Abstract: A bracket for use on a wall and with a pair of fasteners and a fluorescent light fixture, the latter being of the type having an elongate housing including a substantially flat base adapted to be secured against a planar wall or ceiling surface. The bracket comprises a main body member defining an elongate slot and mounted in use to said wall such that, in use, said slot extends upwardly and away from said wall in angled relation thereto. In use, a pair of said brackets are mounted on said wall, in horizontally spaced relation to one another, and the base of said housing is mounted to the main body members by said fasteners, each extending through the slot of a respective main body member. A shelf can be supported across the brackets.

Abstract: An assembly for supporting a device for movement between several positions, the assembly comprising a first four-bar subassembly including proximate and distal ends and a second four-bar subassembly including proximate and distal ends and first and second link members that pivot about substantially parallel axis, the distal end of the first four-bar subassembly linked to the proximate end of the second four-bar subassembly for rotation about an additional axis that is substantially perpendicular to the parallel axis.

Abstract: A speaker mount includes a support structure attachment, an adjustable mount connected to the structure attachment and including a first connector, and a speaker attachment including a second connector. The first and second connectors may selectively be connected or disconnected, permitting a speaker to be connected to and disconnected from the remainder of the mount. The first connector is mounted to a ball. A lock plate is mounted at an opposing side of the ball from the first connector. A fastener controls the distance between the first connector and the lock plate. In one position, the fastener draws the lock plate and first connector towards one another, fixing the lock plate in a position on the ball, and in another position allows the first connector to be moved relative to the ball. The mount permits orientation of a speaker in a variety of positions relative to a support structure.

Abstract: A head mount lamp seat comprises a pivotal unit, a movable unit and a rotary unit; wherein the movable unit is rotatably connected to one end of the pivotal unit; and another end of the pivotal unit is rotatably connected to the rotary unit; and a lamp is installed to the rotary unit. The rotary unit is rotatable horizontally with respect to the another end of the movable unit.

Abstract: A bracket useful for suspending terrestrial transportation devices, such as scooters, from a vertical support contains a vertical flange, a horizontal flange, and a support arm. The vertical flange is connected to the horizontal flange, which in turn is connected to the support arm, each preferably perpendicular to the other. The vertical flange of the bracket is connected to the vertical support. One or more scooter supports are located on the support arm. The scooter supports include one or more notches. The necks of suspended scooters nest in the notches of the scooter supports. Scooters are suspended from the bracket by draping the scooters over the support arm, with the deck and steering unit on opposite sides of the support arm. The bracket may be covered with a soft, preferably polymeric, coating to prevent scratches to the terrestrial transportation devices supported by the bracket.

Abstract: The present invention is an insulated beverage holder having the shape of a gasoline refueling can of the type used in automobile races. The beverage holder is designed to hold standard 12-ounce sized, and other sizes, of beverage containers and beverages therein. Said beverage holder has an upper portion having a spout, an insulated lower portion, a means for attaching said top portion to said rigid container. A vent in the handle portion allows air to move into and out of the insulated bottom portion when the rigid container is inserted into or removed from said insulated bottom portion.

Abstract: An easel (20) includes a base (24), a support (28) extending upwardly from the base (24), and first and second arms (38, 40) rotatably attached to the support (28) via a pivot assembly (48). Brackets (54) are positioned on the first and second arms (38, 40) and are slidably moveable relative to a longitudinal axis (58) of the first and second arms (38, 40). The brackets (54) selectively abut edges (68) at each of four corners (70) of a workpiece (22) to retain the workpiece (22). The pivot assembly (48) functions to concurrently rotate the first and second arms (38, 40) and, consequently, the workpiece (22) relative to the support (28).

