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Modular data centers with modular components suitable for use with rack or shelf mount computing systems, for example, are disclosed. The modular center generally includes a modular computing module including an intermodal shipping container and computing systems mounted within the container and configured to be shipped and operated within the container and a temperature control system for maintaining the air temperature surrounding the computing systems. The intermodal shipping container may be configured in accordance to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) container manufacturing standards or otherwise configured with respect to height, length, width, weight, and/or lifting points of the container for transport via an intermodal transport infrastructure. The modular design enables the modules to be cost effectively built at a factory and easily transported to and deployed at a data center site.

The present invention discloses a complete speech recognition system having a training button and a recognition button, and the whole system uses the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) architecture for the design, and also uses the modular design to divide the speech processing into 4 modules: system control module, autocorrelation and linear predictive coefficient module, cepstrum module, and DTW recognition module. Each module forms an intellectual product (IP) component by itself. Each IP component can work with various products and application requirements for the design reuse to greatly shorten the time to market.

A communication system architecture (SA) for a vehicle which may be integrated into the vehicle's multiplexed electronic component communication system, and a process for communicating with the vehicle to provide information for and about the vehicle's operational status and coordinating the vehicle's activities. The communication system will include a multi-functional antenna system for the vehicle that will have the capability to receive AM/FM radio and television signals, and transmit and receive citizens band (CB) radio signals, satellite and microwave and cellular phone communications. The antenna may be installed as original equipment or as a back-fit part in the after-market. In either case the multi-functional antenna will be integrated with the vehicle's multiplexed electronic component communication system. The process for communicating with the vehicle will involve a communication service for which the vehicle's driver will enroll for and service will continue so long as maintenance fees are paid. The service will be capable of providing various levels of information transfer and coordination. The levels may include vehicle information such as (1) the need for servicing and location of the nearest service center with the necessary parts in stock, (2) routing, and (3) load brokering and coordination. The modular design of the system architecture (SA) will allow it to be employed with the vehicle platform that does not possess a full multiplexed electronic component communications system. The resulting vehicle, using an after-market application package, will be able to participate in some of the services.

An adaptable spinal facet joint prosthesis, including a pedicle fixation element; a laminar fixation element; and a facet joint bearing surface having a location adaptable with respect at least one of the pedicle fixation element and the laminar fixation element. The invention also includes a method of implanting an adaptable spinal facet joint prosthesis including the steps of determining a desired position for a facet joint bearing surface; and attaching a prosthesis comprising a facet joint bearing surface to a pedicle portion of a vertebra and a lamina portion of a vertebra to place the facet joint bearing surface in the desired position. The invention also provides a facet joint prosthesis implant tool including a tool guide adapted to guide a vertebra cutting tool; and first and second fixation hole alignment elements extending from the saw guide.

An electronic electric meter for use in a networked automatic meter reading environment. The electric meter retrofits into existing meter sockets and is available for new meter installations for both single phase and three phase electric power connections. The meter utilizes an all electronic design including a meter microcontroller, a measurement microcontroller, a communication microcontroller and spread spectrum processor, and a plurality of other communication interface modules for communicating commodity utilization and power quality data to a utility. The electric meter utilizes a modular design which allows the interface modules to be changed depending upon the desired communication network interface. The meter measures electricity usage and monitors power quality parameters for transmission to the utility over a two-way 900 MHz spread spectrum local area network (LAN) to a remotely located gateway node. The gateway node transmits this data to the utility over a commercially available fixed wide area network (WAN). The meter also provides direct communication to the utility over a commercially available network interface that plugs into the meter's backplane or bus system bypassing the local area network communication link and gateway node.

Modular spinal prosthesis having one of both of adaptable and configurable components is provided. The modular spinal prosthesis described herein provides an artificial articular configuration to replace damaged, worn or otherwise removed spinal facet elements.

Aspects of the invention relate to a modular turbine vane assembly. The vane assembly includes an airfoil portion, an outer shroud and an inner shroud. The airfoil portion can be made of at least two segments. Preferably, the components are connected together so as to permit assembly and disassembly of the vane. Thus, in the event of damage to the vane, repair involves the replacement of only the damaged subcomponents as opposed to the entire vane. The modular design facilitates the use of various materials in the vane, including materials that are dissimilar. Thus, suitable materials can be selected to optimize component life, cooling air usage, aerodynamic performance, and cost. Because the vane is an assemblage of smaller sub-components as opposed to one unitary structure, the individual components of the vane can be more easily manufactured and more intricate features can be included.

Described herein are nanoparticles that are coated with a bilayer of molecules formed from surface binding molecules and amphiphatic molecules. The bilayer coating self assembles on the nanoparticles from readily available materials/molecules. The modular design of the bilayer coated nanoparticles provides a means for readily and efficiently optimizing the properties of the bilayer coated nanoparticle compositions. Also described herein are uses of such nanoparticles in medicine, laboratory techniques, industrial and commerical applications.

A tunable injection seeded very narrow band F2 lithography laser. The laser combines modular design features of prior art long life releasable lithography lasers with special F2 line narrowing and tuning techniques applied to a seed beam operated in a first gain medium which beam is used to stimulate narrow band lasing in a second gain medium to produce a very narrow band laser beam useful for integrated circuit lithography.

