Abstract: A biometric safe cabinet assembly for accessing the firearm safe from a bedside includes a cabinet. The cabinet is a nightstand and is positioned adjacent to a bedside. A scanner is attached to a side of the cabinet. The scanner is a biometric fingerprint reader that is in electric communication with a microprocessor. The microprocessor determines if the fingerprint reading matches the accepted fingerprint data. The microprocessor is in electric communication with a lock which is an electromagnet. The lock receives electric current from a power supply to produce a magnetic field that attracts the magnet of a door. The door is for a safe for a weapon is to be stored within. The magnetic field will diminish when the electric current is closed off by the microprocessor if the correct fingerprint is used. The safe can be accessed by the user without leaving the bedside.

Abstract: In a method of making a microstructured assembly, a substantially uniform coating of a curable material is formed on a substrate with the coating defining a leading edge. The coating is contacted with a mold starting at the leading edge to form in the curable material a plurality of barrier regions connected by intervening land regions. The curable material is cured and the mold is removed. Optionally, the coating includes a binder. Such a coating can optionally be debinded. In addition, the coating can be fired to form ceramic microstructures.

Abstract: A method for molding and aligning microstructures on a patterned substrate using a microstructured mold. A slurry containing a mixture of a ceramic powder and a curable fugitive binder is placed between the microstructure of a stretchable mold and a patterned substrate. The mold can be stretched to align the microstructure of the mold with a predetermined portion of the patterned substrate. The slurry is hardened between the mold and the substrate. The mold is then removed to leave microstructures adhered to the substrate and aligned with the pattern of the substrate. The microstructures can be thermally heated to remove the binder and optimally fired to sinter the ceramic powder.