Abstract: A picture hanging system comprised of a horizontally extending rail attached to the upper portion of a wall on which pictures are to be displayed. Said rail is spaced a precise horizontal distance away from the wall. Visual exposure of the rail and associated hardware can be eliminated by covering it with a decorative moulding that is quickly and easily attached. Cable assemblies can be quickly and easily connected at any desired location on the rail with the associated small diameter cables extending vertically downward. One or more clamp and hook assemblies can be directly attached to the cables at any point on the cable. The pictures are then hung from the hooks. If re-positioning of the pictures is required this can be done quickly and easily. With pictures installed the system achieves the highest possible aesthetic standards by virtue of the fact that only the molding and the very small diameter cables are visible.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a spacer configured to mount a fan housing to a surface of a structural support. In some embodiments, the spacer includes a body, a first aperture passing through the body and having a first length through the body, and a second aperture passing through the body and having a second length through the body, wherein the second length is different than the first length. The body can be oriented in a first orientation with respect to the fan housing and structural support or in a second orientation with respect to the fan housing and structural support to mount the fan housing at different distances from a mounting surface of the structural support.

Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device, preferably a shell device, which comprises a magnet that can be transferred from a locking position, in which the magnet is preferably operatively connected to a magnetizable shell support so as to magnetically act upon it, to a detach position in which the magnet is spaced apart from the shell support. The aim of the invention is to simplify a holding device of the above-described kind. The magnet, for the purpose of transferring it from the locking position to the detach position, is mounted so as to be rotatable about a swiveling axis in such a manner that in the detach position it is disposed so as to be swivelable via-à-vis the locking position.

Abstract: To provide an apparatus that can prevent an objective lens from colliding against a member of a disk drive, can get disk loading/unloading operations done quickly and can establish a focus controlled state swiftly. An information processing apparatus includes: a converging section for converging light; a shifting section for shifting the focus of the light by moving the converging section perpendicularly to an information storage layer of a storage medium responsive to a drive signal; a position control section for generating a position control signal to move the converging section at variable velocities; a focus control section for generating a focus control signal based on a light amount signal representing reflected light such that the focus is located in a focus controllable range; a switching section for selectively outputting the position control or focus control signal; and a driving section for outputting a drive signal responsive to the output signal.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing support for large data sets are provided. Example embodiments provide a Big Data Object Library “BDOL,” which defines data structures and routines for handling big data objects using out of memory techniques. In one embodiment, the BDOL defines a bdFrame object which stores the data in binary form in a cache on an external storage medium, such as a file on a disk. The example BDOL provides support for user defined block processing a bdFrames using a pipeline engine. Also, the BDOL provides for Trellis plots, and other charts, of big data objects using hexagonal binning. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system of array imaging that extends or maximizes the longevity of the sensor array by minimizing the effects of photobleaching. The imaging system has a light source, a variable exposure aperture, and a variable filter system. The system extends the longevity of sensors by (1) using the variable exposure aperture to selectively expose sections of the sensor array containing representative numbers of each type of sensor, and/or (2) using the variable filter system to control the intensity of the excitation light, providing only the intensity required to induce the appropriate excitation and increasing that intensity over time as necessary to counteract the effects of photobleaching.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photodetector that has a structure capable of realizing a wide range gain adjustment for each of electron multiplier channels respectively assigned to a plurality of light incidence regions of a multi-anode multiplier. The photodetector comprises a multi-anode photomultiplier, and a bleeder circuit unit. The multi-anode multiplier has a dynode unit constituted by N (an integer or no less than 3) dynode plates, and n-th (an integer of no less then 2) dynode plate is constituted by a plurality of control plates respectively corresponding to the multiplier channels. The bleeder circuit unit has a primary section setting each potential of a first to (n?1)-th and (n+1)-th to N-th dynode plates, and a secondary section for individually setting a potential of each control plate at any potential within the range wider than a potential difference between the (n?1)-th and (n+1) dynode plates.

Abstract: An electronic flash, imaging device and method for producing flashes of light uses a diffractive optical element to produce a flash of light having a rectangular radiation pattern. The diffractive optical element is configured to diffract light emitted from a light source such that the radiation pattern of the light emitted from the diffractive optical element is rectangular to produce the rectangular flash of light.

Abstract: A binocular telescope includes a first CCD array and a first LCD array both disposed within one lens barrel, a second CCD array and a second LCD array both disposed within the other lens barrel, first and second CCD drive units and first and second LCD drive units disposed within a mount for the two lens barrels, externally-operable first and second selector switches, and an interface connected to a portable television tuner. The first and second selector switches are operated in such a manner that when moving contacts of the first and second selector switches are respectively switched to one fixed contacts, images focused onto the first and second CCD arrays are respectively formed on the first and second LCD arrays as images, and when their moving contacts are respectively switched to the other fixed contacts, images sent from the portable television tuner are formed on the first and second LCD arrays respectively.

