Abstract: A lanyard to hold a controller for a headset is provided. The lanyard includes a strap anchored on a top portion of a lid for a battery case of the controller, and a clip anchored to an opening pin in a bottom portion of the lid for the battery case of the controller. The strap includes a stretchable fabric and multiple sticky pads on an outer face that adhere to the stretchable fabric when the strap is looped around the clip. A headset using a controller that includes a lanyard as above, and the controller, are also provided.

Abstract: A solidified melt extrudate comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient in an amorphous form and a combination of at least two polymers.

Abstract: An electrode harness for use in carrying out Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) on a human or animal subject is disclosed. The electrode harness includes an electrode support a plurality of electrodes on the electrode support for contacting a surface of an external body part of the subject, a plurality of connectors, each connector coupled to a respective electrode of the plurality of electrodes, and a control unit. The control unit includes an interrogator for coupling to the electrodes via the connectors, the interrogator being configured to selectively provide electrical signals to multiple groups of electrodes of the plurality of electrodes and for measuring, in response to the provided electrical signals, electrical response signals at at least some electrodes of the plurality of electrodes, and communication circuitry for transmitting information associated with the electrical response signals to an external computing device. A system and method are also disclosed.

Abstract: An improved method can be obtained for combining multiple data sets of a single subject to form a single representation of the subject, such as an environment. The method uses a small set of alignment points and scanning the environment from a first position, repositioning the scanning system to take a scan of the same environment from a second position, and labeling the same alignment points to the extent they are visible from the second location. The alignment points may be static points of interest in the environment or they may be placed in the environment by the user to denote the location of common reference points.

Abstract: A tapping sleeve is described comprising a flow channel. The flow channel comprises an inlet and an outlet. A shell partially surrounds the flow channel. The shell comprises a cap shell portion, a flexible shell region, a tapped shell portion, and a clamp extending across a circumferential reach between the tapped shell portion and the cap shell portion. The clamp extends across the circumferential reach between the tapped shell portion and the cap shell portion to secure the tapping sleeve on the pipe. In the closed position, the clamp couples the tapped shell portion to the cap shell portion, and the flexible shell region is interposed between and more flexible than the tapped shell portion and the cap shell portion.

Abstract: Various implementations include a muffler including a shell and a tube assembly. The shell defines a shell cavity and has a shell longitudinal axis, a shell first end, and a shell second end. The shell first end and the shell second end each define a shell opening extending to the shell cavity. The tube assembly is disposed within the shell cavity. The tube assembly includes three or more nested tubes. Each of the three or more nested tubes has a tube longitudinal axis parallel to the shell longitudinal axis, a tube first end, and a tube second end. Each of the three or more nested tubes defines a plurality of perforations. The three or more nested tubes are disposed circumferentially adjacent each other around the shell longitudinal axis such that portions of sides of the three or more nested tubes form an open portion extending along the shell longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An axial flux electrical machine has a permanent magnet rotor fixedly mounted on a rotating shaft and at least one stator having a plurality of polyphase windings disposed along a common axis with the shaft. An insulation layer is fixed between the polyphase windings. In a first example, the mechanical angle and electrical angle of each of the two polyphase windings is aligned. In a second example, the mechanical and electrical angle of each of the two polyphase windings is offset. A controller and at least one sensor are incorporated with the axial flux electrical machine for fault detection in each of the polyphase windings. Upon detection of a fault in one of the polyphase windings, the controller is configured to disable that polyphase winding allowing the electrical machine to operate with the remaining polyphase winding.

Abstract: System and method for physical encryption of message. A plurality of satellites are in orbit around earth. A phase array antenna communicates with the satellites. A memory storage stores a code table, each code indicating segmentation instructions for a message to be transmitted. To transmit a message, the system fetches a code from the code table and segments the message to a plurality of segments according to the segmentation instructions. The antenna is aimed serially at different satellites to communicate with the selected satellites and transmit the segments.

Abstract: A turbine engine nozzle extending about an axis and including a vane assembly mounted between an outer shroud and an inner shroud; and a position retaining device configured to be placed in an elastically prestressed state between the inner shroud and an inner platform of the vane assembly to apply a stress on the vane assembly towards the outer shroud. The contact between the inner shroud and the inner platform is obtained by one same surface of the position retaining device.

