Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a microphone of a voice-controlled device, a speech input, generating an electrical signal having a first gain level that is below a gain threshold for audible detection by a user, transmitting the electrical signal to the speaker and detecting, by the microphone, an audio signal that includes a combination of ambient noise and a probe audio signal, wherein the probe audio signal is output by the speaker based on the electrical signal. The method further includes determining a power level of the probe audio signal and determining a state of the display based on the power level of the probe audio signal.

Abstract: A turbine blade tip cooling system includes a turbine blade having a tip cavity, a tip rail surrounding at least a portion of the tip cavity and at least one internal cooling cavity. The tip rail has an inner rail surface, an outer rail surface, an end surface and at least one tip rail pocket open at the end surface and fluidly connected to the at least one internal cooling cavity that carries a coolant. A tip rail cooling insert attaches to the at least one tip rail pocket, and has insert cooling channel(s) and a coolant collection plenum for directing coolant from the at least one internal cooling cavity to the insert cooling channel(s).

Abstract: A method is provided for providing target object information to a mobile interface device user in a dynamic structural environment. The method includes receiving from the mobile interface device a request for target object information associated with a target object in the dynamic structural environment. A pose of the mobile interface device relative to the target object is determined accounting for spatial differences in the environment coordinate system resulting from changes in the dynamic structure. The method also includes assembling AR target object information for transmission to and display on the mobile interface device and transmitting the AR target object information to the mobile interface device for display in conjunction with a real-time view of the target object.

Abstract: A tip rail cooling insert for attaching into a tip rail pocket in a tip rail of a turbine blade is disclosed. The insert includes a first inner layer defining at least one first insert cooling channel therein, the first inner layer including a pair of spaced legs defining a first coolant collection plenum with at least the tip rail pocket for directing coolant from at least one internal cooling cavity in the turbine blade to the at least one first insert cooling channel. Each of the pair of spaced legs has an angled outer end configured to accommodate rounded inner corners of the tip rail pocket. A first outer layer is on a first side of the first inner layer, and a second outer layer is on a second side of the first inner layer.

Abstract: A magnetically-coupled torque assist apparatus includes a movable (rotor) magnet configured to rotate about a rotor magnet axis extending through the rotor magnet, and a stationary (stator) magnet. The rotor magnet and the stator magnet have a gap therebetween. There is an equilibrium state position (ESP) of the rotor magnet where forces acting on the rotor magnet are balanced such that the rotor magnet is stationary about the rotor magnet axis. And when the rotor magnet is rotated from the equilibrium state position (ESP) to an elastically stressed state position (SSP), magnetic fields of the rotor magnet and the stator magnet generate a resultant magnetic force on the movable magnet that biases the movable magnet towards the equilibrium state position. In some embodiments, the stator and rotor magnets are configured to create a Halbach-effect magnetic field bloom, which contributes to the magnetic forces.

Abstract: An accelerator as a service is described where organizations can create an accelerator fund. From that fund the organization can invest sweat equity into selected startups. Those startups use the sweat equity to acquire startup services from experts who receive a participation in the fund. Eventually, shares in the fund are traded on an exchange.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for a first user to create intellectual property, in the form of digital media, then sell it to a second user. Users can collaborate to create intellectual property in an efficient manner by following a preferred procedure. The intellectual property can be distributed in an encrypted form which allows the intellectual property owner to specify the conditions of use that must be met for a specified intellectual property user to use the intellectual property. The user can authenticate the intellectual property in a distributed secure platform before final payment. The intellectual property owner can tag each copy of the intellectual property to trace the source of unauthorized copies.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for a first user to purchase a controlled product. The first user creates an order and specifies the set of conditions that the second user must meet to satisfy the order. The second user satisfies those conditions then can access an authorization from a third user prior to submitting a bid to supply the order. The first user can accept the bid then authorize payment. The first user and second user can confirm the product was delivered to the first user.

Abstract: A marketplace is formed where entrepreneurs describe their startup and the marketplace provides access to tools for acceleration. These tools include a roadmap of key activities that will accelerate time to market and minimize wasted effort. The tools also include access to a plurality of experts who help the entrepreneurs complete their startup activities more efficiently and effectively. The marketplace also provides a multitude of other tools, services and benefits for the startups and experts, including recruitment services.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a microphone of a voice-controlled device, a speech input, generating an electrical signal having a first gain level that is below a gain threshold for audible detection by a user, transmitting the electrical signal to the speaker and detecting, by the microphone, an audio signal that includes a combination of ambient noise and a probe audio signal, wherein the probe audio signal is output by the speaker based on the electrical signal. The method further includes determining a power level of the probe audio signal and determining a state of the display based on the power level of the probe audio signal.