Abstract: A radiation image pickup apparatus which selectively executes a first reading operation driving a detection unit irradiated with the radiation to read a first signal value, a second reading operation driving the detection unit without being irradiated with any radiations before the first reading operation to read a second signal value, and a third reading operation driving the detection unit without being irradiated with any radiations after the first reading operation to read a third signal value, and subtracts a signal value produced by the processing of the second signal value and the third signal value from the first signal value, thereby reducing an offset component and random noises without lowering a frame rate and its control method are provided.

Abstract: A solid state imaging system has at least one CMOS imager with first and second series of pixels in which the pixels of one series are offset, i.e., staggered, in respect to the pixels of the other series. Multiple imagers can be arrayed end to end, with jumper wires connecting the pixel output conductors or each so that the pixels feed into a common output amplifier for each series, to minimize chip to chip offset voltages. The pixels may be diagonally offset from one another, and a color imager can be constructed in which color ribbon filters are arranged diagonally across the imaging area. This arrangement minimizes color cross talk. An array of microlenses is situated with each microlens covering a plurality of the pixels. The different pixels under each microlens can be aligned along a diagonal. The different pixels under the same microlens can have different integration times, to increase the dynamic range of the imager(s).

Abstract: The invention concerns a radiation detector for detecting radiation having a defined spectral sensitivity distribution (14) that exhibits a sensitivity maximum at a defined wavelength ?0, wherein the radiation detector preferably contains a III-V semiconductor material and particularly preferably comprises at least one semiconductor chip (1) and at least one optical filter disposed after the semiconductor chip, the semiconductor chip containing at least one III-V semiconductor material and the optical filter absorbing radiation of a wavelength that is greater than the wavelength ? of the sensitivity maximum.

Abstract: A device and method to provide an optical guide of a pixel to guide incoming light onto a photosensor of the pixel and to improve the optical crosstalk immunity of an image sensor. The optical guide consists of an optically reflecting barrier formed as a trench that mitigates against optical crosstalk. The optical guide is made of an air-filled ring of spaced slots. In another embodiment, the optical guide structure can be filled with a low dielectric material with an index of refraction that is less than the index of refraction of the material used for the surrounding layers.

Abstract: A technique for reducing a parasitic DC bias voltage on a sensor monitors the parasitic DC bias voltage on a first element of the sensor. A controlled bias voltage that is applied between the first element of the sensor and a second element of the sensor is then modified to substantially maintain the parasitic DC bias voltage at a desired potential.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a plurality of first wiring lines, a plurality of second wiring lines that intersect the plurality of first wiring lines, a plurality of unit circuits that are disposed so as to correspond to intersections between the plurality of first wiring lines and the plurality of second wiring lines, and a plurality of reference signal lines that supply reference signals to the plurality of unit circuits.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensing device drive unit of the present invention includes a randomly accessible SRAM for storing waveform information on a drive signal for a solid-state image sensing device, and a comparator for reading the waveform information from the SRAM and creating the drive signal based on the read waveform information.

Abstract: The invention concerns an optronic observation device comprising a detector, the detector comprising a photocathode and a sensor arranged to receive an incident light beam, the device also comprising switching means able to position an optical element opposite said detector on the pathway of the incident beam or to retract said element, the device comprising means able to focus an incident ray on the photocathode when the element is in retracted position, characterized in that the element, when positioned opposite the detector, is able to focus the beam on the sensor and to filter the beam spectrally to block all or part of the wavelengths for which the responsiveness of the photocathode is greater than a given threshold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tactile sensor capable of obtaining information for a plurality of degrees of freedom at each point on a surface. An optical tactile sensor is provided with a sensing part and a photographing device, the sensing part comprising a transparent elastic body and a plurality of groups of markers provided inside the elastic body, each marker group being made up of a number of colored markers, with markers making up different marker groups having different colors for each group. The elastic body has an arbitrary curved surface. The behavior of the colored markers when an object touches the curved surface of the elastic body is obtained as image information of markers by photographing device. The sensor further comprises a force vector distribution reconstructing device for reconstructing forces applied to said surface from information as to the behavior of markers that is obtained from said image information of markers.

