Squishy metal pops back into shape

[ikeepitprivate]

Music reminds me of Snood XD

[TheFutueIsPsychotic]

The implications here are huge,

[guterbol]

The T-1000 in the making!

[franciscojrosero]

OK. BUT... WHY IS THIS USEFUL?

[squidinkUK]

@franciscojrosero Often materials with unique properties are invented or discovered prior to being practically applied. For example cyanoacrylate (superglue or Krazy glue) was originally developed as transparent plastic for use in gun sights. It was no good for this! According to NS one use for this squishy metal could be for thermal insulation, but no doubt someone will need the technology.

[CHAS1422]

elasticity

[seeriktus]

@CHAS1422 no you can see some of the metal deforms until it liquidizes then the structure is reformed after

[etniko]

In my town we call it "springs".

[logorrhea]

The video itself would be much more interesting and informative to about everyone, knowledgeable or not, if it had included a simple caption, giving us, for example, presure (Nw/cm^2) and height (cm) of the sample at any given moment.

[wevenhuis]

nothing new. used in endovascular stents in the last decades. interesting properties yes.

[Swords951]

lol i remember this from a while back

its a new way to aline nano tubes made out of metal

it is very light and has a incredibly low density yet still still strong to bounce back like shown

right now it is considered to go into better yet cheaper batteries, advancement in medicine, and energy absorption

Google lightest material for more

Now you know

[deadNIGHTCRAWLER]

i dont get it

[Kargoneth]

For people who think it was rewound, look at the order in which the rows are crushed...

[dfb999999999]

fake

[ORACLE063]

Roswell much? 

[ThatGuyInTheBasement]

I was waiting for the "pop"

[DriiiverD8]

well i know what my next shirt will be made of

[antoniojacksonyadigg]

im unsubscribing 

[omikrzwi00]

@antoniojacksonyadigg ok bye.

[47571660]

@antoniojacksonyadigg

/watch?v=RFZrzg62Zj0&feature

[antoniojacksonyadigg]

@47571660 lol i think you care seeing as you took time out of your day to reply

[marsCubed]

@marsCubed "Fill voids with hydraulic fluid to recover the energy"

At the edge of the material, which would have to be sealed, fluid could pass through valved nipples into an electric generator.

People walking on such a walk way could keep the street lights going.

But also, if someone hit it with a hammer.. if could potentially recover enough energy from the blow to strike back..

It would have a satisfying ironic elegance about it.. new ways of sawing off the branch one is sitting on.

[dafttool]

Now I can do yoga in my chain mail outfit. Thanks science.

[AnonEyeMouse]

Pearls before swine... seriously. No this is not Pre-60's tech. No it is not ferrofluid. No, it's not a spring. No, it'll not be used in cars to heal bumps. Read the damned article.

[jeebersjumpincryst]

can someone with a quicker comp please post a ;digest; version of the describibg article? please? ty.

[zawam]

I thought once you get into the inelastic strain the metal can never recover its original shape?

[sarkerm2]

If they can support heavy weight than they might be useful in houses near earthquake zones.

[brad1069]

This tech is pre 1960's but thanks for sharing.

[33dgtp]

what the shit?

[hobo59]

I use one of those to clean my pots n pans !

[pey666]

@hobo59 lol

[piersremus]

@hobo59 ha ha yeah! my my my.....I wonder why at times I am still subbed here...

I suppose for the fun comments. :-)

[mark7spartan]

its a magnetic fluid and they moved the main magnet away and then it fell and when they put it back it did that so check out ferro fluid or something like that magnet fluid.

[ampthebest]

the video was just reversed

[lockbot2101]

Roswell???

[Carwave]

all you did was rewind it

[dk4everX]

@Carwave hahaha no

[hewhoSees1]

@Carwave 'fraid not.  Check the last three seconds of the video and compare to the first three. in the last, the metal sticks to the upper part and then falls. Similar motion is not seen at the beginning.

[5637718]

new car can fix it self with this technology

[diamondman12]

Like a spring ? :o

[snowman78619]

@diamondman12 springs arent smushy!

[toulouse666]

@diamondman12

Damn! Beat me bu 3 hours! ;)

[celiomsj]

@diamondman12 No, because it is squishy. I wonder if a spring made of this squishy metal would be of any use.

[KingfisnPunk]

chore boy lol



[fatalist6o9]

It's just a close-up of a metal scourer!

[BlueHAM22]

That's the lightest material in the world. It's called a metallic micro-lattice.

[kageshirou]

nice you found the rewind button

[Th2EyA0rEa1MoN2gUs]

The auto industry will love this.  1st.

[qwertycxzz]

@Th2EyA0rEa1MoN2gUs If cars will not break, then sales will fall.

[Wizzard275]

Dafuq

[imxthexonlyxAaron]

but will it blend?

[PlutoPowered]

Science is cool.

[weaim123]

1st nigga who da bOWWWWSSS