Abstract:
A container for beverages has a hollow container body having a recess, and an electronic device attached to the hollow container body and provided with a display for displaying electronic images, and the electronic device is configured so that when inserted into the recess of the container body it is held in the recess.
Abstract:
A bottle for alcoholic or non alcoholic beverages has a hollow body part defining an inner space for filling an alcoholic or non alcoholic beverage, at least one electrical/electronic device integrated in the hollow body part without interfering with a content of the bottle and having a light generating unit and a sensing unit selected from the group consisting of a contact sensor, a movement sensor, and both operative for activating the light generating unit for producing light in response to an action selected from the group consisting of a contact, a movement, and both in a vicinity of the device.
Abstract:
A container for beverages has a hollow container body having an outer surface with circumferentially extending recess, an additional element removably insertable in the recess, and a retaining element formed as a transparent or translucent band which circumferentially outwardly surrounds the additional element and holds the latter in the recess of the outer surface of the hollow container body, and the band element is removable so that the additional element can be removed from the recess, and if needed, replaced by a new additional element.
Abstract:
A beverage bottle has a container, a beverage accommodated in the container, the beverage including a light-sensitive additive which has an original color and under the action of radiation, changes its original color to a different color, and a device associated with the container and configured to generate a radiation which acts on the additive and to change the original color of the additive and therefore of the beverage to a different color.
Abstract:
A method of calibration of magnification of a microscope with the use of a diffraction grating has the steps of determining a mean period of a diffraction grating by irradiating the diffraction grating with an electromagnetic radiation having a known wavelength and analyzing a resulting diffraction pattern, determining a scatter of individual values of a period of the diffraction grating by multiple measurements of periods of the diffraction grating by a microscope in pixels in one area in a microscope field of view, and calculating a mean value of the period and the scatter based on the measurements, determining a sufficient number of measurements of the period for providing an accepted statistic error of a magnification of the microscope, performing measurements corresponding to the determined acceptable number of measurements, of individual values of the period in pixels in a plurality of portions of the diffraction grating, calculating a general mean value of the period in pixels based on the immediately preceding step, and finally calculating a parameter corresponding to the magnification of the microscope based on the determined mean value of the period of the diffraction grating in the microscope image and the calculating of the general mean value of the period in pixels.
Abstract:
A seismic sensor, has a case, a pre-charged, non-conductive membrane located between two plates that form a capacitor and accommodated inside the case, with one of the plates being immovable relative to the case and the other of the plates being movable relative to the one plate under the action of seismic activity of a medium in which the sensor is located, so that the capacitor produces an electrical signal responsive to the seismic activity, and a mass increasing element associated with the movable plate so as to increase mass of the movable plate and therefore enhance oscillations of the movable plate under the action of the seismic activity.
Abstract:
A method of calibration of magnification of a microscope with the use of a diffraction grating has the steps of determining a mean period of a diffraction grating by irradiating the diffraction grating with an electromagnetic radiation having a known wavelength and analyzing a resulting diffraction pattern, determining a scatter of individual values of a period of the diffraction grating by multiple measurements of periods of the diffraction grating by a microscope in pixels in one area in a microscope field of view, and calculating a mean value of the period and the scatter based on the measurements, determining a sufficient number of measurements of the period for providing an accepted statistic error of a magnification of the microscope, performing measurements corresponding to the determined acceptable number of measurements, of individual values of the period in pixels in a plurality of portions of the diffraction grating, calculating a general mean value of the period in pixels based on the immediately preceding step, and finally calculating a parameter corresponding to the magnification of the microscope based on the determined mean value of the period of the diffraction grating in the microscope image and the calculating of the general mean value of the period in pixels.
Abstract:
A device for enhancing photosynthesis has a membrane which is formed so that the membrane covers plants or vegetables, the membrane having photo-transforming qualities which convert UV light for plants and vegetables into growth-enhancing light that promotes photosynthesis.
Abstract:
A mechanically strong doped polymer sheeting--high-density polyethylene (HDPE) film--that provides excellent durability, high-maintenance and photo-transforming properties for covering hotbeds and greenhouses is comprised of: a light-transforming additive based on yttrium-europium oxysulfide; a light-stabilizing agent based on polyaminosuccinate; and a polymer resin used to form the high-density polyethylene 6-mil film. A preferred embodiment includes following composition and ratios: yttrium-europium oxysulfide content is 0.05-0.5% by weight; polyaminosuccinate content is 0.1-1% by weight; the ratio of yttrium-europium oxysulfide to polyaminosuccinate ranges from 0.5:1 to 1:2; and high-density polyethylene content is over 98.5% by weight according to above percentage of the additives. The doped polymer sheeting, HDPE film, for instance, can be fabricated efficiently and compactly packaged making it suitable for mass distribution. The film has photo-transforming properties that transform UV light into the wavelength of light that promotes photosynthesis in crop plants. This film, in turn, enhances crop growth and increases greenhouse internal ambient temperature leading to an extended growing season, higher crop quality and yield and frost protection--all that coupled with excellent durability and maintenance of the polymer sheeting. Finally, all of the doped polymer sheeting properties, as well as the sheeting itself, last over a period of two or more years.