April 2021 * Vol. 45 No. 4 Contents Features 8 10 Products of Tomorrow 14 Disrupting the Automobile Design Process 18 Evaluating Low- and Ultra-Low-Outgassing Silicones for Space Applications 52 Facility Focus 56 NASA Spinoff: Shoe Inserts from NASA Cloth 14 Tech Briefs 22 Imaging 22 Plenoptic Camera 22 Using Solar Panel Technology to Create Ultrahigh-Resolution OLED Display 24 High-Resolution Multi-Spectral Camera 25 Ultrasonic Projector 26 Technologies Make 3D Cameras Easier to Use 26 Ultra-Miniaturized Microendoscope 28 Optics 28 Optimized Wavelength-Tuned, Nonlinear, Frequency Conversion Using a Liquid Crystal Clad Waveguide 28 Completely Flat Fisheye Lens 29 High-Power, Portable Terahertz Laser 30 Optical Phased Array Technology On-Chip at Near Infrared and Blue Wavelength 31 Fast-Tunable Laser System 52 Departments 8 32 Communications 32 Building Big Data from Little Data 33 CMOS-Based Transceiver for 300 GHz 34 Metasurface Focuses Transmissions in the Terahertz Band 34 Underwater Navigation System Powered by Sound 36 Materials & Coatings 36 High-Temperature Ni-Based Superalloy Composition 36 Material System Harnesses Evaporation to Keep Items Cool 37 Shape-Shifting Nanomaterial 38 Certain Materials Combined with UV Light Kill Coronavirus 39 UpFront 12 5 Ws 13 Q&A 55 Advertisers Index New for Design Engineers 48 New on the Market Low-Cost Strengthened Glass Substrates (Tech Briefs continued on page 6) 4 www.techbriefs.com Cov ToC Tech Briefs, April 2021http://www.techbriefs.com http://www.abpi.net/ntbpdfclicks/l.php?202104TBNAV