the100rabh@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoBike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down149cross-posted to: bicycles@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkBike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buywww.theverge.comthe100rabh@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square61fedilinkcross-posted to: bicycles@lemmy.ca
minus-squareJordan Lund@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 year 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-squareAbnorc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThat they’re aware of?! This just reads like they didn’t bother to do any research.
minus-squareelectromage@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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
That they’re aware of?! This just reads like they didn’t bother to do any research.
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.