Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

X Development LLC

Hannspree, Inc.

Aerostar International, Inc.

Google Inc.

Facebook, Inc.

Sonos, Inc.

Herman Miller, Inc.

Dandelion Energy, Inc.

Espressi, Inc.

Aeroster International, LLC

Jacques L Gagne

Raymond Louis Gradwohl

Kenneth G Robertson

Ray Gradwohl

Bob Brunner

Ben Chia

Kevin Roach

George Janour

Matthew Messana

Matthew David Day

Matthew Aaron Knoll

Christopher Edward Hoover

Neil Davé

Gerald Kirk McGinty, Jr

Jay Kothari

Robert Andrew Lambourne

Christopher Gregory Malone

Barnaby John James

Mieko Kusano

Peter K Lee

Robert P Bliven

Yves Behar

Dean A Depay

Michael Eglington

Benjamin Abraham

Frederic Frappereau

Sameera Sylvia Ponda

Robert J Nelson

Daniel Alex Luebke

Jonathan Nutzmann

Bryan Christopher GilroySmith

Kyle James Cormany

Ewout Van Bekkum

Aaron Fan

Alberto Vidal

Bret Recor

Yves Albert Behar

Kenneth Douglas Wood

John Michael Stivoric

Martin Schnitzer

Wai-Loong Lim

John William Pennington, Jr

Guillermo Andres

Thomas S Neal

Mark F Flynn

Brian Craig Lee

Benjamin Pei-Ming Chia

Shizunori S Kobara

Walter R Bender

Yi-Chun Liao

Kenneth Edwin Jewell

Ken G Robertson

Paul Michael Welch

Ricardo Penate

Stephen Duane Dorow

Stephen James O'Brien

Stephen Hooper

Bruce Eisenhauer

Mark A Foster

Brian David Perry

Mary Lou Jepsen

Melvin Chua

Rebecca Allen

Zoey Zweber

Christopher Hoover

Sze-moey Voon

Samuel Meyer Cohen

Michail Bletsas

Nicholas Negroponte

Kenneth Robertson

Jean John Atallah

Ray L Gradwohl

Aspects of the disclosure relate to manufacturing a balloon envelope for use in a stratospheric balloon system. For instance, a stream of polyethylene mixture is extruded through an extruder in order to orient molecules of polymer chains of polyethylene and to provide an oriented film. The oriented film is passed through an electron beam and thereby crosslinking the polymer chains to provide a cross-linked film. The cross-linked film is heat sealed to form the balloon envelope.

Manufacturing of polyethylene thin films for high-altitude balloons

Techniques for providing carbon dioxide include generating thermal energy, an exhaust fluid, and electrical power from a power plant; providing the exhaust fluid and the generated electrical power to an exhaust fluid scrubbing system to separate components of the exhaust fluid; capturing heat from a source of heat of an industrial process in a heating fluid; transferring the heat of the industrial process captured in the heating fluid to a carbon dioxide source material of a direct air capture (DAC) system; providing the generated electrical power from the power plant to the DAC system; providing the thermal energy from the power plant to the DAC system; and separating, with the transferred portion of the heat of the industrial process and the provided thermal energy, carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source material of the DAC system.

Producing carbon dioxide with waste heat

Aspects of the technology relate to propulsion systems for high altitude, long duration balloons, such as balloons that operate in the stratosphere for weeks, months or longer. A propeller assembly is used to provide lateral directional adjustments, which allows the balloon to spend more time over a desired region, reduce the return time to the desired region, reduce fleet overprovisioning, and increases the safety case by additional controls and avoidance abilities. A control assembly manages operation of the propeller assembly, including setting the pointing direction, speed of rotation and determining when to turn on the propeller and for how long. The propulsion system including the control and propeller assemblies is rotatable around a connection member of the balloon. Such rotation is independently adjustable from any rotation of the balloon's payload. The propeller blades may be made of plastic, which reduces weight and cost while providing sufficient speed at stratospheric altitudes.

Lateral propulsion systems and architectures for high altitude balloons

Aspects of the disclosure relate to manufacturing a balloon envelope for use in a stratospheric balloon system. For instance, a stream of polyethylene mixture us extruded through an extruder in order to orient molecules of polymer chains of polyethylene and to provide an oriented film. The oriented film is passed through an electron beam and thereby crosslinking the polymer chains to provide a cross-linked film. The cross-linked film is heat sealed to form the balloon envelope.

Unit controller

Underwater camera

An apparatus includes a frame component of a head-mounted device (HMD), an eyepiece, a battery, a processor, a heat pipe, and a hinge. The frame component includes a first compartment, a second compartment, and a channel connecting the first compartment and the second compartment. The heat pipe may extend from the first compartment to the second compartment through a channel and may be configured to transfer heat from the processor to the battery. A rate of heat transfer through the hinge may be greater than a threshold value when the hinge is in an open conformation that configures the frame component to be positioned along the side of the head. The heat transfer through the hinge may be smaller than the threshold value when the hinge is in a folded conformation that configures the frame component to be positioned for storage.

Heat transfer through frame component of head-mounted device

Winch system

An apparatus includes a frame component of a head-mounted device (HMD) configured to secure the HMD to a head of a user. The frame component includes therein a first compartment, a second compartment, and a channel connecting the first compartment and the second compartment. The frame component is configured to be positioned along a side of the head with the channel passing over an ear of the head, the first compartment disposed on a first side of the ear, and the second compartment disposed on a second side of the ear. The apparatus also includes a battery disposed within the first compartment, a processor disposed within the second compartment, and a heat pipe extending from the first compartment to the second compartment through the channel. The heat pipe is configured to transfer heat from the processor to the battery.

Systems and devices are disclosed herein that provide or relate to modular accessory devices for a wearable device, such as a glasses-style head-mountable device (HMD). Illustrative systems may include a first frame component having an accessory slot accessible via an entry point on a transverse surface of the first frame component, a second frame component movably coupled to the first frame component, and one or more accessory devices that each have a slot-mating feature shaped for insertion into and removal from the accessory slot via the entry point. The second frame component may be movable between a first position in which the second frame component blocks access to the entry point, and a second position in which the second frame component allows access to the entry point.

Modular accessory systems for wearable devices

The technology relates to systems and methods for creating openings in ground material in order to install ground loops for geothermal heating and cooling applications. As an example, a system for creating an opening in ground material may include a first drill head configured as a pipe pulling drill head and a second drill head configured for attachment with a boring tool. When attached to an end of a pipe, the first drill head is configured to pull the pipe into the opening in ground material. The second drill head may include a drilling portion and an opening opposite of the drilling portion, the opening including a first chamber that tapers towards a second chamber. The first drill head also includes a drilling end configured for a locking fit within the second chamber.

Systems and methods for coupling and decoupling drill heads for ground loop preparation for geothermal applications

An example electronic display system including a housing with a recess, a top side, and a bottom side opposite the top side and a kickstand having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being rotatably coupled to the housing proximate the bottom side, and the second end being rotationally biased away from the housing. A variable friction assembly is coupled to the first end. The kickstand has a first position in which the second end is received within the recess, and a second position in which the second end is substantially rotatably separated from the recess. Further, the variable friction assembly applies a first friction load to the first end when the kickstand is the first position, and a second friction load when the kickstand is in the second position, wherein the first friction load is greater than the second friction load.

Electronic display system with a support stand

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Los Galtos, CA, United States of America

Jacques L Gagne