaged food product. Accordingly, even partially full packaged food products may be safely re-heated to a desired temperature. As opposed to a time-based operation with traditional microwave appliances, operation of the microwave appliance may be adjusted based on the product identification scanner, temperature sensor, and electric field detector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixed-fixed membrane for a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphone. In one embodiment, a MEMS acoustic sensor includes a substrate; a membrane situated parallel to the substrate; and at least one vent formed into the membrane, wherein the at least one vent is a curved opening in the membrane, and wherein the at least one vent is disposed substantially along a length of the membrane.

Abstract: A surface treatment device includes a body and a plasma source disposed within the body. The plasma source includes a first inlet through the body and an ionization wave generator adjacent the first inlet to receive feedstock gas via the first inlet. The ionization wave generator includes a dielectric tube that necks down to define an elongated throat. The surface treatment device also includes a second inlet through the body and an expansion nozzle disposed within the body downstream of the second inlet. The second inlet is disposed at the elongated throat to provide further feedstock gas.

Abstract: A nanopore cell includes a conductive layer and a working electrode disposed above the conductive layer and at the bottom of a well into which an electrolyte may be contained, such that at least a portion of a top base surface area of the working electrode is exposed to the electrolyte. The nanopore cell further includes a first insulating wall disposed above the working electrode and surrounding a lower section of a well, and a second insulating wall disposed above the first insulating wall and surrounding an upper section of the well, forming an overhang above the lower section of the well. The upper section of the well includes an opening that a membrane may span across, and wherein a base surface area of the opening is smaller than the at least a portion of the top base surface area of the working electrode that is exposed to the electrolyte.

Abstract: A MEMS-based particle manipulation system which uses a particle manipulation stage and a plurality of laser interrogation regions. The laser interrogation regions may be used to assess the effectiveness or accuracy of the particle manipulation stage. In one exemplary embodiment, the particle manipulation stage is a microfabricated, flap-type fluid valve, which sorts a target particle from non-target particles in a fluid stream. The laser interrogation stages are disposed in the microfabricated fluid channels at the input and output of the flap-type sorting valve. The laser interrogation regions may be used to assess the effectiveness or accuracy of the sorting, and to control or adjust sort parameters during the sorting process. One or more feedback loops may be used to improve the particle manipulation process, based on data acquired during the first interrogation and/or during a downstream confirmation. Artificial intelligence techniques may be used to good effect.

Abstract: Techniques for improving a customer experience include presenting a selectable component to a user through a graphical user interface of a computing device that is communicably coupled to a server system through a network, the selectable component particularly associated with the user, the server system associated with a vendor and including a plurality of vendor product descriptions; receiving an activation of the selectable component from the user; based on the activation, identifying a plurality of profile data associated with the user; culling the plurality of vendor product descriptions to generate, based on the plurality of profile data, a subset of vendor product descriptions from the plurality of vendor product descriptions; and presenting the subset of vendor product descriptions to the user through the graphical user interface.

Abstract: A device is described for delivering a therapeutic vibration to a body. The device may include at least two motors in a housing with unbalanced masses coupled to their axles, such that vibration of the masses causes the two motors and housing to vibrate at a beat frequency 80. The motors and housing may be coupled to the body via a platform which places the motors and housings at or near a resonant structure in the body, creating a coupled oscillation between the platform and the body. The vibration may be based on the input signal, such that the system applies the vibration based on the input signal to the user, wherein the signal may be an audio or video signal. The system may be configured to measure and manipulate the flow of cerebral spinal fluid.

Abstract: Techniques for generating solutions from aural inputs include identifying, with one or more machine learning engines, a plurality of aural signals provided by two or more human speakers, at least some of the plurality of aural signals associated with a human-perceived problem; parsing, with the one or more machine learning engines, the plurality of aural signals to generate a plurality of terms, each of the terms associated with the human-perceived problem; deriving, with the one or more machine learning engines, a plurality of solution sentiments and a plurality of solution constraints from the plurality of terms; generating, with the one or more machine learning engines, at least one solution to the human-perceived problem based on the derived solution sentiments and solution constraints; and presenting the at least one solution of the human-perceived problem to the two or more human speakers through at least one of a graphical interface or an auditory interface.

Abstract: A nanopore cell includes a conductive layer and a working electrode disposed above the conductive layer and at the bottom of a well into which an electrolyte may be contained, such that at least a portion of a top base surface area of the working electrode is exposed to the electrolyte. The nanopore cell further includes a first insulating wall disposed above the working electrode and surrounding a lower section of a well, and a second insulating wall disposed above the first insulating wall and surrounding an upper section of the well, forming an overhang above the lower section of the well. The upper section of the well includes an opening that a membrane may span across, and wherein a base surface area of the opening is smaller than the at least a portion of the top base surface area of the working electrode that is exposed to the electrolyte.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on a computer-readable storage medium, for performing hybrid additive manufacturing. In some implementations, a hybrid additive manufacturing system causes a three-dimensional printer to print a sheet of material that includes printed features on one side of the sheet, each printed feature having a structural characteristic that is different from structural characteristics of a majority of the sheet. The system causes a molding machine to form the sheet using a mold, where at least one printed feature corresponds with an area of the mold at which the sheet deforms while being formed.

Abstract: A method for radiation hardening synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), where Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) is implemented on-chip. Each bank includes a plurality of interleaved single chip Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cells with bit registers configured to interface with the interleaved SRAM cells. A first column multiplexer (MUX) configured to select which bit register is accessed. A second column multiplexer is configured to select an accessed byte with the WRITE burst or a READ burst from the selected bit registers of the first column multiplexer. EDAC logic is configured to check Error Correction Code (ECC) during a READ burst and generate ECC during an WRITE burst for SRAM writeback during a PRECHARGE command.