Ooh… a #Nitinol experiment. Remember the dodgy explanation by #Buehler🪄✨discovering✨ the magic properties of Nitinol after three years of hard work through a random demonstration?

source “The Story of Nitinol: The Serendipitous Discovery of the Memory Metal and Its Applications”, Chemistry and History, June 1997

#Nickel / #Titanium / #MaterialsScience / #Chemistry / #NickelTitaniumNavalOrdanceLaboratory / #Wang / #austenite #martensite <https://nnci.net/sites/default/files/2020-02/Story%20of%20Nitinol.pdf>

#Nitinol, an alloy of nickel and titanium, makes a rubber-acting metal that can bend all different ways, and it will always stretch back to its original shape. #Bridgestone is using a felt-like material for its tread, while the wheel comprises thin metal spokes that can flex https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrve1zrlg3o

#MoonTire #MoonRover

@SRLevine @ascentale #BikeNite A6: Yes, the #METL #Nitinol SMART tire (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smarttirecompany/space-age-bicycle-wheels-using-nasa-technology) is the second thing which inspired me to that question.

I would have backed the project on #Kickstarter, but none of their so far offered tire sizes fits any of my bicycles as they only offer 28" and 8.5". Most of my bikes have 20" (Bromptons) or 20" and 26" tires (IIRC all my recumbents have that combo).

So my plan is to wait until they also offer less common tire sizes.