Abstract: A smart personal safety device includes a chemical irritant that may be dispersed by a user in the event of a threat by an attacker. The smart personal safety device includes an alert signal sent when the user activates the smart personal safety device, sending an alert signal to a mobile device for security alert management by software contained on the mobile device.

Abstract: A smart personal safety device includes a chemical irritant that may be dispersed by a user in the event of a threat by an attacker. The smart personal safety device includes an alert signal sent when the user activates the smart personal safety device, sending an alert signal to a mobile device for security alert management by software contained on the mobile device.

Abstract: Methods and devices for displaying content with improved speed, performance, and/or improved power efficiency are disclosed. In accordance with many embodiments, content is received that includes a plurality of objects including an image object, and the image object is decoded to obtain a bitmap representation of an image. A pattern of usage of the bitmap representation is identified that indicates whether the bitmap representation may be used repetitively when the plurality of objects are composited, and the bitmap representation is analyzed to identify whether compositing computations may be avoided a next time the bitmap representation is composited. The bitmap representation is then composited in a manner to avoid at least some of the compositing computations.

Abstract: A business method or design created specifically to transition cultural and community services organizations from grant and donation-dependent Title 26, U.S.C. §501(c)(3) organizations to self-sufficient enterprises. In an exemplary method, the business method or design transitions a plurality of grant and/or donation-dependent organizations to self-sufficient enterprises by determining a group of grant and/or donation-dependent organizations in a substantially common field; selecting a model organization from the group; developing an Incubator business for transitioning the model organization; transitioning the model organization, using the Incubator business, to a self-sufficient enterprise; transitioning at least one other organization in the group, using the Incubator business, to a self-sufficient enterprise.

Abstract: A method for secure generation of a random number. An RNG sequence is generated using an RNG algorithm and an RNG seed. The current position within the RNG sequence is advanced every specified time interval. At intermittent intervals, the current position within the RNG sequence is advanced by a random amount.

Abstract: A method of responding to a thermal trip signal generated by a processor of a system having multiple processor nodes. If a processor overheats beyond a critical temperature, a temperature monitor receives the thermal trip signal, and turns off an enable signal to a voltage control module that control power to the processors. The temperature monitor also triggers a system reset. Upon reset, the temperature monitor ensures that all nodes, other than the node with the overheated processor, return to an operational state.