Abstract: A multiple transport level tester system according to some embodiments includes an entry point, an exit point, a first transport level having a first level, and at least one additional transport levels, wherein the first level is different than the at least one additional levels. The multiple transport level tester system further includes at least one environmental conditioning chamber configured to perform an environmental conditioning on units under test; and at least one test station configured to perform at least one test on the units under test.

Abstract: A pressure-activated membrane switch and methods of use are provided. The pressure-activated membrane switch includes an electrically-conductive membrane, and a compliant conductive material having an electrically-conductive inner surface, wherein contact between the electrically-conductive membrane and the electrically-conductive inner surface of the compliant material is configured to cause an electrical circuit, of which the switch is a part, to close. The pressure-activated membrane switch further includes a plurality of spacers dispersed between the electrically-conductive membrane and the compliant conductive material. The plurality of spacers form one or more gaps between the electrically-conductive membrane and the compliant conductive material, and, with an application of pressure against the compliant conductive material, the compliant conductive material is configured to deform between the one or more gaps to contact the electrically-conductive membrane.

Abstract: Systems and methods for processing geographical zones are provided. The method involves operating at least one processor to: define a bounding box surrounding a geographical zone; iteratively partition the bounding box into a plurality of bounding boxes by, starting with the bounding box in the first iteration: determine whether the bounding box contains more than a predetermined maximum number of vertices; divide the bounding box into two additional bounding boxes if the bounding box contains more than the predetermined maximum number of vertices, repeat the steps of determining and dividing the bounding box for the additional bounding boxes in the next iteration until each additional bounding box does not contain more than the predetermined maximum number of vertices; generate a binary tree data structure representing the geographical zone; search the binary tree data structure to determine whether a vehicle is located within one of the bounding boxes.

Abstract: A content management system provides a mechanism for representing a particular piece of metadata in multiple languages. The multilingual metadata system provides a user with an ability to visualize a single translation in a language of the user's preference or based on the user's locale. The system receives an indication that at least one metadata field associated with a managed object contains multilingual metadata. A locale metadata table and a new metadata table for the managed object are created using information from an original metadata table for the managed object. Two or more metadata field values representing at least two languages are received by the system. The metadata fields are tagged with locale information and stored in the locale metadata table in association with the at least one metadata field in the new metadata table.

Abstract: Providing location-based prefetching in processor-based devices is disclosed. In this regard, a processor-based device comprises a location-based prefetcher circuit associated with a first cache memory device having a faster access time and a smaller capacity than a second cache memory device. The location-based prefetcher circuit identifies an association between a first memory address of a first memory access request and a second memory address of a subsequent second memory access request, and determines a set and a way of the second cache memory device where data corresponding to the second memory address is stored. The location-based prefetcher circuit then stores, in a prefetcher array entry of a prefetcher array, the first memory address as a trigger memory address, and a set indicator and a way indicator of the set and the way, respectively, of the second cache memory device as a target identifier.

Abstract: The following relates generally to light detection and ranging (LIDAR). In some embodiments, a homeowners insurance quote is produced based upon data received from a LIDAR camera. For instance, in some embodiments, a system: receives light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data generated from one or more LIDAR cameras; analyzes the LIDAR data to determine or identify one or more features or characteristics of a home; and generates an electronic homeowners insurance quote based upon, at least in part, the one or more features or characteristics of the home determined or identified from the LIDAR data.

Abstract: A snow thrower, power tool, or method of operation may include detecting switch engagement at a single tool activation switch. A method may also include directing element rotation for a rotatable work element in response to detecting switch engagement. The method may further include directing wheel rotation for one or more drive wheels in response to detecting switch engagement.

Abstract: A facility for operating an application on a server having a number of processors is described. The facility receives a number of application requests, each addressed to one of a plurality of instances of the application executing on the server. The facility causes each received application request to be processed in the application instance to which it was addressed, using exclusively processing resources of a selected one of the plurality of processors on which the application instance was invoked, using exclusively memory locations served by memory modules to which the selected processor is directly connected.