Abstract: A switch for controlling a lighting device includes a contact surface, a light source, and an optical navigation sensor. The contact surface includes a generally transparent zone and is configured for removably receiving a fingertip adjacent to the transparent zone. The light source is configured to illuminate the transparent zone of the contact surface. The optical navigation sensor is configured to sense relative motion of the illuminated fingertip at the transparent zone to modify a function of a lighting device external to the light switch based on the relative motion.

Abstract: The present invention provides an object-detection system for use with a police vehicle that is operative to provide an alarm to the police officer sitting in the vehicle of an approaching object. The system includes an object-detection device and at least one alarm generator in communication with the object-sensing device wherein the alarm generator is operative to generate an alarm upon receiving an electrical signal from the object-sensing device indicative of an object approaching a police vehicle.

Abstract: A method for determining the diameter of a wellbore, the wellbore being drilled by a drill string immersed in weighted mud, the weighted mud having a significant weight fraction of a heavy component. A well logging instrument having a gamma ray source and energy-sensitive gamma ray detectors rotates within the wellbore to define a transient interface with a facing portion of the wellbore wall. The instrument measures Compton-effect gamma ray scattering and photoelectric-effect gamma ray scattering of gamma rays that cross a first interface, and of later gamma rays that cross an opposite interface, at each of a plurality of locations along the wellbore to produce a group of gamma ray counts at each of a series of wellbore locations. The counts are used to determine standoffs, weight fraction, and wellbore diameter.

Abstract: Ion mobility spectrometer apparatus may include an ion interface that is operable to hold positive and negative ions and to simultaneously release positive and negative ions through respective positive and negative ion ports. A first drift chamber is operatively associated with the positive ion port of the ion interface and encloses an electric field therein. A first ion detector operatively associated with the first drift chamber detects positive ions from the first drift chamber. A second drift chamber is operatively associated with the negative ion port of the ion interface and encloses an electric field therein. A second ion detector operatively associated with the second drift chamber detects negative ions from said second drift chamber.

Abstract: The invention relates to a glow discharge source, in particular for the analysis of solid specimens by means of glow discharge, with an anode and a cathode and with means for the direct or indirect cooling of a specimen. The glow discharge source according to the invention is characterized in that at least one Peltier element is provided as the cooling means.

Abstract: A micrometer-scale ion trap, fabricated on a monolithic chip using semiconductor micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. A single 111Cd+ ion is confined, laser cooled, and the heating measured in an integrated radiofrequency trap etched from a doped gallium arsenide (GaAs) heterostructure. Single 111Cd+ qubit ions are confined in a radiofrequency linear ion trap on a semiconductor chip by applying a combination of static and oscillating electric potentials to integrated electrodes. The electrodes are lithographically patterned from a monolithic semiconductor substrate, eliminating the need for manual assembly and alignment of individual electrodes. The scaling of this structure to hundreds or thousands of electrodes is possible with existing semiconductor fabrication technology.

Abstract: This invention relates to a measuring cell for an Ion Cyclotron Resonance (ICR) spectrometer. The present invention provides a measurement cell for an FTMS spectrometer, comprising an excitation electrode arrangement positioned about a longitudinal axis which extends in a direction generally parallel to the field direction of an applied homogeneous magnetic field; and a trapping electrode arrangement, also positioned about the said longitudinal axis, for trapping ions longitudinally in the cell within a trapping region defined by the trapping electrode arrangement; wherein at least a part of the excitation electrode arrangement extends axially outwardly of the trapping region defined by the trapping electrode arrangement.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for determining the energy of a particle beam, for example a proton beam, by measuring the ratio of the radioactivities associated with two radioisotopes that are simultaneously produced within a plurality of target foils versus the calculated beam energy drop through each individual foil. This method relies on the disparate production of related radioisotopes in a single material as a function of the beam energy. A calibration curve may be established by irradiating target metal foils of known thickness and measuring the relative radioactivities of at least two target radioisotopes resulting from that irradiation. In particular, the method can be used to determine beam energies in the 10 to 18 MeV range by measuring the relative production of 63Zn and 65Zn in natural Cu foils.

