Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a driving simulator are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a virtual reality headset, sensor data that reflects characteristics of a user wearing the virtual reality headset. The actions further include, based on the sensor data, determining, by the virtual reality headset, that the user is likely experiencing motion sickness. The actions further include, based on determining that the user is likely experiencing motion sickness, activating, by the virtual reality headset, a vibration device that is configured to provide vibration feedback to a body of the user.

Abstract: Connected computing enables the use of highly diverse environments that support operating frameworks for contemporary civilization. But computing productivity and trustworthiness are undermined by such environments' largely inchoate organization. These environments and their identity infrastructures are fragmented, and unnecessarily unreliable, insecure, and insufficiently informative due to current computing entity (e.g., resource) identification infrastructure design, which lacks root identification reliability. Such reliability is enabled herein by a fundamentally accurate and authenticity ensuring, near-existential or existential quality, biometrically and liveness based, portable identification and provenance infrastructure. Such an infrastructure provides ubiquitously available identification information that can be used universally for identification processes.

Abstract: An air-moving device may include an aerodynamic rotor in the form of a bladed disk. The aerodynamic rotor may include a physical geometry that constrains a noise level of the air-moving device during operation. The air-moving device may be a leaf blower.

Abstract: A method of processing size-reduced battery materials comprising aluminum, copper and black mass, may include: subjecting the size-reduced battery materials to a caustic leaching process to yield a pregnant leach solution; physically separating the pregnant leach solution into oversized solids and a screened leach stream, the oversized solids being rich in copper; and filtering the screened leach stream to yield a filter cake that is rich in black mass, and a filtered leach stream that is rich in aluminum.

Abstract: An air-moving device having a first fan system and a second fan system that are configured relative to each other to create a flow of air. The air-moving device may be a leaf blower.

Abstract: A multimodal inspection system (MIS) is disclosed herein. The MIS may use one or more modalities to inspect a sample. Some of the modalities include, but are not limited to, Raman, visible (VIS), terahertz (THz) spectroscopy, longwave infrared (LWIR), shortwave infrared (SWIR), laser profilometry (LP), electromagnetic interference (EMI) near field probing, and/or, Millimeter Wave (MMW) radar.

Abstract: This disclosure contains methods and systems that allow filmmakers to port filmmaking and editing skills to produce content to be used in other environments, such as video game environments, and augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality, and non-linear storytelling environments.

Abstract: A speech recognition platform configured to receive an audio signal that includes speech from a user and perform automatic speech recognition (ASR) on the audio signal to identify ASR results. The platform may identify: (i) a domain of a voice command within the speech based on the ASR results and based on context information associated with the speech or the user, and (ii) an intent of the voice command. In response to identifying the intent, the platform may perform a corresponding action, such as streaming audio to the device, setting a reminder for the user, purchasing an item on behalf of the user, making a reservation for the user or launching an application for the user. The speech recognition platform, in combination with the device, may therefore facilitate efficient interactions between the user and a voice-controlled device.

Abstract: A battery system includes a plurality of non-cylindrical shaped battery cells arranged on, and physically affixed to, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB may include a bend axis that facilitates folding of the flexible PCB to form an upper portion of the flexible PCB and a lower portion of the flexible PCB. A central stiffener may be positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion of the flexible PCB using an adhesive foam tape to form a battery assembly. The battery system may include a flexible housing with an internal cavity that receives the battery assembly. The central stiffener, and the adhesive foam tape, may provide a degree of rigidity and/or absorption to the PCB to reduce localized deformation of the PCB when the battery system experiences shock forces and to prevent damage to components of the battery assembly. The stiffener may be formed from non-metallic material.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fluid dispensing device (1) comprising: —a housing (10) to accommodate a container (110) filled a fluid, —a outlet orifice (3), —a discharge mechanism (130) operable for spray discharging multiple doses of the fluid via the outlet orifice (3), —a mechanical energy storage (50) coupled to the discharge mechanism (130), reversibly transferable between a preloaded state and an unloaded state and configured to store mechanical energy in the preloaded state effective to produce the spray discharging of the fluid, —a releasable interlock (70) configured to retain the mechanical energy storage (50) in the preloaded state, —a trigger mechanism (90) operationally engageable with the interlock (70) and operable i) to release a first portion of the mechanical energy stored in the mechanical energy storage (50) when actuated for a first time and ii) to release at least a second portion of the mechanical energy stored in the mechanical energy storage (50) when actuated for a second time

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fluid dispensing device (10), the fluid dispensing device (1) comprising: a housing (10) to accommodate a container (110) filled with a fluid, wherein the housing (10) comprises a sidewall 118) extending along a longitudinal direction (z), —an outlet orifice (3), —a discharge mechanism (130) operable for spray discharging at least one or multiple doses of the fluid via the outlet orifice (3), —a protective cap (12) pivotally supported on or by the housing (10) between an open position and a closed position, wherein when in the closed position the outlet orifice (3) is effectively covered by the protective cap (12), —a mechanical energy storage (50) coupled to the discharge mechanism (130), reversibly transferable between a preloaded state and an unloaded state and configured to store mechanical energy in the preloaded state effective to produce the spray discharging of the fluid, —a biasing mechanism (150) comprising a biasing member (160) operationally coupled to the prote

