March 1, 2025

Tech Briefs - March 2025 - Vol. 49 No. 3

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Features

Application Briefs

40 Design and Analysis Software Speeds Up X-59 Aircraft’s Nose Cone Optimization

Articles

8 Products of Tomorrow

16 Is Advanced Packaging the Next Large Leap for Mission-Critical Microelectronics?

20 Leveraging the Plasma Pen for Solving Complex Adhesion Challenges

Q&A

12 AI-Driven Manufacturing Efficiency Tool

5 Ws

10 5Ws of a Micro-Aerial Robot

NASA Spinoff

45 NASA’s Moon Shot Launched Commercial Fuel Cell Industry

Technology & Society

48 Accelerating Climate Modeling with Generative AI

Tech Briefs

Machinery & Automation

32 Insect Cyborgs: Toward Precision Movement

32 When Mushrooms Control Robots

34 An AI Solution for Steering Adaptive Control Systems

Electronics & Computers

24 “Living Bioelectronics” That Can Sense and Heal Skin

25 Engineering Carbon-Based Semiconductors for Next-Gen Electronics

26 Manufacturing More Efficient Spintronics Devices

Sensors/Data Acquisition

28 Brain-Inspired Wireless System Gathers Data from Salt-Sized Sensors

29 A Color-Based Sensor Emulates Skin’s Sensitivity

30 RFID Range Extension and Priority Data Forwarding

Sustainable Technologies

36 Critical Minerals Recovery from Electronic Waste

37 Reducing Electronic Waste with Biodegradable and Recyclable Luminescent Polymers

38 Closed Ecological System Network Data Collection, Analysis, Control, and Optimization System

Products

43 New on the Market

43 Product of the Month

43 Readers Select 2024 Products of the Year