Abstract: A cleaning station for an optical element is providing, including: an optical element holder configured to hold the optical element; a first drive configured to rotate the optical element holder around a rotation axis coinciding with an optical axis of the optical element when held by the optical element holder; a cleaning nozzle configured to project a cleaning jet of a cleaning liquid towards the optical element; and a separate drying nozzle configured to project a drying jet towards the optical element, the cleaning nozzle and the drying nozzle being configured to move in order to direct the cleaning jet and the drying jet, respectively, successively to different locations on the optical element.

Abstract: A polymer composition including 60-80 wt % of a recycled polypropylene; 10-5 wt % of a recycled polyethylene; 5-20 wt % of a polyolefin elastomer (POE); 0.1-10 wt % styrene ethylene butylene styrene block copolymer (SEBS); wherein the wt % is relative to the total weight of the polymer composition; wherein the polymer composition includes at least 11 wt % of polyolefin elastomer and styrene ethylene butylene styrene block copolymer.

Abstract: A method for displaying content displayed on one or more first devices on a second device is provided. The method includes receiving a request to display content currently displayed on a first device on a second device, the request including a gesture made on a screen of the first device, and pairing the first device to the second device. The method further includes transmitting instructions to the second device to display the content currently displayed on the first device, and transmitting the content currently displayed on the first device to the second device for display thereon.

Abstract: Example methods and systems are directed to providing multi-dimensional search results. A source (e.g., a closed captioning stream) may provide a series of keywords. The series of keywords may be used to generate a series of searches. The results from the searches may be presented as part of a user interface in a grid. For example, one row may be presented for each keyword, with the row for the keyword containing the results from searching using that keyword. Alternatively, one column may be presented for each keyword, with the column for the keyword containing the results from searching using that keyword. The series of keywords may be generated once. Alternatively, new keywords may be periodically added to the series of keywords, causing the grid to be updated. Old keywords and their corresponding search results may periodically be removed from the grid.

Abstract: A manufacturing facility for manufacturing an optical element according to a prescription includes a first station configured for surfacing and polishing a second face of a lens blank and pre-cleaning the second face of the lens blank including a finishing drying which allows the lens blank to be put on hold, a second station configured for deep cleaning the second face of the lens blank and hard coating the second face of the lens blank, a tunnel oven configured to degas the lens blank, a vacuum box coater configured to apply an antireflection (AR)-coating, and a third station configured to deblock the processed lens blank from the block piece.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical element according to a prescription is provided, including providing a combination of a block piece and a lens blank having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, the lens blank being blocked with the first face on the block piece, surfacing and polishing the second face of the lens blank, cleaning the lens blank, hard coating the second face of the lens blank, degassing the lens blank, applying an AR-coating in a vacuum box coater, and deblocking the processed lens blank from the block piece, wherein the cleaning step includes a pre-cleaning step including a finishing drying step allowing the lens blank to be put on hold, and a deep cleaning step prior to the hard coating step.

Abstract: A method for displaying content displayed on one or more first devices on a second device is provided. The method includes receiving a request to display content currently displayed on a first device on a second device, the request including a gesture made on a screen of the first device, and pairing the first device to the second device. The method further includes transmitting instructions to the second device to display the content currently displayed on the first device, and transmitting the content currently displayed on the first device to the second device for display thereon.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lamination machine including: a film support for receiving a functional film to be laminated; an article support configured to receive and position the optical article in a predetermined orientation; and an actuating member configured to move the film support and the article support toward each other for laminating at a predetermined pressure the functional film received in the film support onto the optical article received within the article support. The article support is a blocker support configured to receive a surfacing blocker onto which the optical article is to be disposed for lamination, the article support being further configured to transmit laminating forces induced by the predetermined pressure to the lamination machine during a lamination operation.

Abstract: A container for fermenting bio-degradable substances, the container comprising: a base and a wall, wherein an interior of the container is enclosed by the base and the wall; a rotatable agitator that protrudes into the interior and is supported in an upper bearing and a lower bearing in an installed position of the rotatable agitator in the container, wherein the rotatable agitator includes a shaft that is drivable by a drive, wherein at least one stirring paddle is arranged at the shaft and configured to co-rotate with the shaft so that substances arranged in the container are stirrable, wherein the lower bearing is arranged at the at least one base of the container and a bearing device located at a lower end of the shaft is supported in the lower bearing in the installed position of the rotatable agitator.

