Abstract: Systems/methods are disclosed wherein a transmitter is used to convey information to a destination device by wirelessly transmitting using first frequencies; and, responsive to a size of data that is to be transmitted, wirelessly transmitting using second frequencies; wherein at least some of the second frequencies differ from the first frequencies. In some embodiments, the transmitter comprises first and second transmitters that convey information to the destination device by wirelessly transmitting by the first transmitter first data using first frequencies and, responsive to the size of data to be transmitted, wirelessly transmitting by the second transmitter second data using second frequencies. According to some embodiments, the first and second data are transmitted simultaneously in time. According to further embodiments, a smartphone comprises the transmitter or the first and second transmitters.

Abstract: At a computer system, in response to detecting a respective user input: if the respective user input meets first criteria requiring the one or both hands of the user maintain a first grip while a first type of movement of the one or both hands is detected, the computer system moves a virtual object in a three-dimensional environment relative to the three-dimensional environment in accordance with the movement of the one or both hands in the three-dimensional environment; and if the respective user input meets second criteria requiring the one or both hands of the user maintain a second grip while a second type of movement of the one or both hands is detected, the computer system replaces the view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a first viewpoint with a view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a second viewpoint different from the first viewpoint.

Abstract: An electronic device, while displaying a three-dimensional environment, including one or more virtual objects, detects gaze of a user directed toward a first virtual object in the three-dimensional environment. The gaze meets first criteria and the first virtual object is responsive to at least one gesture input. In response to detecting the gaze that meets the first criteria, in accordance with a determination that a hand is in a predefined ready state for providing gesture inputs, the electronic device displays an indication of one or more interaction options available for the first virtual object in the three-dimensional environment; and in accordance with a determination the hand is not in the predefined ready state for providing gesture inputs, the electronic device forgoes displaying the indication of one or more interaction options available for the first virtual object.

Abstract: A method for producing an additive manufacturing feedstock, the method comprising adding a photothermal agent to a construction material to cause the photothermal agent to be in thermally conductive contact with the construction material, whereby to produce the additive manufacturing feedstock, wherein the photothermal agent comprises chemically modified graphene, CMG.

Abstract: While displaying a first view of a three-dimensional environment corresponding to a first viewpoint, a computer system detects user inputs specifying a navigation target in the three-dimensional environment and triggering a navigation operation toward the navigation target. The computer system displays an updated view of the three-dimensional environment corresponding to a second viewpoint closer to the navigation target than the first viewpoint, but the second viewpoint is spaced apart from the navigation target and the second viewpoint is selected in accordance with a predefined characteristic of the navigation target in conjunction with the respective position of the navigation target.

Abstract: Improved processing systems and methods are provided for wet and dry processing of a semiconductor wafer. Provided is an enclosed chamber for processing a semiconductor wafer within a processing space and a drainage system for directing processing fluids out of the processing space. The enclosed chamber includes a top plate and a bottom plate, which physically confine the processing fluids within a relatively small, enclosed processing space. This forces the processing fluids to flow radially across the wafer surface(s) without the need to rotate the wafer. The drainage system contains a conduit that is downstream from the processing space and configured to retain a portion of a processing fluid dispensed within the processing space. The portion retained within the conduit provides a pressure resistance against the processing fluid(s) dispensed within the processing space to improve wet and dry processing of the wafer surfaces.

Abstract: A superconducting readout system employing a microwave transmission line, and a microwave superconducting resonator communicatively coupled to the microwave transmission line, and including a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), may be advantageously calibrated at least in part by measuring a resonant frequency of the microwave superconducting resonator in response to a flux bias applied to the SQUID, measuring a sensitivity of the resonant frequency in response to the flux bias, and selecting an operating frequency and a sensitivity of the microwave superconducting resonator based at least in part on a variation of the resonant frequency as a function of the flux bias. The flux bias may be applied to the SQUID by an interface inductively coupled to the SQUID. Calibration of the superconducting readout system may also include determining at least one of a propagation delay, a microwave transmission line delay, and a microwave transmission line phase offset.

Abstract: An evaporative emission control canister system comprises an initial adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of greater than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, and at least one subsequent adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of less than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, an effective butane working capacity (BWC) of less than 3 g/dL, and a g-total BWC of between 2 grams and 6 grams. The evaporative emission control canister system has a two-day diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions of no more than 20 mg at no more than 210 liters of purge applied after the 40 g/hr butane loading step.

Abstract: A method of enabling one or more functions of a device is disclosed. The method includes sensing by a device a physiological parameter of a user of the device. The device determines whether or not the physiological parameter that is sensed satisfies a criterion. Responsive to determining that the physiological parameter that is sensed satisfies the criterion, the device enables a number of functions of the device while disabling a function of the device.

