Abstract: An articulatable mount for temporarily affixing a camera and illumination system to a vehicle is disclosed. The articulating drive mechanism is lightweight, vertically compact, and ruggedized for severe service such as withstanding shocks from off-road travel and abrupt maneuvering. Articulation and illumination may be controlled remotely over Wi-Fi from inside or nearby the vehicle, and encrypted video feeds may be received by authorized users of an ad-hoc network of available smart-phone users and in-vehicle computer systems authorized and authenticated to participate in the network.

Abstract: An articulatable mount for temporarily affixing a camera and illumination system to a vehicle is disclosed. The articulating drive mechanism is lightweight, vertically compact, and ruggedized for severe service such as withstanding shocks from off-road travel and abrupt maneuvering. Articulation and illumination may be controlled remotely over Wi-Fi from inside or nearby the vehicle, and encrypted video feeds may be received by authorized users of an ad-hoc network of available smart-phone users and in-vehicle computer systems authorized and authenticated to participate in the network.

Abstract: The system contains a device and a defining signature of at least one characteristic of the device. The defining signature changing as the device accumulates damage through a period of useful lifetime in a damaged state. A sensor is in communication with the device. The sensor sensing at least one of the characteristics of the defining signature as the device accumulates damage through the period of useful lifetime. A predictive curve is provided with the defining signature mapped over the anticipated useful lifetime of the device in the damaged state. The predictive curve provides a preliminary prediction of the remaining useful lifetime of the device in the damaged state. A reasoner is in communication with the sensor. The reasoner modifies the predictive curve relative to the sensed defining signature, thereby providing a normalization of the defining signature to the predictive curve.