Abstract: A film structure comprising at least a functional film (212), a carrier layer (20), and a counter-force liner (22), said a functional film (212) being in between said carrier layer (20) and said counter-force liner (22). The carrier layer (20) and the counter-force liner (22) are larger than the receiving area, and the film structure comprises fastening means adapted to fasten, directly or indirectly, the counter-force liner (22) to the carrier layer (20) at least on a portion of a zone outside the functional film (212). It is also proposed a corresponding machine, optical device and method for forming a functional film intended to be laminated on an optical article.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for producing a cavity in a soil from a starting point to a target point along a drilling line for introducing timbering for holding the cavity open having a tunneling head (11), at the outer end of which at least one cutting element (12) for Stripping the soil is provided, wherein the tunneling head (11) has a receiving Chamber (15) which has an opening (16), to which a face conveyor line (17) is connected, and in which at least a first nozzle (21) for discharging a liquid for transporting the stripped soil away from the receiving Chamber is provided, which first nozzle (21) is provided in such a way that the discharge opening thereof is oriented substantially in the direction of the face conveyor line, wherein the advancing drive takes place via an advancing device. It is provided here that at least one second nozzle (23) is provided which is arranged in such a way that the discharge opening thereof is directed substantially onto the soil to be stripped.

Abstract: Example methods and systems are directed to a managed inventory. A database may store information regarding items owned by a user. The information regarding an item may include a quantity owned and one or more triggering events. Based on the occurrence of a triggering event, an order for the item may be placed without user intervention. Data to the database may be provided by one or more sensors. Triggering events may be defined in terms of sensor data. The triggering event may be defined by a user or through machine learning. The order may be placed using a predetermined modality or a dynamically-determined modality based on one or more criteria, such as price, shipping speed, and the urgency of the order.

Abstract: Example methods and systems are directed to a managed inventory. A database may store information regarding items owned by a user. The information regarding an item may include a quantity owned and one or more triggering events. Based on the occurrence of a triggering event, an order for the item may be placed without user intervention. Data to the database may be provided by one or more sensors. Triggering events may be defined in terms of sensor data. The triggering event may be defined by a user or through machine learning. The order may be placed using a predetermined modality or a dynamically-determined modality based on one or more criteria, such as price, shipping speed, and the urgency of the order.

Abstract: Example methods and systems are directed to a managed inventory. A database may store information regarding items owned by a user. The information regarding an item may include a quantity owned and one or more triggering events. Based on the occurrence of a triggering event, an order for the item may be placed without user intervention. Data to the database may be provided by one or more sensors. Triggering events may be defined in terms of sensor data. The triggering event may be defined by a user or through machine learning. The order may be placed using a predetermined modality or a dynamically-determined modality based on one or more criteria, such as price, shipping speed, and the urgency of the order.

Abstract: Example methods and systems are directed to a managed inventory. A database may store information regarding items owned by a user. The information regarding an item may include a quantity owned and one or more triggering events. Based on the occurrence of a triggering event, an order for the item may be placed without user intervention. Data to the database may be provided by one or more sensors. Triggering events may be defined in terms of sensor data. The triggering event may be defined by a user or through machine learning. The order may be placed using a predetermined modality or a dynamically-determined modality based on one or more criteria, such as price, shipping speed, and the urgency of the order.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided including a processor, a memory, and a vehicle tracking portal. The vehicle tracking portal is configured to obtain vehicle identification information regarding a vehicle. Then diagnostic information regarding the vehicle can be obtained. Then, based on the vehicle identification and the diagnostic information, a recommended service for the vehicle can be determined. A user can then be alerted to the recommended service.

Abstract: Provided herein are synthetic vesicles carrying a payload of one or more suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS) proteins. In particular, liposomes encapsulating SOCS1 and/or SOCS3, and methods of delivery and use for the treatment of lung disease and conditions, are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided including a processor, a memory, and a vehicle tracking portal. The vehicle tracking portal is configured to obtain vehicle identification information regarding a vehicle. Then diagnostic information regarding the vehicle can be obtained. Then, based on the vehicle identification and the diagnostic information, a recommended service for the vehicle can be determined. A user can then be alerted to the recommended service.

Abstract: Method and system to facilitate transactions in a particular on-line trading platform from a third party web site may be utilized beneficially to enhance a user's experience in purchasing items referenced on third party web pages. When a user encounters, on a third party web site, a presentation of an item that is linked to a listing maintained by the on-line trading platform, the user may simply click on the presentation of the item, which causes presentation of a visual control selectable to launch a transaction processing flow facilitated by the on-line trading platform, without requiring the user to leave the third party web site.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (12) for mixing/dosing liquid coating materials, in particular for use in a coating system (10) for spectacle lenses, said device having at least a first and a second storage container (14-24) for liquid starting materials, a conveying device (26) for sucking in and expelling liquids, a mixing container (28), and a liquid outlet (30) for mixed/dosed liquid coating materials. In between there is a multi-way valve (32), which can be switched into different valve positions and is constructed to produce one of the following connections (a, b, c, d) and in the process to disconnect the other connections: (a) connection between the first storage container and the conveying device, (b) connection between the second storage container and the conveying device, (c) connection between the conveying device and the mixing container, and (d) connection between the conveying device and the liquid outlet.