Abstract: A method for distributed processing includes receiving an idle time and at least one task execution characteristic corresponding to each respective processor of a plurality of processors, wherein at least one processor of the plurality of processors is remotely located from other processors of the plurality of processors. The method also includes identifying a target processor of the plurality of processors to execute a task based on the idle time and the at least one task execution characteristic of the target processor. The method also includes communicating, to the target processor, a task request requesting the target processor execute the task and, in response to receiving a communication from the target processor indicating acceptance of the task, communicating, to the target processor, instructions for executing the task.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling the surface profiles of wafers sliced in a wire saw machine. The systems and methods are generally operable to alter the nanotopology of wafers sliced from an ingot by controlling the shape of the wafers. The shape of the wafers is altered for example by changing the temperature of a temperature-controlling fluid circulated in fluid communication with side walls attached to a fixed bearing sidewall of the wire saw.

Abstract: Systems/Methods are disclosed that are configured to perform operations comprising: receiving information; selecting a geographic area responsive to the information received; wirelessly identifying a first motor vehicle that is within the geographic area selected; wirelessly communicating with the first motor vehicle; and wirelessly controlling a first distance between the first motor vehicle and a second motor vehicle. According to some embodiments, said receiving information comprises receiving information regarding a weather condition, a time-of-day and/or an event, wherein according to some embodiments the event comprises an accident. According to further embodiments, a payment is made from an account associated with said first motor vehicle responsive to said controlling.

Abstract: A method of fire suppression may include injecting a reactive agent into a reaction zone to produce a catalytically active species for fire suppression and conveying the catalytically active species to a fire to catalytically interfere with flame chemistry of the fire. Fire in a fuel tank may be suppressed by injecting the reactive agent into a convective flow of a mixture of fuel and oxidizer in a fuel tank, the reactive agent reacting in the fuel tank to release a species which catalytically interferes with flame chemistry to suppress fire in the fuel tank. Fire at an airplane crash may be suppressed by releasing the reactive agent from the container at the crash site to produce an active species to catalytically interfere with a fire at the crash site.

Abstract: A hardcoat composition includes one or more multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers, and a nanoparticle mixture dispersed within the one or more multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers. The nanoparticle mixture includes a first population of semi-reactive nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in a range from 5 nm to 60 nm, and a second population of reactive nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in a range from 5 nm to 60 nm.

Abstract: A hardcoat composition includes one or more multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers, and a nanoparticle mixture dispersed within the one or more multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers. The nanoparticle mixture includes a first population of semi-reactive nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in a range from 5 nm to 60 nm, and a second population of non-reactive nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in a range from 5 nm to 60 nm.

Abstract: A hardcoat composition includes one or more multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers, and a population of semi-reactive nanoparticles dispersed within the one or more multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers. The population of semi-reactive nanoparticles have an average particle diameter in a range from 5 nm to 60 nm.

Abstract: A method performed a local device that is communicatively coupled with several remote devices, the method includes: receiving, from each remote device with which the local device is engaged in a communication session, an input audio stream; receiving, for each remote device, a set parameters; determining, for each input audio stream, whether the input audio stream is to be 1) rendered individually or 2) rendered as a mix of input audio streams based on the set of parameters; for each input audio stream that is determined to be rendered individually, spatial rendering the input audio stream as an individual virtual sound source that contains only that input audio stream; and for input audio streams that are determined to be rendered as the mix of input audio streams, spatial rendering the mix of input audio streams as a single virtual sound source that contains the mix of input audio streams.

Abstract: A method to aid in a calibration of a compression system includes mounting a first substrate in a press. The press has calibration parameters, and the first substrate has a test film on a first surface. The method includes mounting a second substrate in the press. The second substrate has spikes arranged in a spike pattern on a second surface. The method includes compressing the first substrate and the second substrate together with a force that causes the spikes to form indentations in the test film, separating the first substrate from the second substrate, determining local pressures applied by the spikes against the test film, and adjusting one or more calibration parameters of the press in response to the local pressures.

Abstract: A method to align targets on opposite sides of a substrate includes forming a first via pattern in a protective layer on a first side of the substrate. The substrate includes a second side opposite the first side. The first via pattern is a first pixelated version of a first alignment target. The first alignment target is optically recognizable by an automated alignment system. The method includes etching a plurality of first vias through the substrate to the second side in the first via pattern. The first via pattern is optically recognizable by the automated alignment system as the first alignment target on both the first side and the second side of the substrate.

Abstract: An inter-substrate bond structure includes an adhesion layer that attached to a first substrate, and an outer gas-permeable layer coupled to the adhesion layer. The outer gas-permeable layer expands and fractures in response to absorbing a gas. The inter-substrate bond structure includes an outer bond layer coupled to the outer gas-permeable layer. The outer bond layer forms an initial thermocompression bond with a mating layer on a second substrate. The initial thermocompression bond bonds the first substrate to the second substrate with the inter-substrate bond structure. The fracture in the inter-substrate bond structure debonds the first substrate from the second substrate while leaving a first portion of the inter-substrate bond structure attached to the first substrate.