A method for conducting remote communications at a funeral home in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure is presented. The method includes providing a first video conference system positioned in a funeral home. A second video conference system is positioned in a vehicle structure remotely located from the funeral home. The vehicle structure is operable to have vehicles driven into and out of the vehicle structure. A communication link is established between the first and second video conference systems. One or more family members are enabled to gather at the funeral home for a funeral service of a loved one. One or more passengers are driven in a first vehicle into the vehicle structure. While the one or more passengers remain in the first vehicle, the one or more passengers and the one or more family members communicate via the communication link.

Disclosed are mobile battery powered workstations, methods of operating these workstations to increase warehouse and retail efficiency (through improved order fulfillment, as a mobile shipping & receiving station, mobile inventory management, and/or as mobile powered quality analysis stations), and methods of calculating remaining battery runtime for these workstations. A mobile battery powered workstation may comprise a wheeled base having a modular battery power bay, an upper workstation having a monitor, a computer, a printer, and at least one adjustable height column coupling the wheeled base to the upper workstation. The workstation may also include a glass overlay display positioned on a top surface of the upper workstation area and configured to provide order fulfillment employees with haptic feedback on remaining battery runtime, calculated via an algorithm for increased accuracy. These workstations may be used in warehouses and retail operations for order picking and fulfillment, shipping and receiving tasks, etc.

A stand for use with a laptop or portable computing device, such as, but not limited to, a MacBook. The stand elevates a laptop or portable computing device up off a desk or table top, reducing neck strain in the user and creating a more comfortable work setting. An adjustable-height stem connects a base and platform. The base also may be used alone, and comprises means for support the bottom of a computer stand. The base also may comprise storage space or shelves.

A desktop platform for use with virtual, augmented or mixed reality technology is provided. The platform includes a plurality of camera sections, a keyboard section, a trackpad section, a screen section, and means for supporting a user input device.

An emissive surface assembly includes an emissive surface configuration having a substantially contiguous emissive surface on which visual content may be presented. The emissive surface configuration has emissive surface sections including at least a first substantially flat emissive surface section, at least first and second curved emissive surface sections that are curved about first and second non-parallel axis, the first curved section positioned adjacent a first edge of the first substantially flat emissive surface section, the second curved section adjacent a second edge of the first substantially flat emissive surface section, each of the curved and flat surface sections forming a portion of the substantially contiguous emissive surface, and a driver for presenting content on the substantially contiguous emissive surface.

Static base station structures having a plurality of detachable mobile components, systems, and methods of receiving, storing, and charging the plurality of detachable mobile components are disclosed herein. The static base station structure may be a desk or kiosk including an electronic device. The plurality of detachable mobile components may be wheeled mobile desks or kiosks, each having their own electronic device, and detachable from and independently operable from the static structure. The electronic devices of the plurality of detachable mobile components may maintain wireless communications with the electronic device of the static structure, or with the electronic device of another remote device, even when physically separated. When the detachable mobile component is no longer needed, it may be returned to a docking station within the static base station structure for storing and charging.

A conferencing assembly for sharing content from source devices includes a common display screen, a switcher controlling input to the screen, and a table assembly with a tabletop opening. A control cable assembly has a first end linked to the switcher, a second ends having a plug connectable to a source device communication port, and a first control cable located therebetween. A take up assembly including a first weight is disposed below the opening. The control cable assembly links to the first weight to apply a force tending to pull the second end of the control cable assembly toward the opening. A first user interface including a control button useable to send a signal to the switcher causing it to provide first content from a source device connected to the control cable assembly to the screen is integrated into the table assembly and is associated with the control cable assembly.

A conferencing assembly for sharing content from source devices includes a common display screen, a switcher controlling input to the screen, and a table assembly with a tabletop opening. A control cable assembly has a first end linked to the switcher, a second ends having a plug connectable to a source device communication port, and a first control cable located therebetween. A take up assembly including a first weight is disposed below the opening. The control cable assembly links to the first weight to apply a force tending to pull the second end of the control cable assembly toward the opening. A first user interface including a control button useable to send a signal to the switcher causing it to provide first content from a source device connected to the control cable assembly to the screen is integrated into the table assembly and is associated with the control cable assembly.

An insulated conductor (250) may be positioned inside a conduit (312) extending along a length of an opening (312) in a subsurface formation (304). Two or more spring members (318) may be attached to an inside surface of the conduit and electrically coupled to the conduit. The spring members may be attached to the conduit in a portion of the opening distal from a surface (308) of the subsurface formation. The spring members may contact an electrically conductive end termination (316) coupled to a core (252) of the insulated conductor when the end termination is inserted between the spring members. The spring members may exert multi-directional forces on the end termination to maintain contact between the spring members and the end termination. The spring members may electrically couple the core of the insulated conductor to the conduit when the spring members are in contact with the end termination.

An apparatus for sharing information in a space comprising a first two dimensional outer emissive surface, a first two dimensional inner emissive surface, a support structure resting on and extending upward from the support floor, the support structure supporting the first outer emissive surface with a first outer surface bottom edge at a work surface height, a first outer surface top edge at a ridge height above the work surface height and supporting the first inner emissive surface with a first inner surface bottom edge at a valley height below the work surface height, a first inner surface top edge at a height above the work surface height, the first inner emissive surface spaced behind the first outer emissive surface by at least twelve inches to form a space between the first outer emissive surface and the first inner emissive surfaces.