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-square69fedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down155cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1204arrow-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-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareJordan Lund@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-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-squareelectromage@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 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.
minus-squareAbnorc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThat they’re aware of?! This just reads like they didn’t bother to do any research.
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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.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://youtu.be/XPrg8EZlD1E
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.