A modular canal hearing device having a speaker module placed in the bony region for extended wear while a main module is removably inserted in the cartilaginous region. The main module wirelessly activates the speaker module when placed in proximity thereto. The main module is removed daily or as needed for maintenance of the hearing device such as for battery replacement. The speaker module remains undisturbed in the bony region to avoid skin friction. The main module contains the microphone, electronics, battery and in the preferred embodiment an inductive coupling coil for inductively sending audio signals to the receiver module. The modular design allows for a highly miniaturized design that is easier to navigate in the ear canal for improved fit and sound fidelity at the eardrum while allowing easy maintenance of a removable module.

A goggle based light-weight VOG system includes at least one digital camera connected to and powered by a laptop computer through a firewire connection. The digital camera may digitally center the pupil in both the X and Y directions. A calibration mechanism may be incorporated onto the goggle base. An EOG system may also be incorporated directly into the goggle. The VOG system may track and record 3-D movement of the eye, track pupil dilation, head position and goggle slippage. An animated eye display provides data in a more meaningful fashion. The VOG system is a modular design whereby the same goggle frame or base is used to build a variety of digital camera VOG systems.

The invention provides a three-way loading mechanical property test system of a multifunctional lining segment joint, which mainly comprises a self-balancing frame sub-system, a loading sub-system, a test-piece support sub-system, a test-piece transporting sub-system, a loading control sub-system and a data acquisition sub-system. The loading sub-system adopts a modular design and can finish a shield tunneling lining segment inter-ring shearing test, a bending moment transferring test, a longitudinal joint corner rigidity test, a longitudinal joint radial shearing test and the like by different combinations. The system of the invention can preferably imitate three-way stress states of the shield tunneling lining segment joint in actual conditions and can finish various different loading modes to obtain mechanical parameters of the shield tunneling lining segment joint and mechanical properties of other similar structures.

During journeys, and at other times when no stationary heating devices such as microwave ovens or hotplates are available, providing hot foods, liquid or solid, can be problematic. By providing a container with an in-built heating arrangement, the present invention solves the problem. Furthermore, the container is of a modular design. Its parts are easily interchangeable and new configurations for different purposes can be readily put together.

A wireless modular, multi-modal, multi-node patch platform is described. The platform preferably comprises low-cost semi-disposable patch design aiming at unobtrusive ambulatory monitoring of multiple physiological parameters. Owing to its modular design it can be interfaced with various low-power RF communication and data storage technologies, while the data fusion of multi-modal and multi-node features facilitates measurement of several bio-signals from multiple on-body locations for robust feature extraction. Exemplary results of the patch platform are presented which illustrate the capability to extract respiration rate from three different independent metrics, which combined together can give a more robust estimate of the actual respiratory rate.

A modular and compact adsorbent bed structure is disclosed for use in an adsorption-based gas separation plant. The conventional adsorbent bed in a gas separation plant is replaced with a plurality of modular adsorbent bed units connected to make the adsorbent bed structure. The modular design requires lower fabrication and maintenance costs; is easier to transport; and is easier to load with adsorbent material.

The invention discloses a forward safety monitoring and warning device for an automobile. The forward safety monitoring and warning device comprises a decision-making system, a perception system, a laser radar module, an ultrasonic radar module, a driving system, an intelligent remote control unit, and a man-machine interactive system, wherein the decision-making system syncretises data collected by perception system and processes it according to the decision algorithm, and acquires decision-making data to control the vehicle and control the vehicle to execute the control task; the perception system connected with the decision-making system comprises a differential GPS module used to provide vehicle position information and heading attitude; the laser radar module is used for acquiring barrier information of the front of the automobile; the ultrasonic radar module is used for sensing environmental information around the automobile; the driving system is connected to the decision-making system through an intelligent remote control unit and the intelligent remote control unit is also connected with an actuating mechanism in the bottom of the automobile for controlling the automobile and switching automatic driving mode and traditional mode; the man-machine interactive system is used to display vehicle status, command information, conduct performance and geographic information. The adoption of drive-by-wire chassis and modular design reduces the cost of debugging, improves the efficiency of developing and facilitates expansion.

The invention provides a composite transformation mobile robot combining an elastic foot and a wheel type motion mechanism, which comprises a space machine body frame unit of a foot-wheel composite mobile transformation robot, driving wheel drive units, driven wheel driven units, four modular leg units, a control sensing system unit, a hermetical casing and a power source. The robot used elastic foot replaces the traditional rigid foot to increase the kinetic stability of the robot and reduce the vibratility and impact force of the robot, and is combined with a wheel type moving method, so that the quick mobility and high efficiency of the wheel type movement on a flat ground can be guaranteed, and the excellent maneuverability and strong obstacle crossing function of the foot type moving, creeping and climbing motion under complex terrains such as complex mountain environment and city terrain can be taken into account; as the foot type composite transformation mobile robot adopts modular design, the foot and wheel cannot interfere each other, the maintenance and replacement are convenient, and the motion pattern is flexible and variable; and the athletic ability of the robot is improved in virtue of the mutual transformation, coordination and combination of the foot type motion and the wheel type motion.