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 Bike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buy

A green prototype of the METL tire with the tread applied. You can see the coil of nitinol through the transparent tire. | Image: The Smart Tire Company
    

  The Metl bicycle tire is the first consumer product we’re aware of to use nitinol, a NASA-developed shape-memory alloy made of nickel... #press

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/14/23873153/nasa-bike-tire-shape-memory-price-smart-specs?utm_source=press.coop