This technology—described in an online publication in ACS Applied Engineering Materials and which will be featured on the ...

The shape of an antenna’s front end dictates many of its operating parameters. Once it’s manufactured, those characteristics are locked in. A shape-changing antenna would enable communications across ...

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 ...

Hyundai and Kia revealed a new snow chain-integrated tire technology on Sunday. The concept uses a shape memory alloy to deploy and retract chains at the push of a button. A video on the Hyundai Motor ...

Two years ago, we heard how the Ohio-based Smart Tire Company was developing shape memory airless bicycle tires. Well, the resulting Metl tires can now be purchased via – you guessed it – a ...