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Eneco, Inc.

Mtpv Power Corporation

Industrial Heat, LLC

C.p. Baker Securities, Inc.

Searete LLC

Gearbox LLC

Micropower Global Limited

Cambridge Phonon Systems, Inc

Peter L Hagelstein

Lowell L Wood, Jr

Roderick A Hyde

Jordin T Kare

Clarence T Tegreene

Nathan P Myhrvold

Muriel Y Ishikawa

Kenneth G Caldeira

Edward K Y Jung

Eric Leuthardt

Robert Samuel Langer

Charles Whitmer

William Henry Gates, Iii

Jeffrey A Bowers

Philip Andrew Eckhoff

David Schurig

Michael Schnall-Levin

John Brian Pendry

Victoria Y H Wood

Yan R Kucherov

Thomas A Weaver

Erez Lieberman

David Bazeley Tuckerman

Erez Lieberman Aiden

Dennis M Wu

Alistair K Chan

William David Duncan

Thomas J Nugent, Jr

Willam D Duncan

Erez L Aiden

Florian Metzler

Dennis Wu

A system for generating photon emission from atomic nuclei includes a device for generating phonons and a condensed matter medium comprising atomic nuclei. The phonons interact with the atomic nuclei and affect nuclear states of some of the atomic nuclei by transferring energy to the nuclei and causing the nuclei to emit photons. The device for generating phonons is configured to apply stress to the condensed matter medium and comprises an elongated plate and first and second clamps attached to first and second ends of the elongated plate, respectively, and the first and second clamps are configured to apply stress onto the first and second ends of the elongated plate and to cause movement of dislocations within the elongated plate.

System and method for generating photon emission from atomic nuclei

An apparatus includes a support and a radioactive source on the support. The radioactive source includes nuclei. An excitation element is coupled to the support. Upon activation of the excitation element, radiation emission from the radioactive source is reduced. The excitation element includes a vibration source. Excitation is transferred from nuclei of the radioactive source to nuclei of the support. The excitation transfer occurs in bulk from multiple nuclei of the radioactive source. The excitation transfer causes emissions from the support.

Nuclear excitation transfer via phonon-nuclear coupling

Various methods for sensing and/or heating that utilize nanostructures or carbon structures, such as nanotubes, nanotube meshes, or graphene sheets, are disclosed. In some methods, at least a pair of contacts are electrically coupled with a given nanostructure or carbon structure to sense a change or to pass a current for heating.

Systems and methods for selective sensing and selective thermal heating using nanostructures

The subject matter described herein includes a method of generating a collimated electromagnetic emission. The method includes producing an excitation in a sample of multiple particles by vibrationally stimulating the sample thereby transitioning each particle of at least a quantity of the multiple particles from a lower first energy state to a higher second energy state. The method also includes generating a collimated electromagnetic emission by de-excitation of at least a portion of the quantity of the multiple particles. A related apparatus is also provided.

Probabilistic models for beam, spot, and line emission for collimated X-ray emission in the Karabut experiment

Various sensors and arrays of sensors that utilize nanostructures or carbon structures, such as nanotubes, nanotube meshes, or graphene sheets, are disclosed. In some arrangements, at least a pair of contacts are electrically coupled with a given nanostructure or carbon structure to sense a change.

Nanostructure sensors and sensing systems

Various heaters and arrays of heaters that utilize nanostructures or carbon structures, such as nanotubes, nanotube meshes, or graphene sheets, are disclosed. In various arrangements, at least a pair of contacts are electrically coupled with a given nanostructure or carbon structure to pass a current for heating.

Nanostructure heaters and heating systems and methods of fabricating the same

A vehicle may be configured to determine a characteristic of a software program operating on the vehicle. The characteristic may be provided to an insurer, and the insurer may determine a property of an insurance policy based on the characteristic. The characteristic may be, for example, a feature, a setting, and/or a version of the software program. The insurer may indicate to a vehicle operator and/or owner how changing the characteristic may affect the property of the insurance policy. The insurance policy may be formalized and agreed to by the insurer and/or the insured. The vehicle may also or instead save pre-collision status data, such adjustable parameters, internal variables, dynamic decisions, and/or identification of a software program, when a collision is detected. The pre-collision status data may be used to diagnose problems with the software program, determine fault, and/or determine future properties of insurance policies.

Systems and methods for insurance based upon status of vehicle software

A system may produce images including narrow-bandwidth colors. One or more sets of the narrow-bandwidth colors may be selected to be interpreted as substantially a same color by a user. The system may include a light source configured to produce the narrow-bandwidth colors, and/or narrow-passband filters may create narrow-bandwidth colors from light emitted by broad-spectrum light sources or color sources. Spatial and/or time multiplexing may be used to create separate narrow-bandwidth colors interpreted as substantially a same color by the user. For example, the light source and/or the narrow-passband filter elements may be adjustable and may alternate between emission of two or more narrow-bandwidth colors. A viewing device may include filters allowing the user to selectively filter the narrow-bandwidth colors. The user may filter the narrow-bandwidth colors to separate a stereoscopic image pair, to view a user-specific image, to view desired content obfuscated by an obfuscating image, and/or the like.

Systems and methods for producing narrowband images

A system may produce images including narrow-bandwidth colors. One or more sets of the narrow-bandwidth colors may be selected to be interpreted as substantially a same color by a user. The system may include a light source configured to produce the narrow-bandwidth colors, and/or narrow-passband filters may create narrow-bandwidth colors from light emitted by broad-spectrum light sources or color sources. Spatial and/or time multiplexing may be used to create separate narrow-bandwidth colors interpreted as substantially a same color by the user. The light source and/or the narrow-passband filter elements may be adjustable and may alternate between emission of two or more narrow-bandwidth colors. A viewing device may include filters configured to selectively filter the narrow-bandwidth colors. The user may filter the narrow-bandwidth colors to separate a stereoscopic image pair, to view an image specific to a user, to view desired content obfuscated by an obfuscating image, and/or the like.

Systems and methods for self-testing archival memory devices are described. The memory device includes a data storage component capable of being coded with data. The memory device further includes a read-write mechanism configured to read, write, and delete data stored on the data storage component. The memory device includes a read-write controller configured to control the read-write mechanism based on input received through a device interface of the memory device, wherein the device interface of the memory device is configured to connect to an external computing device. The memory device further includes a diagnostic controller configured to perform a test on at least one of the data stored on the data storage component, the data storage component, and the read-write mechanism. The memory device includes a power source configured to provide operational power to the diagnostic controller when the memory device is not connected to an external power source.

Self-testing data storage devices and methods

A method may include automatically remotely identifying at least one characteristic of an individual via facial recognition; and providing a display for the individual, the display having a content at least partially based on the identified at least one characteristic of the individual. A system may include a facial recognition module configured for automatically remotely identifying at least one characteristic of an individual via facial recognition; and a display module coupled with the facial recognition module, the display module configured for providing a display for the individual, the display having a content at least partially based on the identified at least one characteristic of the individual.

Identifying a characteristic of an individual utilizing facial recognition and providing a display for the individual

A method for providing an environmental impact rating for a solar cell includes acquiring power generation data and thermal exchange data regarding the solar cell using a data acquisition device, transmitting the power generation data and the thermal exchange data to a controller, and generating the environmental impact rating based on the power generation data and the thermal exchange data using the controller, wherein the environmental impact rating provides an indication of an environmental impact of using the solar cell.

Systems and methods for rating solar cells

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Peter L Hagelstein