Abstract: Provided is a new digital music storage and readout system and method that incorporates layers of anti-pirating features to inhibit unauthorized reproduction of device music content. This concept and device design may be extended to video storage and playback.

Abstract: Provided is a new digital music storage and readout system and method that incorporates layers of anti-pirating features to inhibit unauthorized reproduction of device music content. This concept and device design may be extended to video storage and playback.

Abstract: Provided are active thermo electric cooling apparatus for self-contained portable cooling or heating of a single beverage container.

Abstract: Provided are active Thermoelectric Cooling (TEC) apparatuses for the purpose of providing emergency hypothermia therapy treatment to patients.

Abstract: Provided are active Thermoelectric Cooling (“TEC”) systems/apparatuses for the purpose of cooling a person's head with or without the person wearing a safety helmet or hard hat.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing Raman spectrometry wherein a Raman spectroscopy system is mounted on a vehicle for on the move contaminant analysis. The system is configured to interrogate a target with a laser at a predetermined pulse repetition frequency (PRF), wherein during each PRF cycle, defined as 1/PRF, the laser is dual pulsed at a first wavelength and at a second wavelength. Raman spectra are collected and used to identify the target by matching a Raman signature with a given collected Raman spectra.

Abstract: A dust mitigation and cleaning system for cleaning a surface includes a system housing secured around at least a portion of a section including the surface to be cleaned. The system housing includes a hollow member extending within the system housing toward and in general alignment with the surface to be cleaned, where an outlet of the system housing is defined by the hollow member. A duct section is secured to a portion of the system housing and includes an inlet to receive a gaseous fluid, such as air from an ambient environment in which the system is disposed, and an outlet in communication with the system housing.

Abstract: A radiation sensitive detector employed with a thermal radiation scanning system to receive images that are scanned across said detector at predetermined velocities. The detector is sensitive to these scanned images and generates minority photocarriers that drift along the length of the detector in the opposite direction as a majority carrier flow caused by an applied biasing field. The cross-section of the detector is non-uniform along its length direction so that the density and velocity of the photocarrier packets may be appropriately controlled over the length of the detector.