Abstract: A tire and wheel assembly includes a tire, a circular hub member for securing to a rotatable axle of a vehicle, the rim piece having a first annular ring flange for engaging the tire, a rim piece for engaging the hub member, a second annular ring flange for engaging the tire, and a plurality of cylindrical shafts for each axially engaging the first annular ring flange at one axial end of each of the shafts and the second annular ring flange at another opposite axial end of each of the shafts.

Abstract: Methods, systems and techniques for the accurate measurement breath-borne biomarkers are disclosed. Such methods, systems and techniques may be used for the purposes of detection and/or measurement in breath samples of biomarkers.

Abstract: A high characteristic time golf club incorporating a shaft connection system socket extending from the bottom portion of the golf club head into the interior of the outer shell toward the top portion of the club head.

Abstract: A method of applying a paint film to a substrate may include wetting a surface of the substrate or an adhesive layer of a paint film to form a fluid layer thereon. The paint film may further comprise a polymer film layer. The method may further include applying the paint film to the substrate such that the fluid layer is positioned between the adhesive layer and the surface. The applied paint film may be heated with infrared heat to facilitate the removal of the fluid layer and adhere the adhesive layer to the surface. Systems and devices for applying a paint film to a substrate are also disclosed.

Abstract: A processing system receives a user-generated media recording, and metadata associated with the user-generated feedback, from a first device. The user-generated media recording is a recording of the public end-user captured during a live media broadcast using a public-user interface on the first device. The metadata includes information linking the user-generated media recording to the live media broadcast. The system stores the user-generated media recording and the first metadata in one or more storage devices, and transmits a version of the user-generated media recording and at least a portion of the first metadata to a private-user interface on a second device. The private-user interface is configured to receive input from a private end-user selecting the version of the user-generated media recording for broadcast during the same live media broadcast during which the user-generated media recording was created.

Abstract: Hybrid nanomaterials, methods of making the nanomaterials, and methods of using the nanomaterials to detect hydrogen gas.

Abstract: A monitoring system is configured to monitor an environment within an enclosure of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and/or refrigeration (HVAC&R) system. The monitoring system includes a sensor configured to acquire data indicative of an environmental parameter value within the enclosure. The monitoring system also includes a controller configured to receive the data from the sensor, to determine occurrence of a thermal event within the enclosure based on the data, and to instruct a circuit breaker of the HVAC&R system to transition to a fault configuration in response to determining the occurrence of the thermal event.

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for generating information security management packages through malware tracing, logging, and analysis. A system in accordance with embodiments of the present invention may be configured for receiving one or more trace log files from one or more artifact data collection computing systems; parsing the artifact data and metadata to identify one or more relationships between the target malware and one or more malware artifacts; based on parsing the artifact data and metadata, generating one or more nodes within a malware graph database; and executing a coverage analysis of an information security management package configured to detect a presence of the target malware.

Abstract: Described are techniques for accelerating streaming analytics jobs, which may be used for generating dashboards. The disclosed techniques can reduce overhead, such as in the form of processor usage, network usage, or the like, due to duplicative or overlapping requests for streaming analytics data by implementing a caching process in which analytics data is evaluated to determine if it is likely to be requested multiple times or by multiple users, caching the analytics data, and serving future requests for the same analytics data from the cache instead of requiring separate analytics jobs for each request.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for improving signal propagation using lasers. A laser device is used to clear the air between a first fixed station, such as a base station, and a second fixed station, such as a fixed wireless access device. In the wake of the laser, particles in the air interface are cleared along a path that can then be used to communicate one or more sets of wireless signals. In the wake of the laser, the wireless signals experience less absorption, reflection, and refraction, reducing path loss, and increasing the overall effectiveness of the wireless system—particularly at or near the cell edge or when a meteorological condition exists between the fixed stations.

Abstract: A driver can be configured to provide sensed phase currents as feedback to a controller to indicate the output currents from each phase of a switch mode power supply (SMPS). The driver can be configured to temperature compensate the sensed currents in one of two ways. If a temperature sensor is directly coupled to the driver, then the driver may be configured to temperature compensate the sensed currents from each phase based on a temperature measurement made by the temperature sensor. If a temperature sensor is not directly coupled to the driver, then the driver may be configured to temperature compensate the sensed current from each phase based on a temperature signal received from a bus coupled to the driver. The bus can communicate the temperature signal so that multiple drivers can utilize one temperature sensor.