Abstract: Examples of charging systems are described which may utilize a network of resonator circuits. Control methods are described which may locate a charging location at which an electronic device is placed proximate the charging system and identify a path of resonator circuits to activate to charge the electronic device. Individual resonator circuits in the path may be activated by selecting a resonant frequency of the resonator circuit such that power may be transferred by the resonator circuit at an operating frequency.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a support, and a print head operatively connected to and moveable by the support. The print head may include an outlet configured to discharge a material in a trajectory along a central axis of the outlet, and a compactor disposed downstream of the outlet relative to the trajectory and configured to press the material transversely against an adjacent surface. The outlet may be configured to translate relative to the compacting module.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a support, and a print head operatively connected to and moveable by the support. The print head may include a first supply configured to hold a liquid matrix, a second supply configured to hold a continuous reinforcement, and a wetting module configured to separately receive the liquid matrix and the continuous reinforcement from the first and second supplies, respectively, and to discharge a composite material including the continuous reinforcement wetted with the liquid matrix. The wetting module may include a body forming an internal chamber having an upstream open end and a downstream open end, an entrant nozzle disposed within the upstream open end and configured to receive the continuous reinforcement, and an exit nozzle disposed within the downstream closed end and configured to discharge the composite material.

Abstract: Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to privatize consumer data are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a consumer data acquirer to collect original data corresponding to (a) confidential information associated with consumers and (b) behavior information associated with the consumers, and a data obfuscator. The data obfuscator is to determine a degree to which the original data is to be obfuscated and a type of obfuscation to be applied to the original data based on the original data, generate obfuscation adjustments of the original data based on the degree and the type, and generate an obfuscation model based on the obfuscation adjustments.

Abstract: An electrostatic clutch includes a shaft having an electrically conductive first layer. The clutch also includes a hold attachment rotatably coupled to the shaft and a tension band having an electrically conductive second layer. The tension band is wrapped around the shaft such that a first end of the tension band is coupled to the hold attachment. The clutch includes a dielectric material disposed between the first layer and the second layer and a load attachment rotatably coupled to the shaft. The clutch is configured for an engaged mode where a voltage applied between the first layer and the second layer causes the tension band to clasp the shaft and the load attachment and the hold attachment to be rotationally locked to the shaft, and for a disengaged mode where the voltage is absent and the shaft can rotate freely with respect to the load attachment and the hold attachment.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for reducing drag includes forming first periodic riblets on a smooth surface of a physical object and forming second periodic riblets on the smooth surface of the physical object. The method further includes generating a flow over the first and second periodic riblets of the physical object. Each first periodic riblet comprises a first transition region at a first end of each first periodic riblet and a second transition region at a second end of each first periodic riblet. Each second periodic riblet comprises a first transition region at a first end of each second periodic riblet and a second transition region at a second end of each second periodic riblet. Each second transition region at the second end of each first periodic riblet overlaps each first transition region at the first end of each second periodic riblet. A length of each riblet of the first and second periodic riblets runs parallel to a direction of the flow.

Abstract: Various examples of out-of-plane multicolor waveguide holography systems, methods of manufacture, and methods of use are described herein. In some examples, a multicolor waveguide holography system includes a planar waveguide to convey optical radiation between a grating coupler and a metasurface hologram. The grating coupler may be configured to couple out-of-plane optical radiation of three different color incident at three different angles into the planar waveguide. The combined multicolor optical radiation may be conveyed by the waveguide to the metasurface hologram. The metasurface hologram may diffractively decouple the three colors of optical radiation for off-plane propagation to form a multicolor holographic image in free space.

Abstract: A stent system and method to prevent stent migration. The stent system includes a magnetic stent comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, a proximal end, and a distal end with three or more magnets disposed thereon and configured to form a ring. The system may further have a magnetic ring comprising three or more magnets configured to form a ring. The magnetic ring is disposed proximally or distally to the magnetic stent, which allows magnetic repulsion to maintain the position of the stent.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for inspecting aircraft fuselages. Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) stations inspect sections of a fuselage via pulsed-line assembly techniques. After each pulse, a section of fuselage is moved by less than its length, and one or more NDI stations disposed at different portions of the section to inspect the section of fuselage for out-of-tolerance conditions. A method for inspecting a structure for inconsistencies which includes advancing a structure along a track in a process direction through a Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) station, indexing the structure to the NDI station and inspecting the structure with the NDI station.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise EBNA1 inhibitors useful for the treatment of diseases caused by EBNA1 activity such as cancer, infectious mononucleosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention also comprise EBNA1 inhibitors useful for the treatment of diseases caused by latent Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection. Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention also comprise EBNA1 inhibitors useful for the treatment of diseases caused by lytic Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for assembling an aircraft. The method includes receiving an upper half barrel section of fuselage that is in a crown up orientation and installing a crown module into the upper half barrel section.

