Captured data center waste-heat is used as the input energy for carbon capture plant. Energy in the form of waste-heat is first captured from servers and other apparatus within the data center and optionally directed as the input to a heat-pump before being directed to the input of carbon capture plant, enabling carbon capture using a data centers waste-heat. Also disclosed are systems and apparatus for data center operators or cloud services to offer carbon negative or carbon neutral services to their customers. Cloud customers are offered options to select a carbon negative or carbon neutral service, the cloud operator storing their choice and then operating or managing carbon capture services to meet their requests.

A method obtains service request information identifying computing device nodes invoked by users. Based on the service request information, sets of computing device nodes are identified, each set of computing device nodes includes computing device nodes invoked simultaneously or sequentially by one of the users. Communities are further identified based on a probability measure that is a measure of a probability of co-occurrence of two sets of computing device nodes. Each community has sets of computing device nodes each having the probability measure over a probability threshold in relation to at least one other set of computing device nodes in the community. Solutions are predicted for provision of services of the sets of computing device nodes of the communities. Each predicted solution for provision of services relates to a community and is determined based on shared knowledge of predicted solutions for provision of services relating to other communities.

Disclosed is a virtual content experience system. In the virtual content experience system, a central server for driving the system contains: a content conversion unit which converts two-dimensional image content, received by means of a data transmission and reception unit or input by a user, into a stereoscopic image; a motion information generation unit which recognizes text information extracted from the two-dimensional image content and converts the text information into motion information; a content playback control unit which is provided to transmit the motion information to a motion information management unit provided in a virtual reality experience chair, or receive start information and end information about the motion information from the motion information management unit to generate and change control information for controlling whether to provide new two-dimensional image content; and a display unit for displaying the content conversion unit, and the motion information or control information.

A life log management device 1A mainly includes an image retrieval unit 31A and a display control unit 33A. The image retrieval unit 31A is configured to retrieve an objective image Iobj in which a target user is photographed from a database 22A of installation camera images generated by a camera installed in a public place. The display control unit 33A is configured to display life log information based on the objective image Iobj on a display device 7A.

Cooking recipe display system (100) is provided with database (11), extraction unit (21a), emphasis unit (21b), and output unit (23). Database (11) stores a plurality of cooking recipes each being expressed in natural language sentences. Extraction unit (21a) extracts one or more recipe terms from the natural language sentences constituting one cooking recipe selected from the plurality of cooking recipes. Emphasis unit (21b) determines an emphasis method for the one or more recipe terms. Output unit (23) outputs the one cooking recipe with the one or more recipe terms emphasized according to the emphasis method determined by emphasis unit (21b).

A technique for connecting independent contractors to clients is described. A server receives, from a first contractor device, a request to add a first independent contractor to a database including a plurality of independent contractors. The server prompts the first contractor device for information descriptive of the first independent contractor including an hourly wage for the first independent contractor. The server receives the information and adds the first independent contractor to the database and the plurality of independent contractors. The server receives, from a client device, a request to view at least a portion of the plurality of independent contractors. The server sends the client device at least the portion of the plurality of independent contractors and respective information for each independent contractor included in the portion of the plurality of independent contractors, wherein the portion of the plurality of independent contractors includes the first independent contractor.

A cleanup support system that supports a cleanup behavior includes: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain first information indicating a level of interest of a target person in cleanup; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain second information indicating a level of achievement of the cleanup performed by the target person; a determination unit configured to determine a content of control corresponding to the first information obtained and the second information obtained, with reference to a rule which associates the level of interest in the cleanup and the level of achievement of the cleanup with a content of control performed on a device; and a control unit configured to control the device according to the content of control determined.

A site monitoring system may analyze information from sites to determine when a device, a sensor, a controller, or other structure associated with optically switchable devices has a problem. The system may, if appropriate, act on the problem. In certain embodiments, the system learns customer/user preferences and adapts its control logic to meet the customer's goals.

A site monitoring system may analyze information from sites to determine when a device, a sensor, a controller, or other structure associated with optically switchable devices has a problem. The system may, if appropriate, act on the problem. In certain embodiments, the system learns customer/user preferences and adapts its control logic to meet the customer's goals.

An asset management method for a substation in accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention comprises steps of: generating integrity of each element of the substation based on state data and real-time monitoring data of the each element of the substation; classifying grade of the each element of the substation depending on the generated integrity thereof, and matching the each element of the substation with one of life models for each classified grade; specifying a candidate element subject to maintenance in a certain order of priority, assessing system reliability index and economic feasibility, and selecting a maintenance scenario for the each candidate element subject to maintenance; and executing maintenance by using the selected maintenance scenario, and updating assessment of the integrity of the each element of the substation as a result of the maintenance executed.