Abstract: The present invention generally relates to nanowires and, in particular, to multiwell plates comprising nanowires, including systems and methods of making the same. Such multiwell plates can, in some cases, be used in automated equipment or high-throughput applications. For example, a plurality of cells may be placed in at least some of the wells of the multiwell plate, and one or more nanowires may be inserted into at least some of the cells within the wells of the multiwell plate. In some cases, one or more of the nanowires may have coated thereon a biological effector. The cells in each of the wells may be identical or different, and/or the biological effector may the same or different. Such multiwell plates may be used, for example, to test a biological effector against a variety of cell types, or to test a variety of biological effectors against a one or more cell types, or the like.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting and/or positioning two-dimensional objects is described. In some examples, the apparatus is an easel configured to position a canvas in front of a painter in any orientation within three-dimensional space. Such an easel enables a painter working with the canvas to adjust and/or orient the canvas with respect to the painter, such as by rotating the canvas towards or away from the painter, rotating the canvas about itself, translating the canvas vertically, translating the canvas horizontally, and so on.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for measuring a deformation ratio of a structure which includes a photonic crystal layer containing nanoparticles aligned at a certain interval. The device is useful for detecting when various industrial structures are deformed by a working load. The presence of deformation and the deformation ratio in the structures may be simply and easily measured by measuring the change of structural color or magnetic flux in the device. The device may be useful to prevent accidents due to excessive deformation in structures.

Abstract: Micro/nano mono-wing aircraft with the wing configured as a winged seed (Samara) is uniquely suited for autonomous or remotely controlled operation in confined environments for surrounding images acquisition. The aircraft is capable of effective autorotation and steady hovering. The wing is flexibly connected to a fuselage via a servo-mechanism which is controlled to change the wing's orientation to control the flight trajectory and characteristics. A propeller on the fuselage rotates about the axis oriented to oppose a torque created about the longitudinal axis of the fuselage and is controlled to contribute in the aircraft maneuvers. A controller, either ON-board or OFF-board, creates input command signals to control the operation of the aircraft based on a linear control model identified as a result of extensive experimentations with a number of models.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for measuring a deformation ratio of a structure and a method of measuring a deformation ratio of a structure using the same. More specifically, the device for measuring a deformation ratio of a structure according to the present invention comprises a photonic crystal layer containing nanoparticles aligned at a certain interval. According to the present invention, when various industrial structures are deformed by a working load, and the like, presence of deformation and the correct deformation ratio in the structures may be simply and easily measured by measuring the change of structural color or magnetic flux in the corresponding part, and this measurement of deformation may also prevent accidents due to excessive deformation in structures.

Abstract: Micro/nano mono-wing aircraft with the wing configured as a winged seed (Samara) is uniquely suited for autonomous or remotely controlled operation in confined environments for surrounding images acquisition. The aircraft is capable of effective autorotation and steady hovering. The wing is flexibly connected to a fuselage via a servo-mechanism which is controlled to change the wing's orientation to control the flight trajectory and characteristics. A propeller on the fuselage rotates about the axis oriented to oppose a torque created about the longitudinal axis of the fuselage and is controlled to contribute in the aircraft maneuvers. A controller, either ON-board or OFF-board, creates input command signals to control the operation of the aircraft based on a linear control model identified as a result of extensive experimentations with a number of models.

Abstract: A differential pair circuit includes a first transistor having a first control terminal, a first input terminal, and a first output terminal; a second transistor having a second control terminal, a second input terminal, and a second output terminal, a first buffer stage including a third transistor having a third control terminal, a third input terminal, and a third output terminal; and a second buffer stage including a fourth transistor having a fourth control terminal, a fourth input terminal, and a fourth output terminal. The first output terminal and the second output terminal are electrically connected; the third output terminal and the first control terminal are electrically connected; the fourth output terminal and the second control terminal are electrically connected; the first input terminal and the fourth input terminal are electrically connected; and the second input terminal and the third input terminal are electrically connected.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in testing a device includes a parametric measurement unit to measure a first signal from the device, and pin electronics to provide a second signal to the device. The pin electronics includes circuitry along a path to the device. The parametric measurement unit is electrically connected to the device via the circuitry to receive the first signal via the circuitry.

