Abstract: An accessory device for an endoscope includes a cap attached to a shaft of the endoscope, the cap extending along a first axis, a first tip coupled to the cap and movable relative to the cap between a deployed configuration and a non-deployed configuration, and a first shaft defining a lumen and extending proximally from the first tip. In the deployed configuration, the first tip extends along a second axis that is offset from the first axis, and in the non-deployed configuration, the first tip extends along a third axis that is offset from the first axis.

Abstract: An innovative modular indoor growing system uses a holistic approach that includes an heirloom/ancestral seed collection sourced from global seed banks, an in-home easy-to-use production system, passport-style information for people to explore or experience the global seed diversity of a crop, onboard sensors and cameras for real-time monitoring of the crop, virtual assistance facilitating the selection, development, and creation of new varieties, and a crowd sourced data collection network that relies on artificial intelligence to build a state-of-the-art knowledge base for product optimization and consumer intelligence.

Abstract: A multipurpose machine for cultivating trees, comprising an inverted U-shape structure that enables the machine to pass over existing trees or fruit trees to carry out pruning, disinfection or fruit picking tasks, provided at the bottom with wheels, driven by at least one motor that autonomously facilitates the movement thereof, and respective upper frames that telescopically couple to each other, being driven by means of respective cylinders to move the portion of the structure on the right with respect to the one on the left in order to vary the width of the machine. Likewise, the machine has the ability to raise or lower the upper structure of the same to adapt it to the height of the trees to be cultivated.

Abstract: Name based Internet of Things (IoT) discovery includes receiving domain name system (DNS) events. An Internet Protocol (IP) address to name mapping is built based on the DNS events. A data communication event occurring in a computer network is received. A destination IP address in the data communication event is mapped to a domain name by querying the IP address to name mapping. Whether the data communication event is associated with an IoT device is determined based on the domain name satisfying a rule.

Abstract: Electronic device for the automated painting and drying of fingernails, that allows the user to choose the color they want to paint the nails as well as to carry the device due to its light weight. In one embodiment, the device has a sensor that identifies the hand that has been introduced in it, a touch LED screen, which allows the user to choose the nail and color with which to paint it, without the need for specialized personnel to operate it, as well as to inform the user through visible and audible means the process taking place. In one embodiment, the unit contains capacitive and/or infrared sensors to locate and detect the difference of the surface of the finger and nail, a computer or processor which guides and controls the gimbaled paint head with the ink that carries the staining of the surface of the nail.

Abstract: A racing gaming chair having a seat frame, a back frame, a pedal assembly attachment and a steering wheel assembly attachment. The back frame is pivotally attached to the seat frame. The pedal assembly attachment is operably attached to at least one of the back frame and the back frame. The pedal assembly attachment is adapted for attachment of a pedal assembly thereto. The steering wheel assembly attachment is operably attached to at least one of the seat frame and the back frame. The steering wheel assembly attachment is adapted for attachment of a steering wheel assembly thereto.

Abstract: A racing gaming chair having a seat frame, a back frame, a pedal assembly attachment and a steering wheel assembly attachment. The back frame is pivotally attached to the seat frame. The pedal assembly attachment is operably attached to at least one of the back frame and the back frame. The pedal assembly attachment is adapted for attachment of a pedal assembly thereto. The steering wheel assembly attachment is operably attached to at least one of the seat frame and the back frame. The steering wheel assembly attachment is adapted for attachment of a steering wheel assembly thereto.

Abstract: Electronic device for the automated painting and drying of fingernails, that allows the user to choose the color they want to paint the nails as well as to carry the device due to its light weight. In one embodiment, the device has a sensor that identifies the hand that has been introduced in it, a touch LED screen, which allows the user to choose the nail and color with which to paint it, without the need for specialized personnel to operate it, as well as to inform the user through visible and audible means the process taking place. In one embodiment, the unit contains capacitive and/or infrared sensors to locate and detect the difference of the surface of the finger and nail, a computer or processor which guides and controls the gimbaled paint head with the ink that carries the staining of the surface of the nail.

Abstract: A recipe recommendation method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include inferring a fine-grained user food profile from user data, recommending a recipe for the user based on a fitness score associated with a user-recipe pairing according to the fine-grained user food profile and recipe data, extracting ingredients from the recommended recipe, and creating a shopping list from the extracted ingredients.