Abstract: A plural component dispensing system includes a first heated hose, a second heated hose, a controller, and a dispensing device. The first heated hose and the second heated hose include electrical wires that supply heat to the first and second heated hoses to heat fluid components within the first and second heated hoses. The first and second heated hoses are electrically coupled to the controller and are fluidly coupled to the dispensing device. The controller is configured to control and alternate the electrical power supplied to the first heated hose and the second heated hose to heat the first heated hose independent of the second heated hose.

Abstract: An embodiment of the instant disclosure comprises a reversible heat pump and water heating system for conditioning a space and heating water. The system comprises a refrigerant circuit that includes a compressor, a source heat exchanger, a space heat exchanger, and an expansion device. A 4-way reversing valve alternates between heating and cooling modes of operation. The system includes a heat exchanger for heating water in the water heating loop, and a 3-way valve that either actuates the refrigerant flow through the water heater heat exchanger or bypasses at least a portion of the refrigerant flow around the water heater heat exchanger. The heat pump system is operable in at least five modes—space heating only, space cooling only, water heating only, and either space heating or space cooling combined with water heating.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for assembling aircraft fuselages. One embodiment is a method for assembling a fuselage of an aircraft. The method includes indexing an arcuate section of a fuselage to a frame installation station, feeding a frame at the frame installation station into a concavity defined by the arcuate section, placing the frame against an Inner Mold Line (IML) of the arcuate section while the frame is within the concavity, and affixing the frame to the arcuate section.

Abstract: A global trade and SESG management system includes a processor in electronic communication with at least one data repository having product data stored thereon. The processor is configured to generate an electronic data record (EDR) corresponding to a product and store the EDR in memory associated with the processor. The EDR includes: a record identifier; summary data representative of one or more attributes of the product; and an electronic pointer identifying the location of the product data on the data repository. The processor is further configured to determine a regulatory categorization for the product and a confidence value for the regulatory categorization. The regulatory categorization is determined from at least one of the summary data or the product data. The confidence value is indicative of a probability that the determined regulatory categorization is a most optimal categorization.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance and methods of operating a washing machine appliance are provided. The washing machine appliance includes a motor and a rotatable basket. The motor is operated to rotate the basket. While operating the motor to rotate the basket, a power consumption and a balance condition of a load of articles in the basket are determined. A size of the load of articles in the basket of the washing machine appliance is determined based on the power consumption and the balance condition. Based on the determined size of the load, one or more operating parameters of the washing machine appliance are selected and an operation of the washing machine appliance is performed according to the one or more selected operating parameters.

Abstract: Techniques for registering carbon sequestration include: receiving carbon sequestration data corresponding portions of a geographic region; comparing entries to a registry; assigning entries to clusters associated with carbon sequestration values; and determining a total carbon sequestration based on an aggregating of carbon sequestration values of the entries. In another aspect, a register-based carbon sequestration may utilize continuous learning, including generating estimates of carbon sequestration based on high-resolution aerial LiDAR, multispectral imagery, or the like. Unsupervised learning and a ground-based calibration procedure are usable to delineate distinct forest types within mixed forest area. Such a calibrated carbon sequestration system demonstrates superior accuracy compared to satellite-based analysis, and is able to estimate carbon sequestration on a grid, enabling generalization across multiple forest types and scales of aggregation within a unified framework.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a locking folding knife having a handle lock and a safety switch arranged around and rotatable around a pivot axis of the knife. In an engaged position the switch overlaps at least a portion of the handle lock and prevents it from moving into an unlocked position. A spring, such as a wire form spring, can be arranged within a pocket of the switch, and when the switch is moved between engaged and disengaged positions the spring can be compressed generating a rotational bias on the switch urging the switch toward either the engaged or disengaged position.

Abstract: A superconductor device includes a high superconductivity transition temperature enhanced from the raw material transition temperature. The superconductor device includes a matrix material and a core material. The enhancing matrix material and the core material together create a system of strongly coupled carriers. A plurality of low-dimensional conductive features can be embedded in the matrix. The low-dimensional conductive features (e.g., nanowires or nanoparticles) can be conductors or superconductors. An interaction between electrons of the low-dimensional conductive features and the enhancing matrix material can promote excitations that increase a superconductivity transition temperature of the superconductor device.