Abstract: Techniques are described that facilitate generating useful content based on user interactions, such as by providing an answer-providing service that facilitates interactions between users who supply questions and users who supply responses to the questions of other users, as well as using the generated content in various ways. In some situations, users are incentivized to participate in interactions with the answer-providing service in various ways, including by assessing and using levels of expertise of the users, such as for one or more categories and in a manner relative to other users. For example, the users with the highest levels of expertise and past participation may be incentivized to continue participating with the system in various ways, including by assigning one or more enhanced incentive levels to at least some such users, and then providing additional benefits of various types to users having such enhanced status.

Abstract: Techniques are described that facilitate generating useful content based on user interactions, such as by providing an answer-providing service that facilitates interactions between users who supply questions and users who supply responses to the questions of other users, as well as using the generated content in various ways. In some situations, users are compensated for participating in interactions with the answer-providing service in various ways, including by sharing a portion of an ongoing revenue stream generated from an answer to a question with users who provided responses that are used as part of the answer. In some situations, the sharing of an ongoing revenue stream related to an answer may be split between the users who provided the responses for the answer in various manners, including based on assessed levels of expertise of those users.

Abstract: The following disclosure relates generally to techniques for generating useful content based on user interactions, such as by enabling users to submit questions to and otherwise interact with an answer-providing service. In some situations, one or more interfaces are provided to allow users to specify a variety of types of questions for the answer-providing service, such as via a GUI and/or using a messaging interface based on email or other types of electronic messages. When communications occur via electronic messages, the answer-providing service may in some situations generate and include unique tracking identifiers in electronic messages sent to users, so that the users can reply back to the messages in order to provide a command to the answer-providing service that includes a tracking identifier previously sent to the user and thus verify that the command is sent by someone with access to the electronic messages of the user.

Abstract: Techniques are described that facilitate generating useful content based on user interactions, such as by providing an answer-providing service that facilitates interactions between users who supply questions and users who supply responses to the questions of other users, as well as using the generated content in various ways. In some situations, some users of the answer-providing service are provided with pay-per-response functionality in which the user is allowed to elect on a per-question basis to include a paid response or other indicated information (e.g., advertisements) in an answer for a question in exchange for payment from the user, such as for use by merchants with questions that are related to products and/or services provided by the merchants.

Abstract: A system and method for improving digital communication in a wireless mobile ad-hoc network. More specifically, the system includes one or more portable network devices operable to support the seamless operation of a self-initializing, self-healing, adaptive portable network. The portable network devices implement protocols that provide bandwidth management capabilities for use with radios, routers and other wireless network devices. Each portable network device includes at least one wireless transceiver, a processor and control software. The processor and control software are logically coupled to the wireless transceiver to facilitate digital communication via a plurality of communication channels with other network devices.

Abstract: A sliding module employing a semi-automatic opening/closing of the portable terminal, is disclosed. A driving force is used to open and close the sliding-type portable terminal with the resilient force of an elastic means, by converting the direction of the driving force by means of sliders formed on a sliding guide and a sliding plate, respectively. Thus, a user can conveniently manipulate the sliding-type portable terminal.

Abstract: Teleranking is the aggregation and analysis of customer call and click data through any communication device (“Device”) that provides relevancy and rankings of a Target(s) that is being searched for by the user. The Target can be a location(s), a business(es), a person(s) or a website(s). By combining call and click data with database information pertaining to the Target(s), Teleranking can deliver ranked relevancy for the Target(s) based on weight-based algorithms. When a user searches for a Target(s) on their Device, the call and click data assigned to each Target(s) is logged into a database. Based on the call and click characteristics and the user profile, a certain weight(s) is assigned to the Target(s). The weight(s) assigned determines the popularity and relevancy of the Target(s) based on the aggregate call and click data and the location and profile of the Device user.

Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a pay-for-performance search result by advertiser(s), who may or may not have a website or internet presence, through the Internet, wireline, and/or mobile phone network, that directly connects users to the advertiser(s) over a communication channel (e.g. cellular, wireline, VoIP phone network). Method includes receiving a search request from a user through any networked device, which generates a matching list of search results from a database server. The method by which an advertiser(s) makes a bid amount on keyword(s) or search term(s) which if selected from the search results by the user, through any networked device, will directly connect the user to the advertiser(s) by calling the associated telephone number(s) or other communication ID# or channel (e.g. VoIP address) of the advertiser(s) selected (“Pay-Per-Call”).