Abstract: A self-improving, automated, highly intelligent product finder/guide can be used by a user to access a web site running the computer recommendation engine to look for product in segment X (e.g., pool floats). The user takes a quiz, and the quiz recommends a product. The user is then taken to the seller's site to buy product. If user buys, the seller may pay a commission for having the buyer directed to the seller's site. The user can give feedback and suggestions, including suggesting new questions. Some goals of the system include short-term goals to increase the probability that user buys a product, and long-term goals to have the system of the present invention be the trusted source for people to find out which product is best for them. Reinforcement learning (RL) methods can be used to optimize these measurable quantities.

Abstract: An automated child safety unlocking system which disengages the child safety locks and may unlock the vehicle door in appropriate circumstances such as when the vehicle ignition has been turned to the off position or when engine is stopped. The automated child safety unlocking system enables operability of the interior vehicle doors by an occupant to allow unencumbered egress from the vehicle to prevent a child or other individual from being trapped in the vehicle. The result is reduced risk that children or other vehicle occupants become dangerously entrapped within an overly hot, cold, or dangerous vehicle.

Abstract: An automated child safety unlocking system which disengages the child safety locks and may unlock the vehicle door in appropriate circumstances such as when the vehicle ignition has been turned to the off position or when engine is stopped. The automated child safety unlocking system enables operability of the interior vehicle doors by an occupant to allow unencumbered egress from the vehicle to prevent a child or other individual from being trapped in the vehicle. The result is reduced risk that children or other vehicle occupants become dangerously entrapped within an overly hot, cold, or dangerous vehicle.

Abstract: An automated child safety unlocking system which disengages the child safety locks and may unlock the vehicle door in appropriate circumstances such as when the vehicle ignition has been turned to the off position or when engine is stopped. The automated child safety unlocking system enables operability of the interior vehicle doors by an occupant to allow unencumbered egress from the vehicle to prevent a child or other individual from being trapped in the vehicle. The result is reduced risk that children or other vehicle occupants become dangerously entrapped within an overly hot, cold, or dangerous vehicle.

Abstract: An automated child safety unlocking system which disengages she child safety locks and may unlock the vehicle door in appropriate circumstances such as when the vehicle ignition has been turned to the off position or when engine is stopped. The automated child safety unlocking system enables operability of the interior vehicle doors by an occupant to allow unencumbered egress from the vehicle to prevent a child or other individual from being trapped in the vehicle. The result is reduced risk that children or other vehicle occupants become dangerously entrapped within an overly hot, cold, or dangerous vehicle.

Abstract: A method comprises building a forecast for an autonomous agent. The building at least comprises assigning a selected parameter of the autonomous agent to a state value, adding a new policy to a set of policies where the new policy maps actions of the autonomous agent for optimizing the state value, and adding a new forecast to a set of forecasts where the forecast at least comprises a prediction of a next state of the autonomous agent following execution of the new policy. The mapped actions are initiated according to the new policy. A state of the autonomous agent is evaluated following completion of the mapped actions. The evaluation at least comprises comparing the state with the forecast. Whether to build an additional forecast is determined. The determining is at least in part based on the evaluation.

Abstract: Gas turbine engine seals and engines incorporating such seals are provided. In this regard, a representative seal includes: an annular seal body having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the seal body extending along an axis of symmetry between a first end and a second end; the seal body being formed of a strip of material having first and second opposing edges, the strip of material being deformed to exhibit a first sealing surface at the first end, a second sealing surface at the second end, and a third sealing surface along the inner diameter, the first edge being located adjacent to the third sealing surface, the second edge being located adjacent to the second sealing surface; the first edge being spaced from the second edge to define an annular opening, the annular opening providing access to an annular cavity of the seal body.

Abstract: Gas turbine engine seals and engines incorporating such seals are provided. In this regard, a representative seal includes: an annular seal body having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the seal body extending along an axis of symmetry between a first end and a second end; the seal body being formed of a strip of material having first and second opposing edges, the strip of material being deformed to exhibit a first sealing surface at the first end, a second sealing surface at the second end, and a third sealing surface along the inner diameter, the first edge being located adjacent to the third sealing surface, the second edge being located adjacent to the second sealing surface; the first edge being spaced from the second edge to define an annular opening, the annular opening providing access to an annular cavity of the seal body.

Abstract: A portable, adjustable seat for suspension between the gunwales of a canoe, when used in a first orientation as a canoe seat, of a rigid construction that permits its use in a second, reverse orientation as a camp stool, when camping. The seat comprises a pair of cross members spaced from one another by a pair of braces to form a generally rectangular platform, a fabric sheet extending from one cross member to the other within the rectangular platform to provide a seating area, and left and right pairs of legs shaped to attach to the left and right ends of the pair of cross members (in the gunwales of the canoe) to suspend the seating area below and within the gunwales in the first orientation and to act as stool legs in the second orientation, the entire construction being sufficiently rigid to support the weight of a person when used in either orientation.