@the100rabh@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml • 10 months agoBike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down155cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foobicycles@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkBike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buywww.theverge.com@the100rabh@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml • 10 months agomessage-square70fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foobicycles@lemmy.ca
minus-squareJordan LundlinkfedilinkEnglish24•10 months 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-squareelectromagelinkfedilink8•10 months 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.
minus-square@Abnorc@lemm.eelinkfedilink7•10 months agoThat they’re aware of?! This just reads like they didn’t bother to do any research.
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.
That they’re aware of?! This just reads like they didn’t bother to do any research.