A method of operating a wireless memory device is provided. In another implementation, a non-touch biologic detector estimates temperature from a digital infrared sensor and determines vital signs from a solid-state image transducer. The insulated container also has an insulated partition defining a pair of thermally isolated compartments to maintain different temperatures in each compartment. Further still, the tire includes the truncated groove being inclined at an acute angle to a direction of rotation of the tire. Also described are rubber compositions containing the diol-derived organofunctional silanes, methods for the preparation of the rubber compositions and articles of manufacture containing the rubber compositions, in particular, automotive tires and components thereof.