You’ve likely heard of Nitinol wire before, but we suspect the common base knowledge doesn’t go much beyond repeating that it’s a shape-memory alloy. [Bill Hammack], the Engineer Guy, takes us on a ...

Nitinol's name is derived from its alloy composition and place of discovery; Nickel Titanium and the Naval Ordinance Laboratory in America. In 1959, William J Buehler attempted to design better ...

During the early 1960s, a group of scientists gathered near a laboratory workbench to observe a bent metal. After applying heat to the folded strip, the scientists observed an unbelievable process - ...

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 ...

These airless Metl tires are made from nitinol, a shape-memory alloy that ‘stretches like rubber but is strong like titanium.’ Warning: Kickstarter. These airless Metl tires are made from nitinol, a ...

A rover on the Moon has metal wheels that can flex around rocky obstacles, then reshape back to their original form. On Earth, surgeons install tiny mesh tubes that can dilate a heart patient’s blood ...

The Ohio-based Smart Tire Company has unveiled its shape memory airless bicycle tires called METL, utilizing cutting-edge technology originally developed by NASA. These never-go-flat airless tires are ...

In recent years the use of nitinol (an almost equiatomic binary intermetallic compound of nickel and titanium) has been steadily growing, particularly in the medical and dental device markets. Nitinol ...

As an extremely versatile product, nickel-titanium (nitinol) has been in high demand for the production of various medical devices since well before the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Today, a ...

Santa Ana, California, USA, June 28th, 2026, FinanceWire Stanford Advanced Materials highlights how Nitinol alloys are ...