Abstract: A system, computer-readable medium, and a method including obtaining flight data for a specific aircraft for a prescribed flight; obtaining current sample measurements of at least one state or output of the specific aircraft; performing based on the obtained flight data, the current measurements or outputs, and a mathematical model accurately representing an actual operational performance of the specific aircraft and providing a predictive indication of a future performance of the specific aircraft, a control optimization to determine a cost-optimal control input for the prescribed flight; adjusting, in response to a consideration of actual operational characteristics of the specific aircraft, the optimized control input; and transmitting the adjusted optimized control input to the specific aircraft to operate the specific aircraft to minimize the direct operating cost for the prescribed flight.

Abstract: A method is provided for operating a tunable acoustic gradient (TAG) lens imaging system. The method includes: (a) providing a smart lighting pulse control routine/circuit (SLPCRC) that provides a first mode of exposure control corresponding to a points from focus (PFF) mode of the TAG lens imaging system and a second mode of exposure control corresponding to an extended depth of focus (EDOF) mode of the TAG lens imaging system; (b) placing a workpiece in a field of view of the TAG lens imaging system; and (c) periodically modulating a focus position of the TAG lens imaging system without macroscopically adjusting the spacing between elements in the TAG lens imaging system, wherein the focus position is periodically modulated over a plurality of focus positions along a focus axis direction in a focus range including a surface height of the workpiece, at a modulation frequency of at least 30 kHz.

Abstract: Use of a wax anti-settling agent (WASA), in an automotive fuel composition, for the purpose of improving the acceleration performance of an internal combustion engine into which the fuel composition is or is intended to be introduced or of a vehicle powered by such an engine.

Abstract: A system, computer-readable medium, and a method to operate a vehicle in a manner that minimizes a cost to travel from an origin to a destination that includes finding the input to a flight control system that minimizes direct operating cost. The approach described herein employs an energy state approximation (ESA).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for generating efficient flight profiles in a variety of aircraft are disclosed. A method includes receiving required time of arrival (RTA) constraints for the aerial vehicle. The RTA constraints include a required time of arrival for a waypoint. The method also includes inputting the RTA constraints into a problem configured to generate flight plans based on the required time of arrival for the waypoint of the RTA constraints. The problem includes an altitude variable and a speed variable. The method also includes generating, as a solution to the problem, a flight plan by varying the altitude variable and the speed variable in order to reduce operating cost of the aerial vehicle based at least in part on the RTA constraints, and providing the flight plan to at least one computing system of the aerial vehicle. The flight plan includes a route traversing the waypoint.

Abstract: A system for an integrated voice and data communications environment is disclosed. The system may receive a voice call and assign the voice call to a first communications environment. The system may store call related data from the first communications environment. The system may receive a request for communications transfer and transfer the voice call from the first communications environment to a second communications environment in response to the request. The system may pass the call related data from the first communications environment to the second communications environment.

Abstract: A system for an integrated voice and data communications environment is disclosed. The system may receive a voice call and assign the voice call to a first communications environment. The system may store call related data from the first communications environment. The system may receive a request for communications transfer and transfer the voice call from the first communications environment to a second communications environment in response to the request. The system may pass the call related data from the first communications environment to the second communications environment.

Abstract: An information handling system for DIMM provisioning and RAS enablement may include a memory subsystem that may comprise a DIMM including a set of ranks, each rank of the set of ranks may include a set of DRAMs, each DRAM of the set of DRAMs including a set of rows, and a non-volatile memory associated with the DIMM. The DIMM may include a post package repair (PPR) history including a set of PPR history entries. Each PPR history entry of the set of PPR history entries may include a failed row count for each rank of a corresponding DRAM of the DIMM. The information handling system may also include a BIOS that may determine whether health of the DIMM is unhealthy that may be based on the PPR history. When the health of the DIMM may be unhealthy, the BIOS may also perform a PPR corrective action procedure.

Abstract: Phytoceutical compositions from organic extracts of the Ambrosia maritima or Ambrosia hispida plants and uses thereof for treatment of cancers is described.

Abstract: A magnetically-coupled torque assist apparatus includes a movable (rotor) magnet configured to rotate about a rotor magnet axis extending through the rotor magnet, and a stationary (stator) magnet. The rotor magnet and the stator magnet have a gap therebetween. There is an equilibrium state position (ESP) of the rotor magnet where forces acting on the rotor magnet are balanced such that the rotor magnet is stationary about the rotor magnet axis. And when the rotor magnet is rotated from the equilibrium state position (ESP) to an elastically stressed state position (SSP), magnetic fields of the rotor magnet and the stator magnet generate a resultant magnetic force on the movable magnet that biases the movable magnet towards the equilibrium state position. In some embodiments, the stator and rotor magnets are configured to create a Halbach-effect magnetic field bloom, which contributes to the magnetic forces.