Abstract: Embodiments provide functionality to prevent collisions between robots and objects. An example embodiment detects a type and a location of an object based on a camera image of the object, where the image has a reference frame. Motion of the object is then predicted based on at least one of: the detected type of the object, the detected location of the object, and a model of object motion. To continue, a motion plan for the robot is generated that avoids having the robot collide with the object based on the predicted motion of the object and a transformation between the reference frame of the image and a reference frame of the robot. The robot can be controlled to move in accordance with the motion plan or a signal can be generated that controls the robot to operate in accordance with the motion plan.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides tetrahydro-1H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, prodrug, stereoisomer, tautomer, rotamer, N-oxide and/or substituted derivative or, optionally in a pharmaceutical composition, for the modulation of disorders mediated by estrogen, or other disorders as more fully described herein.

Abstract: An assembly configured for replacing an aortic or pulmonary heart valve in a human patient includes a transcatheter, prosthetic aortic or pulmonary heart valve. The transcatheter, prosthetic hear valve includes a frame that is expandable and collapsible, a tissue leaflet assembly sutured directly to the frame. The assembly also includes a percutaneously insertable valve delivery mechanism, wherein the transcatheter, prosthetic heart valve is releasably and coaxially mounted onto a balloon catheter of the percutaneously insertable valve delivery mechanism. The balloon catheter includes a guidewire lumen. The transcatheter, prosthetic heart valve releasably and coaxially mounted onto the balloon catheter are included in a sterile packaging to form the assembly.

Abstract: Device workstations with multi-way leveling adjustability, arcuate base, and accessory attachment features are described.

Abstract: A Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) node includes a plurality of degrees; and one or more fiber/space switches, wherein each of the plurality of degrees connect to the one or more fiber/space switches, and the one or more fiber/space switches are configured to interconnect any of the plurality of degrees and optionally one or more add/drop components. The plurality of degrees are partially interconnected to one another, while supporting any-to-any interconnect based on a configuration of the one or more fiber/space switches.

Abstract: Various downhole tools are discussed, including intake and gas separators for a downhole rotary pump. Multiple intakes configured in parallel and series are discussed, along with compact axial length gas separators, and gas separators that remove gas in novel ways. Related apparatuses and methods are discussed.

Abstract: A protective cover for a mobile device includes reinforced crush structures along peripheral sides of the protective cover that absorb or deflect forces that may otherwise damage the mobile device. Further, the protective cover includes cutout portions along peripheral sides of a rigid body of the protective cover that provides improved deflection of a portion of the rigid body to enable the protective cover to receive or release the mobile device and can also provide flexibility for the rigid body along the corners if dropped. In one aspect, a pliable body can be formed around the rigid body and includes various structural features that mechanically couple with one another along all three axes in 3-D space to reduce the chance of unintentional decoupling.

Abstract: A plating solution for electroless plating is disclosed, the solution including a metal salt, a reducing agent, a complexing agent, and a dispersion including polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) particulate matter and at least one particulate matter stabilizer, where said dispersion includes 400 parts per million or less of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and said dispersion is usable for an electroless plating bath to form a coating including PTFE particulate matter on an article.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to reduce read-modify-write cycles for non-aligned writes. An example apparatus includes a memory that includes a plurality of memory banks, an interface configured to be coupled to a central processing unit, the interface to obtain a write operation from the central processing unit, wherein the write operation is to write a subset of the plurality of memory banks, and bank processing logic coupled to the interface and to the memory, the bank processing logic to determine the subset of the plurality of memory banks to write based on the write operation, and determine whether to cause a read operation to be performed in response to the write operation based on whether a number of addresses in the subset of the plurality of memory banks to write satisfies a threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for decreasing plant generation time and increasing certain characteristics of plants including starch accumulation, root biomass, leaf biomass, stem biomass, and seed biomass. The description also includes methods for growing plants with less light increasing and/or shifting the latitude range of a plant so that the plant can be grown at higher latitudes. The improved plants can be used as food, or feedstock for making chemicals such as biofuels.

Abstract: A punch system includes a punch with a ball lock recess and an arcuate slot each defined in the side surface of the base. A punch retainer has a retainer body with a generally circular punch hole extending from an outer face towards a mounting surface. A spring loaded ball is biased into a locking position extending into the punch hole. A dowel hole is defined in the outer face adjacent to the punch hole and partially overlapping therewith. A cylindrical dowel is received in the dowel hole with a portion extending into the punch hole to define an arcuate protrusion, thus defining an orientation element with a shape complementary to the arcuate slot and positioned such that the base of the punch is only insertable in an orientation in which the ball lock recess in the base of the punch is rotationally aligned with the spring loaded ball.