Abstract: The present invention is a non-contact temperature measurement etalon, the paper discusses a limited area of the “point” of temperature produce light frequency conversion to electricity in frequency, found that any temperature all can be converted to a variety of different electric frequency, but a kind of electric frequency can represent a temperature of irreversible relationship. Due to the accuracy of the temperature with standard than the ordinary highlighted. it high precision 1˜2 orders of magnitude, the temperature of the electricity produced as long as the frequency take upper limit, namely frequency number increased 1˜2 orders of magnitude, it reached the requirements of the temperature etalon.

Abstract: The various embodiments of the present invention provide a low cost, low electrical loss, and low stress panel-based silicon interposer with TPVs. The interposer of the present invention has a thickness of about 100 microns to 200 microns and such thickness is achieved without utilizing a carrier and further wherein no grinding, bonding, or debonding methods are utilized, therefore distinguishing the interposer of the present invention from prior art embodiments.

Abstract: The present invention is an optical digital thermometer, the novel non-contact digital optical thermometer is based on quantum theory of lightwaves, it can replace the conventional non-contact thermometers that are based on Planck's Law of Blackbody Radiation. The said invention points out four aspects of misunderstandings regarding relationship between temperature (thermal energy) and wave energy of a subject emulated by Boltzmann, Wien, Planck, Rayleigh, Hopkins and other scientists 130 years ago, namely: (1) the temperature of an object is not evenly distributed; (2) lack the awareness of logarithmic distribution of the energy; (3) the fact that a sensor (a thermocouple) has a limited operation range was ignored; (4) treated variable as a constant, in fact, the Planck constant of a materials is not a true constant. These errors result in incorrect temperature measurements, and causes huge waste of energy and technology failures.

Abstract: A method performed by a new joining peer device in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network comprises receiving a plurality of buffer maps, each of the received buffer maps associated with a respective other peer device in the P2P network. The method also includes discerning playback positions associated with the received buffer maps, generating a starting offset for the new joining peer using one or more of the discerned playback positions. Requests for portions of a media stream are scheduled in accordance with the starting offset, and the scheduler will build a buffer map from this offset and begin to request the media buffer.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for scheduling data requests for streaming media data in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network. A method is provided to increase a peer's contribution to the whole P2P network by partitioning the data chunks to request into several regions according to their relative time urgency, and data requests are scheduled in an effort to maintain availability of data in each region to a corresponding predefined target amount.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for scheduling data requests for streaming media data in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network. A method is provided to increase a peer's contribution to the whole P2P network by partitioning the data chunks to request into several regions according to their relative time urgency, and data requests are scheduled in an effort to maintain availability of data in each region to a corresponding predefined target amount.

Abstract: A method performed by a new joining peer device in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network comprises receiving a plurality of buffer maps, each of the received buffer maps associated with a respective other peer device in the P2P network. The method also includes discerning playback positions associated with the received buffer maps, generating a starting offset for the new joining peer using one or more of the discerned playback positions. Requests for portions of a media stream are scheduled in accordance with the starting offset, and the scheduler will build a buffer map from this offset and begin to request the media buffer.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device is for use in a computer enclosure, the computer enclosure having a group of wires (20) therein. The heat dissipation device includes a heat sink assembly. A wire fixture (60) is mounted on the heat sink assembly and configured for fixing the wires thereto. The wire fixture includes a mounting plate (62) positioned on the heat sink assembly. A bridge (624) projects from the mounting plate to form a receiving room (625) below the bridge. The wires are securely bound together via the wire fixture so as not to be loosened by vibration.

Abstract: A health-diet sandal which comprises a shoe sole having a heel portion adapted for biasing against an arch portion of a wearer's foot, and a shoe body comprising a vamp attached on top of the shoe sole to define a foot chamber between the vamp and the shoe sole, and an elongated elastic unit having two ends extended from two sides of the vamp adapted for mounting behind a heel of the wearer's foot, so as to hold the wearer's foot within the foot chamber in position. Therefore, the nervous distributed around the arch portion of the wearer's foot is able to be stimulated by the heel portion of the shoe sole for improving the wearer's blood circulation and metabolism.