Another Kickstarter, another opportunity for people to get mad at delayed and poorly functioning (if delivered at all) gadgets. This project aims to make airless tires for bikes and scooters using ...
When you’re exploring another planet, the last thing you want to have to deal with is tire damage when AAA is millions of miles away. It’s a concern that prompted NASA to develop an airless titanium ...
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NASA has been developing metal tires at its Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, for more than seven years, spending “several million dollars” in the process. Now, the space-age tires made from ...
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Nitinol, amazing shape memory alloy
In this video I talk about an amazing type of metal called a shape memory alloy. The specific one in this video is called nitinol. It is an alloy of nickel and titanium. It forms an amazing structure ...
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