Applied Minds, Inc.

Oracle America, Inc.

Ira M Lichtman

Bran Ferren

Randall Adam Yates

Clinton Blake Hope

W Daniel Hillis

Clint Blake Hope

Russel Howe

Kenneth D Salter

Randall A Yates

The invention provides an instrument control panel that is easily customized and reconfigured, and yet provides the familiar tactile sensation of physical knobs, sliders, and buttons. The instrument control panel comprises one or more interface components that are removably coupled to an interface display wherein the interface components communicate with one or more control components disposed behind the interface display. The present invention lends itself particularly well to an instrument panel.

Customizable and reconfigurable virtual instrument panel

A method for controlling a plurality of fans operatively disposed in a shipping container. The fans are arranged in a plurality of banks within a closed fluid path. Each bank has a sub-set of the fans arranged in a plurality of horizontal layers. Two banks form an adjacent pair in the closed fluid path if a fluid exiting one of the two banks next enters the other of the two banks. The method includes determining a proposed fluid flow rate for each of the banks. The method also includes modifying each of the flow rates by a respective scaling factor such that the flow rates for each adjacent pair satisfy a continuity criteria. The method further includes controlling the fans based on the modified flow rates.

Cooling method for a data center in a shipping container

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Simi Valley, CA, United States of America

Ira M Lichtman