June 2024 * Vol. 48 No. 6 Contents Features 8 Products of Tomorrow 14 AI-Powered Optical Inspection Can Find Nanoscale PCB Defects 18 Heating Buildings with Solar Energy Stored in Sand 40 NASA's Network of Small Moon-Bound Rovers Is Ready to Roll 45 Powering the Wireless Arthroscopic Camera 48 Architected Reefs Could Protect Coastlines 34 8 Tech Briefs 24 Sensors 24 New Adhesive Tape Easily Picks Up and Sticks Down 2D Materials 25 Hyper-Distributed RFID Antenna (HYDRA) System 26 Self-Powered Sensor for Harvesting Magnetic Energy 27 Low-Voltage, Low-Power Pressure Sensors for Monitoring Health 28 Electrical/Electronics 28 A Novel Technique to Create Energy-Efficient Microelectronics 29 Essential Control and Visualization, Combined 31 Power & Energy 31 Thicker, Denser, Better Electrodes May Hold the Key to Advanced Batteries 32 An Efficient and Cost-Effective Solution for Battery Recycling 33 An All-Liquid Iron Flow Battery for Better Energy Storage (Tech Briefs continued on page 4) 2 www.techbriefs.com Tech Briefs, June 2024 New for Design Engineers 42 New on the Market Departments 6 Click 10 5 Ws 12 Q&A 13 Videos of the Month 47 Advertisers Index 40http://www.techbriefs.com