Abstract: A semiconductor probe having a resistive tip with a low aspect ratio and a method of fabricating the semiconductor probe are provided. The semiconductor probe includes a resistive tip and a cantilever having an end portion on which the resistive tip is located. The resistive tip doped with a first impurity includes a resistive region formed at a peak of the resistive tip and lightly doped with a second impurity opposite in polarity to the first impurity, and first and second semiconductor electrode regions formed on inclined surfaces of the resistive tip and heavily doped with the second impurity. The height of the resistive tip is less than the radius of the resistive tip. Accordingly, the spatial resolution of the semiconductor probe is improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a standard specimen for evaluating a shape of a probe of a probe microscope, which includes a multi-layer film subjected to a selective etching and a line width and a line space defined by a thickness of the layer and a line height defined by an etching amount; and a method for evaluating a probe shape of a probe microscope using the standard specimen.

Abstract: A inspecting and measurement method and inspecting and measurement apparatus for semiconductor devices and patterns such as photomasks using an electron beam which can measure the charged potential of a sample with higher precision than in the prior art, and a inspecting and measurement apparatus which can measure charged potential by means of a simple construction. When an S curve is observed in a semiconductor device to be inspectioned and measured, fluctuations of the charged potential of the inspection sample surface are suppressed by optimizing the energy of a primary electron beam used for irradiation. When the surface potential of the semiconductor device is measured, a more precise potential measurement than that of the prior art can be performed which is almost unaffected by the charged potential of an insulation film surface.

Abstract: Fast microbolometer pixels integrating micro-optical focusing elements are provided. Each microbolometer pixel includes a focusing element located between the pixel body and a substrate, this focusing element preferably sending radiation back towards the central portion of the microbolometer. There is also provided a microbolometer array having a plurality of such microbolometer pixels. Advantageously, to increase the pixel speed, the present microbolometers may be built smaller than the detector and no additional structures need to be attached to said detector.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to further miniaturize a module substrate with an antenna while maintaining desirable characteristics. A module substrate 100 with an antenna according to the invention has a substrate body 110 and first and second radiation conductors 121 and 122 provided on one surface 111 of the substrate body 110 and being symmetrical. The first and the second radiation conductors 121 and 122 are asymmetrical with respect to a first line B that passes a power-supplying point 121b of the first radiation conductor and a power-supplying point 122b of the second radiation conductor. Therefore, the wavelength of radio waves radiated from the current flowing in one direction as viewed from the first line B is different from that of radio waves radiated from the current flowing in the other direction as viewed from the first line B. As a result, the substrate body 110 can be miniaturized while securing a broader band than the conventional module substrates.

Abstract: A method of acquiring data uses multiple sensors in an aircraft. The method includes the steps of: (a) turning ON a DIAL sensor to detect a target of interest during a first flight pass over a region of interest (ROI), wherein the target of interest is a gas or oil pipeline leak; (b) detecting the target of interest using the DIAL sensor; and (c) storing location of the detected target in a look up table (LUT). The method also includes the steps of: (d) during a second flight pass over the ROI, triggering another sensor to turn ON at or about the location stored in the LUT; and (e) confirming presence of the target of interest using both ON-sensors. If necessary, a third flight pass over the ROI is conducted and yet another sensor is triggered to turn ON at or about the location stored in the LUT. Presence of the target of interest is confirmed using all three ON-sensors.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a technique for reconstructing PET scan images. According to one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for reconstructing PET scan images. The method comprises: detecting a plurality of coincidence events in a PET scanner; storing data associated with the plurality of coincidence events in a chronological list based on a detection time for each of the plurality of coincidence events; generating correction data based on scatter coincidence events and random coincidence events in the plurality of coincidence events; and reconstructing one or more PET scan images based at least in part on the chronological list of data and the correction data.

Abstract: A PET system includes an improved image reconstruction algorithm based on an improved modeling of the point-spread function. PET time of flight data is used to obtain a mean emitting point and a time of flight probability function. This information is then used to model the point-spread function. The time of flight probability function and the detector response function are used to define a probability volume for a given line of response, which is then used in the reconstruction of the image.

