February 1, 2025

Tech Briefs - February 2025 - Vol. 49 No. 2

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Inside this issue

Features

Application Briefs

38 Gyro Sensors for Monitoring Motion on Martian Moon Rover

Articles

6 Products of Tomorrow

11 7 Space Sustainability Startups

16 A Dicing Proposition: Driving Zero Defects in Today’s Intelligent Vehicles

Q&A

10 A Tabletop Robot May Revolutionize Physical Therapy Delivery

5 Ws

8 5Ws of a Raven-Inspired Drone

NASA Spinoff

41 NASA’s Electric Thrusters Keep Commercial Satellites on the Clock

Technology & Society

44 How AiSee Can Make the Blind ‘See’

Tech Briefs

Manufacturing & Prototyping

25 Building Quantum Computers of the Future

26 New AR Glasses Use AI-Enhanced Holographic Imaging

27 Detecting Additive Manufacturing Defects in Real Time

27 Providing Robots a Soft Touch Using 3D Printing

Software

35 AI Discovers Stiff and Tough Microstructures

36 Pervasive Biocybernetic Adaptation

36 A New Approach to Autonomous Vehicle Safety

Materials

20 Nanostitches for Lighter, Tougher Composite Materials

22 A New Way to Stretch Diamond for Better Quantum Bits

22 Creating Materials with Stiffness, Thermal Insulation

24 New Glass is More Damage Resistant, Greener

Mechanics & Machinery

32 Ocean Platform Motion Control

32 High-Speed Droplet Production in Microfluidic Devices

33 Cryogenic Flux Capacitor

34 Cryogenic Oxygen Storage Modules (COSM)

Photonics/Optics

29 Say Goodbye to the Dots and Dashes to Enhance Optical Storage Media

30 Levitating Objects with Light

30 Visible-Light Lasers That Fit on a Fingertip

31 Quantum Sensing to Engineer Photonic Sensors

Products

39 New on the Market

39 Product of the Month