the100rabh@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 years agoBike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down155cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foobicycles@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1205arrow-down1external-linkBike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buywww.theverge.comthe100rabh@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 3 years agomessage-square70linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foobicycles@lemmy.ca
minus-squareJordan Lund@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·3 years agoLost me at “the first consumer product we’re aware of to use nitinol”. There were nitinol eyeglass frames back in the 1980s. https://youtu.be/XPrg8EZlD1E
minus-squareelectromage@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 years agoMy handheld radio antennas are nitinol, I can bend them to fin in a bag or tie them in a loose knot and they don’t deform.
Lost me at “the first consumer product we’re aware of to use nitinol”.
There were nitinol eyeglass frames back in the 1980s.
https://youtu.be/XPrg8EZlD1E
My handheld radio antennas are nitinol, I can bend them to fin in a bag or tie them in a loose knot and they don’t deform.
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