January 2022 * Vol. 46 No. 1 Contents Features 10 Products of Tomorrow 14 Agile Response to Supply Chain Disruptions 18 Design Success with Supply Chain Strategies 48 Application Briefs 52 Facility Focus: North Carolina State University 56 NASA Spinoff: Weather Forecasting Software Tech Briefs 27 Robotics 27 Swimming Living Robots Can Self-Train 27 Smart Artificial Hand for Amputees 28 Robot Arms with Artificial Muscles are Lightweight and Flexible 29 Cheetah-Inspired Soft Robots 30 Flies' Vision Mimicked to Control Robots 30 Small and Dexterous Cockroach-Inspired Robot 31 Mechanical & Fluid Systems 31 Engine Made as a Single Calcium Ion 31 Smart Laser Cutter System Detects Different Materials 32 Wearable Exosuit Lessens Back Muscle Fatigue 33 Soft Components for Soft Robotics 33 Process Enables Machines to Thermally " Breathe " 34 On/Off Functionality for Fast, Sensitive, Ultra-Small Technologies 35 Materials 35 Programmable Digital Fiber 36 Self-Healing, Highly Adhesive Elastomers 36 Anticorrosion Compound Protects Steel from the Elements 37 4D Bioengineering Materials Bend and Curve Like Natural Tissue 38 Sensors 38 Tiny Quantum Sensors See Materials Transform Under Pressure (Tech Briefs continued on page 6) 4 Cov www.techbriefs.com ToC Tech Briefs, January 2022 48 10 12 Departments 8 UpFront 12 5 Ws 13 Q&A 55 Advertisers Index New for Design Engineers 50 New on the Markethttp://www.techbriefs.com http://info.hotims.com/82317-809