Abstract: A heating element for use in an electronic vaporizer includes a heating element base, a heating circuit, first and second electronic leads and first and second thermocouple wires. The electronic vaporizer includes a controller configured to sense an operating temperature of the heating element. The heating circuit is encapsulated within the heating element base and has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first electronic lead is connected to the first terminal of the heating circuit. The second electronic lead is connected to the second terminal of the heating circuit. The first thermocouple wire is coupled to the first electronic lead. The second thermocouple wire is coupled to the second electronic lead. The first and second thermocouple wires are composed from different materials and configured to be connected to respective inputs of the controller.

Abstract: A gadget for retroreflected signal measurement is disclosed. The gadget for measuring the retroreflected signal includes a partitioning wall; a portable terminal receiving portion disposed on one surface of the partitioning wall; a biosensor receiving portion disposed on the other surface of the partitioning wall and constructed to receive a biosensor therein; a light exit channel defined in the partitioning wall and at one side thereof; and a light-receiving channel adjacent to the light exit channel and defined in the partitioning wall, wherein light passes through the light exit channel and then is reflected from the biosensor, and then is incident into the light-receiving channel.

Abstract: A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for producing metal-organic framework (MOF) materials (e.g., ZIF-67), as well as MOF-coated light emitted diodes (LEDs). The process for producing ZIF-67 nanoparticles includes (a) mixing a solution of cobalt(II) hexahydrate and a solution of 2-methylimiazole to give a first mixture solution; and (b) let the first mixture solution stand for a sufficient period of time to allow the growth of the ZIF-67 nanoparticles. The process for producing a ZIF-67-coated light emitted diode (LED) includes (i) dispersing the ZIF-67 nanoparticles in a poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) solution to form a ZIF-67@PMMA slurry; and (ii) applying the ZIF-67@PMMA slurry onto the surface of an LED in a dropwise manner to give the ZIF-67@PMMA-coated LED.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods and systems for establishing data communication at a network device. The method includes identifying a cellular network by the network device. After that, the network device sends a request to an MSA for an embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM) profile of the cellular network. The MSA may or may not have an eSIM profile of the cellular network available. When an eSIM profile of the cellular network is available, the network device receives the eSIM profile information from the MSA. The network device then sends a request for data communication access to the cellular network using the eSIM profile information to obtain data communication access through the cellular network. The network device may comprise at least one universal integrated circuit card (UICC) and/or embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC).

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods and systems for using one or more substitute connections between a cellular router and a server. When the server detects that one or more connections fail, the server starts using one or more substitute connections to the one or more failed connections. The connections are used to transmit requests and responses between the cellular router and the server. The requests comprise authentication requests that are transmitted to the server from the cellular router. The responses comprise authentication responses that are transmitted to the cellular router from the server. The authentication requests and the authentication responses are to authenticate one or more SIM cards housed in the server. The cellular router authenticates the one or more SIM cards by utilizing the authentication responses to keep maintaining respective cellular connections established using the one or more SIM cards from the server.

Abstract: Model training systems collaborate on model training without revealing respective private data sets. Each private data set learns a set of client weights for a set of computer models that are also learned during training. Inference for a particular private data set is determined as a mixture of the computer model parameters according to the client weights. During training, at each iteration, the client weights are updated in one step based on how well sampled models represent the private data set. In another step, gradients are determined for each sampled model and may be weighed according to the client weight for that model, relatively increasing the gradient contribution of a private data set for model parameters that correspond more highly to that private data set.

Abstract: A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections.

Abstract: A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections.

Abstract: A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections.

Abstract: An example display assembly includes: an outer substrate; an inner substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed between the inner substrate and the outer substrate in a spaced apart relationship; and at least one substantially planar microstructure between the first and second electrodes, the microstructure containing an electrophoretic media, and wherein the electrophoretic media comprises a first chemical entity and a second chemical entity, wherein the first and second chemical entities are to be induced to reversibly interact to switch between a separated state and an optically active state in response to a change in an electromagnetic field applied to the electrophoretic media by the first and second electrodes to change an optical property of the electrophoretic media.

Abstract: A server includes units for: relaying video data transmitted from a user terminal where the video data is generated to a user terminal where the video data is reproduced; upon reception of a first signal indicative that a first item has been used by a reproducing user while the video data is reproduced, changing a first indicator of a first team associated with the first item in a first direction; upon reception of a second signal indicative that a second item has been used by the reproducing user while the video data is reproduced, changing a second indicator of a second team associated with the second item in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and determining a winner and a loser upon satisfaction of a predetermined condition by at least one of the first indicator of the first team or the second indicator of the second team.

Abstract: A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections.

Abstract: An evaluation system including a hardware system for collecting real-time data for evaluating sleeping comfort performance of a bedding system is disclosed. The hardware system includes a thermal and moisture comfort measurement system, a thermal and moisture comfort control system, a biomechanical comfort control system, and a biomechanical comfort measurement system. The evaluation system also includes a computational system having a processor and a tactile database, and a portable device. The computational system is configured to receive and process the real-time data from the hardware system, and is communicatively connected to the portable device for transmitting real-time data for evaluating the bedding system and adjusting the hardware system.

Abstract: Described is a method of calibrating a camera. The method comprises obtaining geographical coordinates of a selected physical point location within an image view of the camera and measuring an angle between an x-axis of a real-world coordinate system passing through said selected point location with respect to true north. The method includes using said obtained geographical coordinates, said measured angle, and projection data derived from characteristics of the camera to derive modified projection data for transforming a two-dimensional pixel coordinate system of the camera image view into a three-dimensional geographical coordinate system for point locations within the image view of the camera.

Abstract: Devices that convert heat into electricity, and methods for a fabrication of the same are provided. The asymmetric thermo-electrochemical capacitor uses a GO-based positive electrode and a battery-type negative electrode to open up the operating voltage window and enhance the electrical discharge capacity for converting low-grade heat into electricity with excellent efficiency, fast thermo-charging time, and stable cycles. The thermo-electrochemical device includes a carbon-based positive electrode, a conductive polymer or a metal-organic framework as negative electrode, a current collector, and a porous separator.

Abstract: A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections.

Abstract: A method and a wireless communication device for providing communication service to devices connected to the wireless communication device. By establishing a starter wireless carrier connection using a starter SIM from a plurality of local SIMs, the wireless communication device establishes one or more logical data connections with one or more SIM banks. Remote-SIMs are selected from the one or more SIM banks and used to establish further wireless carrier connections to allow communication service to be provided to the devices over wireless carrier connections.

Abstract: Described is a method of calibrating a camera. The method comprises obtaining geographical coordinates of a selected physical point location within an image view of the camera and measuring an angle between an x-axis of a real-world coordinate system passing through said selected point location with respect to true north. The method includes using said obtained geographical coordinates, said measured angle, and projection data derived from characteristics of the camera to derive modified projection data for transforming a two-dimensional pixel coordinate system of the camera image view into a three-dimensional geographical coordinate system for point locations within the image view of the camera.

Abstract: Described is a method of calibrating a camera. The method comprises defining an area observed in a field of view (FOV) of the camera as a region of interest (ROI). The method includes selecting a plurality of physical reference points in said ROI and obtaining for each reference point physical position coordinates. The method also includes obtaining from said camera FOV or camera image data pixel locations for each point of reference and pairing each pixel location with the physical position coordinates of its respective reference point. Then, a relationship is derived from the paired pixel locations and physical position coordinates to enable a selected or identified pixel location in the camera FOV or camera image data to be transformed to physical position coordinates for a corresponding physical location in said ROI.