Abstract: Systems, methods and media for purchasing and commenting on identified products in media content are provided. In one example, a method comprises receiving media content from a content source and accessing data relating to an aspect of the media content, such as a product or service shown in the media content. The media content is communicated to first and second display devices for presentation to respective first and second users, and the data relating to an aspect of the media content is also sent to the first and second devices for presentation to the first and second users at about the same time. User commentary generated by the first or second user associated with the media content or the data relating to an aspect of the media content is received from the first or second device.

Abstract: A high-voltage (HV) compound switch can include coupling circuitry to help provide better slew rate (dV/dt) control, such as to limit electromagnetic energy radiation during switching, which can cause undesirable EMI. Further, efficiency and on-state resistance can be improved by controllably forward-biasing the “normally on” JFET when the compound switch is in an “on” state. In such an on-state, the JFET temperature can be monitored, such as by monitoring the gate-source junction voltage or the gate current of the JFET. Such temperature information can be used for control or other purposes.

Abstract: One or more switchable magnetic systems is located near a battery attachment surface of an electric vehicle, where the battery attachment surface is configured to accept and electronically connect to a battery pack. The electric vehicle also includes a control system that operates the one or more switchable magnetic system switching from a first to a second state. In the first state the magnetic field of the switchable magnetic system secures the battery pack to the battery attachment surface so that the battery pack is electronically coupled to an electric motor of the electric vehicle. When the control system receives a message corresponding to removal of the battery pack, the control system switches the switchable magnetic system to the second state such that the battery pack is removable from the battery attachment surface.

Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for identifying and revealing objects from video identifies or infers objects from images or sequences of images upon a command, interrogative, or inferred interest of a user. The system is trained to identify or infer the objects using neural network or statistical learning-based models. The system may respond to the user in accordance with an expected user latency in requesting the system to reveal a specific object to the user. Semantic techniques may be applied to enable the system to interpret contextual or object attribute information that is provided by the users' communications to the system. The system may be applied in product promotional processes that are with respect to video that is associated with television, movies, and other video content.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, inter alia, a system and methods for targeted hyperthermia effective to differentially heat target organs. In certain embodiments, the system and/or method utilizes one or more pairs of inductive applicators coupled to the one or more RF generators and configured to deposit radio frequency radiation on a region of interest based on a set of configurable parameters.

Abstract: A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch-sensitive display includes displaying information on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display, scrolling through the information in a first scrolling mode when the gesture is associated with a first area of the touch-sensitive display, and scrolling through the information in a second scrolling mode when the gesture is associated with a second area of the touch-sensitive display.

Abstract: A portable pill dispenser is disclosed herein. The portable pill dispenser includes a container configured to house at least one pill therein. The container is attachable to a housing, which comprises a dispensing opening. A dispensing mechanism, a ramp, and a control panel are disposed within the housing. The dispensing mechanism is configured to dispense the at least one pill from the container to the dispensing opening. The ramp is configured to direct the at least one pill to the dispensing mechanism. A verification mechanism is disposed about the housing. The verification mechanism is configured to activate the dispensing mechanism. The control panel is in electrical communication with the dispensing mechanism and the verification mechanism.

Abstract: A system in which players participate as characters in a virtual game world via game clients executing on client devices and communicate via an in-game communications channel. A messaging service is provided that enables active players to communicate with non-players via messaging platform(s). A player may send a message to another person via an in-game communications channel; upon detecting that the person is not active in the game, the service maps the person's identity to one or more messaging platform endpoints, tags the source of the message with the sending player's in-game identity, and forwards the message to the person via the messaging platform(s). The person may respond to the message via the messaging platform(s). The identities of the active player may be obfuscated so that a player's personal contact information is not exposed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a tracking server, tracking device diagnostic information and user device diagnostic information. The method includes retrieving, by the tracking server, a power consumption model for a tracking device based on the tracking device diagnostic information. The method includes revising, by the tracking server, the power consumption model for the tracking device based on the tracking device diagnostic information and the user device diagnostic information. The method includes determining, by the tracking server, reconfiguration instructions for the tracking device based on the revised power consumption model. The reconfiguration instructions are selected to cause the tracking device to satisfy one or more power conditions. The method includes providing, by the tracking server, the reconfiguration instructions to the tracking device.

Abstract: A spiral flute tap includes a body having an axial forward end and an axial rearward end. The body has a cylindrical shank portion adjacent the axial rearward end, a threaded fluted portion adjacent the axial forward end, a non-threaded fluted portion between the cylindrical shank portion and the threaded fluted portion, and a central, longitudinal axis. The spiral flute tap further includes a plurality of helical flutes formed at a helix angle, HA, with respect to the central, longitudinal axis of the tap that continuously increases in magnitude in the threaded fluted portion. In other words, the lead of the plurality of helical flutes continuously decreases in magnitude in a rearward direction for a predetermined distance. In one example, the helix angle, HA, varies at a rate of between 0.5 degrees/mm to 4.0 degrees/mm. A method of making the spiral flute tap is also disclosed.

Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to displaying an image on a display device where a motion during a latency between a first time associated with activating a first portion of the display device and a second time associated with activating a second portion of the display device is predicted. At least a second portion of an image, to be displayed at the second time, is distorted based at least in part on a function of the motion and the latency to compensate for the latency. A first portion of the image is displayed at the first time by activating the first portion of the display device. The second portion of the image, as distorted, is displayed at the second time by activating the second portion of the display device.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to monitor resource access. In some aspect, an electronic device determines that an application attempts to access a resource on the electronic device. The electronic device determines whether the application is operating in a foreground of an operating system (OS) on the electronic device or in a background of the OS on the electronic device. If the application is operating in the foreground, the application is permitted to access the resource. If the application is operating in the background, a notification is generated to indicate that a background application attempts to access a resource.

Abstract: A tracking server stores information identifying one or more community mobile devices and information identifying one or more tracking devices within a proximity of each of the one or more community mobile devices. The tracking server receives a tracking device request from a mobile device. The tracking device request includes information identifying a tracking device and configuration instructions for configuring the tracking device. The tracking server identifies a community mobile device from the one or more community mobile devices within a proximity of the tracking device. The tracking server sends the tracking device request to the identified community mobile device. The identified community mobile device is configured to forward the tracking device request to the tracking device and the tracking device is configured to re-configure the tracking device based on the configuration instructions included in the tracking device request.

Abstract: A system may include a controller configured to cause a capacitance probe to subject a material to a first electric signal having a first frequency and determine a first capacitance of the material at the first frequency. The controller is configured to cause the capacitance probe to subject the material to a second electric signal at a second frequency and determine a second capacitance of the material at the second frequency. The material includes at least a first constituent phase and a second constituent phase. The first constituent phase and the second constituent phase have substantially similar dielectric constants at the first frequency and substantially different dielectric constants at the second frequency. The controller is further configured to determine a porosity of the material based on the first capacitance and determine a relative phase composition of the first constituent phase and the second constituent phase based on the second capacitance.

Abstract: Techniques for ensuring content output to a user conforms to a quality of the user's speech, even when a speechlet or skill ignores the speech's quality, are described. When a system receives speech, the system determines an indicator of the speech's quality (e.g., whispered, shouted, fast, slow, etc.) and persists the indicator in memory. When the system receives output content from a speechlet or skill, the system checks whether the output content is in conformity with the speech quality indicator. If the content conforms to the speech quality indicator, the system may cause the content to be output to the user without further manipulation. But, if the content does not conform to the speech quality indicator, the system may manipulate the content to render it in conformity with the speech quality indicator and output the manipulated content to the user.

Abstract: A downhole cutting tool may include tool body; a first blade extending from the tool body; a plurality of cutting elements attached to the first blade, the plurality of cutting elements comprising at least two types of cutting elements, wherein the first blade extends from the tool body to a first height adjacent a first type of cutting element and a second height, different from the first height, adjacent a second type of cutting element.

Abstract: A drill bit may include a bit body and at least two cones assemblies including at least two drive cylinders having at least two cones. The at least two cone assemblies are mounted on the bit body. The drill bit may also include an indexing mechanism coupled to the bit body and configured to rotate and lock at least one drive cylinder. A method of operating the drill bit may include providing fluid to the drill bit, rotating the drill string to drill formation, moving the indexing mechanism an axial distance within a central chamber of the drill bit, rotating the at least two indexable structures as the indexing mechanism moves, and locking the at least two indexable structures.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes storing, by a tracking system server, information identifying each computing device of multiple computing devices and a location of each computing device. The method includes receiving, by the tracking system server from a first computing device, a tracking device request including an identifier for a tracking device and instructions for the tracking device. The method includes identifying, by the tracking system server, a second computing device based on a location of the second computing device and a most recent location associated with the tracking device. The method includes sending, by the tracking system server to the second computing device, a tracking device forwarding request including the identifier for the tracking device and the instructions for the tracking device, wherein the second computing device is configured to send the instructions for the tracking device to the tracking device.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes providing, by a tracking system, an application associated with the tracking system configured to cause a computing device to determine and send a location associated with a tracking device and an identity of the tracking device in response to the computing device receiving a signal from the tracking device. The method includes receiving, by a tracking system server, from a first computing device executing the application associated with the tracking system, a location associated with the tracking device and the identity of the tracking device. The method includes receiving, by the tracking system server from a second computing device, a request to locate the tracking device. The method includes providing, by the tracking system server to the second computing device, the location associated with the tracking device received from the first computing device.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a first computing device from a user of the first computing device, a request to locate a tracking device associated with the first computing device. The method includes sending, by the first computing device to a tracking system server in response to receiving the request to locate the tracking device from the user of the first computing device, a request for a location of the tracking device. The method includes receiving, by the first computing device from the tracking system server, a location of the tracking device, the location of the tracking device being a location associated with the tracking device determined by a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices and provided by the second computing device in response to the second computing device receiving a signal from the tracking device.