Abstract: The invention is based on the discovery that using at least two detectors in near-field imaging, wherein each detector is located on opposing sides of an object at about a 180 degree angle relative to the other detector, and equipping the detectors with two different copies of the same coded aperture, rotated at about a 90 degree angle relative to each other, minimizes near-field artifacts in images of non-static objects. The near-field coded aperture device and a method for minimizing artifacts by utilizing the device are provided. A method for detecting contraband in cargo is also provided.

Abstract: The stacked scintillator panel according to the present invention is comprised of stacking a plurality of panels 1, 2, 3, 4, having scintillator 1b, 2b, 3b, and 4b deposited by vapor deposition on substrates 1a, 2a, 3a, and 4a for crystal deposition. Each of the substrates 1a, 2a, 3a, and 4a is a light transmitting substrate that transmits at least a portion of the wavelength range of the light emitted from the corresponding scintillator 1b, 2b, 3b, or 4b upon radiation incidence.

Abstract: A pixelated detector assembly comprising a stack of thin detector crystals, each detector crystal having a pair of planar surfaces bound by edges substantially thinner than the dimensions of the surfaces. The stack is disposed such that the radiation to be detected is incident on one set of edges of the stack of detector crystals. The dimension of the planar surfaces in the general direction of incidence of the radiation incidence is sufficient to ensure that substantially all of the high energy photons to be detected are absorbed within the depth of the detector assembly. Each of the detector crystals has a two-dimensional pixelated anode array formed on one of its planar surfaces. A cathode is formed on its opposite planar surface, preferably covering substantially all of the surface.

Abstract: The present invention involves a radiation beam modulator (1; 100; 200; 300; 400; 500; 600) that can be employed for modulating a radiation beam (60) in a radiation system. The modulator (1; 100; 200; 300; 400; 500; 600) comprises an array of multiple columns (125; 225; 325; 425; 525; 625) of a radiation modulating fluid or liquid (120; 220; 320; 420) and a height adjuster (130; 230; 330; 430; 530; 630). This height adjuster (130; 230; 330; 430; 530; 630) adjusts the heights of the multiple fluid columns (125; 225; 325; 425; 525; 625) so that the adjusted columns (125; 225; 325; 425; 525; 625) collectively will form a target radiation modulating profile. In a first embodiment, the modulator (100; 200; 300; 400) includes a bundle of capillaries (150; 250; 350; 450) in which the modulating fluid (120; 220; 320; 420) is conveyed to form the columns (125; 225; 325, 425).

Abstract: A sample to be observed or processed with a focused charged particle beam is formed small, and only the micro sample is locally cooled. Alternatively, a sample mount part is used which has the structure that can relax a thermal drift.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a radiation image conversion panel exhibiting excellent sharpness, excellent graininess and high luminance, accompanied with high aging performance. Also disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel possessing an alkali metal halide based stimulable phosphor layer formed by a vapor deposition method, provided on a support, wherein a stimulable phosphor possesses at least two kinds of halides, and a phosphor columnar crystal in the stimulable phosphor layer has a core/shell structure.

Abstract: An electron beam irradiating apparatus includes a chamber being kept under vacuum, and housing a planar electron emitting element and a positioning unit and an object to be irradiated is directly irradiated with an electron beam emitted from the element. The planar electron emitting element includes: an emitter portion composed of a dielectric material; and a first electrode and a second electrode applied with a driving voltage for emitting electrons, and the first electrode is formed on a first surface of the emitter portion and has a plurality of through-holes where the emitter portion is exposed, a surface of the first electrode facing to the emitter portion around the through-holes is separated from the emitter portion, and the electron beam is emitted from the first surface of the emitter portion through the through-holes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ionization source having a chamber for ionizing a sample. The ionization chamber has surfaces to reduce the overall interaction with reactive samples. The inner surface walls of the ionization chamber or the ionization chamber may be formed from an inert super alloy. For instance, Inconel™ 625, Inconel™ 601 or Hastelloy® may comprise the ionization chamber or the surface walls of the ionization chamber. The invention also includes a method for reducing the interaction of a reactive analyte with an ion source.

Abstract: An electromagnetic launch system including an electrothermal launcher, an inductive power supply (IPS), including a DC source (Vb) and a storage inductor (L), and an opening switch (OS), wherein at least a portion of at least one of the IPS and the OS is integrated in a projectile.