There is provided a satiety inducing food product including Agar and Alginate particles having a size range of about 0.5-30 mm, wherein the particles are configured to remain essentially intact in the stomach and in the intestine so as to occupy volume within the stomach and the intestine and thereby induce satiety.

An apparatus and method for depositing flowable material comprising a chamber housing that receives and deposits flowable material, a rotary valve shaft and a piston shaft inside the chamber housing, the piston shaft rotatable in synchronization with the rotary valve shaft, wherein the piston shaft and the rotary valve shaft form a volumetric pocket to receive the flowable material, wherein the piston shaft rotates between a position that expands the volumetric pocket to draw the flowable material into the volumetric pocket, and a position that compresses the volumetric pocket to urge flowable material from the volumetric pocket.

An apparatus and method for depositing flowable material comprising a chamber housing that receives and deposits flowable material, a rotary valve shaft and a piston shaft inside the chamber housing, the piston shaft rotatable in synchronization with the rotary valve shaft, wherein the piston shaft and the rotary valve shaft form a volumetric pocket to receive the flowable material, wherein the piston shaft rotates between a position that expands the volumetric pocket to draw the flowable material into the volumetric pocket, and a position that compresses the volumetric pocket to urge flowable material from the volumetric pocket.

A tooling assembly, including a cermet tool body and an electrically nonconductive polymer support body at least partially encapsulating the cermet tool body. The cermet tool body and electrically nonconductive polymer body further include a plurality of high magnetic permeability metallic particles distributed therethrough. Each respective high magnetic permeability metallic particle has a magnetic permeability of at least 0.0001 H/m. Each respective high magnetic permeability metallic particle has a relative permeability of at least 100.

A tooling assembly, including a cermet tool body and an electrically nonconductive polymer support body at least partially encapsulating the cermet tool body. The cermet tool body and electrically nonconductive polymer body further include a plurality of high magnetic permeability metallic particles distributed therethrough. Each respective high magnetic permeability metallic particle has a magnetic permeability of at least 0.0001 H/m. Each respective high magnetic permeability metallic particle has a relative permeability of at least 100.

An apparatus and method for creating a venturi effect in a food product molding machine. The venturi effect accelerates food product in order to cause the product to be stretched aligning the fibers of the product.

An apparatus and method for creating a venturi effect in a food product molding machine. The venturi effect accelerates food product in order to cause the product to be stretched aligning the fibers of the product.

A method of making a bijel includes dispersing surface-active nanoparticles in a ternary liquid mixture. The ternary liquid mixture includes a hydrophilic liquid, a hydrophobic liquid, and a solvent. The ternary liquid mixture is contacted with water. A bijel includes a stable mixture of two immiscible liquids separated by an interfacial layer of colloidal particles. The bijel has temperature-independent stability, and the domain sizes are below one micrometer.

A method of making a bijel includes dispersing surface-active nanoparticles in a ternary liquid mixture. The ternary liquid mixture includes a hydrophilic liquid, a hydrophobic liquid, and a solvent. The ternary liquid mixture is contacted with water. A bijel includes a stable mixture of two immiscible liquids separated by an interfacial layer of colloidal particles. The bijel has temperature-independent stability, and the domain sizes are below one micrometer.

Systems and apparatus for performing laser kerfing operations in boreholes. Systems and apparatus for providing a plurality of laser beams in a concentric ring laser beam pattern to create holes in the bottom of a borehole surface in a pattern correspond to the laser beam pattern. The system having mechanical devices to remove laser weakened rock that is associate with the laser created holes, the mechanical devices forming a removal pattern that is the negative of the concentric ring pattern.