Abstract: A system is provided for creating a high lubricity substance from a fuel while said fuel is being used to operate a mechanical device such as an engine, thereby increasing the lubricity the fuel and allowing the fuel to be used as a lubricant for various tribological surfaces inside the engine without the use of further additives or modifiers. In this regard, an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a device that has a first surface upon which is deposited a film. The first surface of the device and the associated film may be in continual contact with a fuel. The device may comprise a second surface that is brought into periodic and/or repeated contact with the first surface, such as through sliding contact, rolling contact, a combination of the two, and/or the like.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mechanical energy storage for a fluid dispensing device (10), the mechanical energy storage comprising:—a first drive spring (51) extending along a longitudinal direction (z),—the drive spring (51) comprising a first longitudinal end (53) to engage with a housing (10) of the fluid dispensing device (1) and a second longitudinal end (54) opposite to the first longitudinal end (53) to engage with a driver (30) movable relative to the housing (10) along the longitudinal direction (z),—wherein the mechanical energy storage (50) is reversibly transferable into a pre-loaded state by resiliently compressing the first drive spring (51) in the longitudinal direction (z) to thereby induce a resilient deformation of the first drive spring (51) in a first direction (y) transverse to the longitudinal direction (z), and-wherein the mechanical energy storage (50) is transferable from the pre-loaded state into an unloaded state by allowing the first drive spring (51) to relax into or towar

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing jitter in a phase-locked loop (PLL). Clock signals provided to the PLL are resampled into the voltage domain of the VCO in the PLL rather than being merely level shifted into that voltage domain or input directly from digital domain clock dividers as in the prior art. The resampling is done with flip-flops in the analog domain using a faster synchronous clock in each case, and results in cleaner clock edges being presented to the PLL than those provided by the digital circuitry alone. A divided input clock signal is resampled using the undivided input clock, while a divided feedback clock signal is resampled using the feedback clock signal itself, i.e., the output of the VCO in the PLL. This removes jitter caused by the processing of clock signals in the digital voltage domain and thus reduces the jitter in the output signal.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for controlling operation of dual fuel engines are disclosed that regulate the fuelling amounts provided by a first fuel and a second fuel during operation of the engine. The first fuel can be a liquid fuel and the second fuel can be a gaseous fuel. The fuelling amounts are controlled to improve operational outcomes of the duel fuel engine.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed methods and apparatus of a V-Bank filtration system capable of maintaining desired air flow rates while effectively filtering the air. These methods and apparatus charge particles and then capture those particles in a filter medium. Once captured in the filter medium, micro-organisms are exposed to high energy electric fields that may degrade and ultimately destroy the captured micro-organisms. Electric fields generated within portions of the V-Bank filter apparatus may also be contained within the portions of the filter apparatus based on exterior parts of these portions being grounded at Earth ground potential. Magnetic fields (or electro-magnetic fields) associated with the generated electric fields may also be contained within the portions of the apparatus based on the exterior parts of these portions being grounded.

Abstract: A method of modeling enhancer activity obtains a training dataset in electronic form. The dataset comprises a plurality of training enhancers and, for each such enhancer, a corresponding measured amount of activity of the enhancer in each of one or more states. Each enhancer is a tandem repeat. A model comprising a plurality of parameters is trained by inputting each training enhancer into the model. Upon input, the model applies the parameters to the training enhancer to generate, as model output, a corresponding predicted activity of the training enhancer for a first state of the one or more states. The plurality of parameters is refined based differentials between corresponding measured and predicted amounts of activity in the first state for each of the training enhancer. A plurality of test enhancers is generated using the trained model and their activity tested thereby modeling enhancer activity.

Abstract: A multi-layer, lithium anode assembly for use in a lithium-based battery can include a substrate region having a current collector comprising a continuous copper foil that is between 4 and 10 microns thick and has a lithium compatible support surface. A lithium hosting region may overlie the support surface and may include a lithium material film deposited directly onto the support surface via thermal evaporation and having a thickness that is between 1 microns and 10 microns. A cover region may be located outboard of the lithium hosting region and may have a cover film that is formed from a passivation material and covers the lithium material film. The cover region may allow a lithium ion flux between an electrolyte and the lithium hosting region and inhibiting irreversible reactions between the lithium hosting region and the electrolyte or surrounding environment.

Abstract: A method of separating plastic material from battery materials can include: a) receiving battery materials in an immersion comminuting apparatus; b) by carrying out at least a first size reduction of the battery materials under immersion to create a primary-reduced metal material, primary-reduced plastic material and liberating a first amount of a black mass material; c) extracting at least a primary plastics slurry from the primary comminuting apparatus, wherein the primary plastics slurry comprises a mixture of the primary-reduced plastic material, a portion of the primary-reduced metal material and a portion of the black mass material liberated by the immersion comminuting apparatus; and d) carrying out a further, second size reduction of the plastic slurry using a non-immersion comminuting apparatus that is downstream from the immersion comminuting apparatus.