Abstract: A battery module housing assembly including an interior housing wall having a tapered housing interior edge acutely angled relative to the vertical, a frame having a tapered frame edge also acutely angled relative to the vertical and aligned and positioned for longitudinal contact with the tapered housing interior edge. During assembly, the tapered frame edge longitudinally contacts and slides against the tapered housing interior edge and guides the frame and battery cell therein to a fixed position against the interior housing wall.

Abstract: Embodiments for a tubular ceramic-carbonate dual-phase membrane and methods for manufacturing the tubular ceramic-carbonate dual-phase membrane are disclosed.

Abstract: An instantiable virtual machine part definition and part configuration metadata of an instantiable virtual machine capable of deployment as at least a portion of a service solution is received from a master overloaded virtual image. A determination is made as to whether to configure the instantiable virtual machine to reuse, using virtual image sharing, at least one portion of the master overloaded virtual image during deployment of the instantiable virtual machine within a service solution. A minimal executable virtual machine part core of the instantiable virtual machine that reuses, using the virtual image sharing, the at least one portion of the master overloaded virtual image during execution is identified. A minimal executable virtual machine part instantiable from the identified minimal executable virtual machine part core as the instantiable virtual machine is configured to utilize, using the virtual image sharing, a shared resource within the master overloaded virtual image during execution.

Abstract: Embodiments for a tubular ceramic-carbonate dual-phase membrane and methods for manufacturing the tubular ceramic-carbonate dual-phase membrane are disclosed.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for providing a seamless transition for resizing virtual machines from a development environment to a production environment. An administrative server receives an instruction from a customer to resize a virtual machine running on a cloud computing node, where the resized virtual machine requires physical resources (e.g., twenty physical processor cores) to be utilized in the production environment. Instead of the administrative server utilizing the same number of physical resources in the development environment that need to be utilized in the production environment, the administrative server utilizes a fewer number of physical resources by also utilizing virtual resources (e.g.

Abstract: At least one master overloaded virtual image is deployed, by a virtual image configuration device, to a hypervisor cloud that includes a group of servers, each of the group of servers configured based upon a hypervisor platform to support at least one virtual machine. A service solution is instantiated as a group of virtual machines associated with at least one of the group of servers, based upon at least one master overloaded virtual image, where the service solution includes a platform agnostic pattern independent of the hypervisor platform. Startup is initiated for each of the instantiated group of virtual machines.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for providing a seamless transition for resizing virtual machines from a development environment to a production environment. An administrative server receives an instruction from a customer to resize a virtual machine running on a cloud computing node, where the resized virtual machine requires physical resources (e.g., twenty physical processor cores) to be utilized in the production environment. Instead of the administrative server utilizing the same number of physical resources in the development environment that need to be utilized in the production environment, the administrative server utilizes a fewer number of physical resources by also utilizing virtual resources (e.g.

Abstract: A medical sexual stimulator includes a J-shaped tubular housing having a distal end and a proximal end. A mechanism is for vibrating the J-shaped tubular housing. When a hand of a person grips the proximal end and inserts the distal end of the J-shaped tubular housing within a body orifice of the person erotic sexual activities will be provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for activating virtual machines in a virtual solution, including: for each virtual machine, activating activation items in a first activation item set independently of other virtual machines; and for at least one virtual machine, activating activation items in a second activation item set in coordination with activation of activation items of at least another virtual machine. There is further provided an apparatus for activating virtual machines in a virtual solution, including: a first activator for activating, for each virtual machine, activation items in a first activation item set independently of other virtual machines; and a second activator for activating, for at least one virtual machine, activation items in a second activation item set in coordination with activation of activation items of at least another virtual machine.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and/or computer program product manage software maintenance software in a computer system. A first snapshot is taken of first system states of a computer system. The first snapshot is mapped to a first maintenance software, which is further mapped to a specific user. The computer system is instructed to install the first maintenance software in response to an installation request from the specific user. If the specific user subsequently requests that the first maintenance software be removed from the computer system, then the mappings of the first snapshot and the first maintenance software are used to revert the computer system back to the first system states.