Abstract: A simple nuclear reactor in which most of the reflector material is outside of the reactor vessel is described. The reactor vessel is a cylinder that contains all of the fuel salt and a displacement component, which may be a reflector, in the upper section of the reactor vessel. Other than the displacement component, the reflector elements including a radial reflector and a bottom reflector are located outside the vessel. The salt flows around the outside surface of the displacement component through a downcomer heat exchange duct defined by the exterior of the displacement component and the interior surface of the reactor vessel. This design reduces the overall size of the reactor vessel for a given volume of salt relative to designs with internal radial or bottom reflectors.

Abstract: A vibration damping insert configured to seat within a cell of a cellular structure and to span the cell cavity. The insert comprises a first portion formed of a first material and a second portion formed of a second material having lower stiffness than the first material. The first portion is arranged to constrain deformation of the second portion to be in a predetermined direction. The invention also comprises a vibration damping body comprising a cellular structure formed of a plurality of tessellating cells and a vibration damping insert as described. The vibration damping insert is mounted in at least one of the cells in the cellular structure. The invention also comprises a method of manufacturing a vibration damping body.

Abstract: A vibration damping body including an auxetic cellular structure having cell walls therein formed substantially of a first material having a first stiffness, the cellular structure further including a second material attached to said cell walls, the second material being selectively located throughout the cellular structure so as to include less than 50% by mass thereof and having a second stiffness which is lower than said first stiffness.

Abstract: The embodiments herein provide a method and system for automatically optimizing a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) network including a central controller configured to communicate with a plurality of nodes controlled using one or more hubs. The method including receiving, at the central controller, one or more parameters associated with each node from the one or more hubs in the M2M network, wherein the one or more hubs requests each node using a short range communication to receive the one or more parameters from each node. Further, the method includes identifying, at the central controller, a capability of each node based on a plurality of rules. Furthermore, the method includes performing one or more actions in the one or more hubs to automatically optimize the M2M network based on the identified capability of each node in the M2M network.

Abstract: Embodiments herein generally relates to a system and method to automatically offloading a signal processing operation from a back-end processing server to a node controlled using a central controller in a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) network. Further, the method includes identifying a raw data stream in the node. Further, the method includes receiving a parameter associated with the node in the M2M network. Further, the method includes determining the capability of the node based on a plurality of rules. Further, the method includes processing the raw data stream at the corresponding node based on the identified capability. The node can further include a signal processing agent received from the central controller to process the raw data stream.

Abstract: The proposed embodiment provides a method and system for automatically generating machine to machine (M2M) network applications. The method and system includes receiving information about one or more nodes in the network and generating one or more applications for the one or more nodes based on the information.

Abstract: The proposed embodiment provides a method and system for enhancing efficiency of a communication terminal. The method includes configuring short-range communication and long-range communication in the communication terminal, receiving parameters associated with a node in a communication network, and switching among the short-range communication and the long-range communication within a data session based on the received parameters.

Abstract: The proposed embodiment provides a method and system for automatically optimizing services in a network. The method includes receiving parameters associated with services of one or more devices in the network, prioritizing the parameters associated with the services in accordance to a plurality of rules, and selecting an optimized service associated with the devices based on the assigned priorities of the parameters associated with the services.

Abstract: A method and system to share credentials of the user automatically with the selected external wireless device in the wireless network is disclosed. The method selects the external wireless device based on the parameters and avail the services of the external wireless device in the user home wireless device. The external wireless devices are connected with a different service provider and when the user request to access the service in an external wireless device, then the method selects the optimum external wireless device among plurality of external wireless devices.

Abstract: The proposed embodiment provides a method and system for automatically detecting an optimal device over a network. The method includes receiving parameters associated with devices in the network, prioritizing the received parameters based on one or more rule, and detecting an optimized device based on the assigned priorities of the parameters associated with the devices.

Abstract: The proposed embodiment provides a method and system for automatically versioning machine to machine (M2M) network applications. The method and system includes receiving information about applications associated with each node in the network, determining new versions of the applications based on the received information and versioning the new versions of the applications on each node in the network.

Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to Machine to Machine (M2M) based systems and, more particularly, to managing application and services data in M2M based systems. The embodiments herein disclose a system and method for managing application and services data in a distributed wireless M2M system. Embodiments disclosed herein disclose direct transport of device configuration rules and processes sensor data to and from a back-end configuration and data management and to-from the sensors via intermediate concentrator devices within the M2M system.

Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to Machine to Machine (M2M) based systems and, more particularly, to updating of applications and services in M2M based systems. The embodiments herein disclose a system and method for automatically updating applications and services in a distributed wireless M2M system and the transport mechanism for implementing the updates. Embodiments disclosed herein enable performing updates in Sensors, while accounting for the absence of any one good link to the Sensor, despite spotty coverage, low bandwidth, and frequent retransmissions. Embodiments herein provides for much less cumbersome and time-consuming manual intervention by the user to maintain updated application software. Embodiments herein also reduces the chance of errors leading to a device being made non-functional in the system.

Abstract: A vibration damping insert configured to seat within a cell of a cellular structure and to span the cell cavity. The insert comprises a first portion formed of a first material and a second portion formed of a second material having lower stiffness than the first material. The first portion is arranged to constrain deformation of the second portion to be in a predetermined direction. The invention also comprises a vibration damping body comprising a cellular structure formed of a plurality of tessellating cells and a vibration damping insert as described. The vibration damping insert is mounted in at least one of the cells in the cellular structure. The invention also comprises a method of manufacturing a vibration damping body.

Abstract: A vibration damping body including an auxetic cellular structure having cell walls therein formed substantially of a first material having a first stiffness, the cellular structure further including a second material attached to said cell walls, the second material being selectively located throughout the cellular structure so as to include less than 50% by mass thereof and having a second stiffness which is lower than said first stiffness.