memory metal

[300istilmig]

hmm how hot is the water? and second if it is that expensive why build venus city with it? just use normal metal maybe harder but cheaper on the other hand self repair is COOL, BTW it may be global warming but some countries gets it colder at winter also since the golf stream will be slowed down it will bring places like denmark, sweeded, norway less heat from the south and by that make it colder for??? me

[bigvic22sti]

I remember seeing this 12 years ago on pbs and yet still we have not created anything with it

[fdsman]

because it's useless otherwise. What could you possibly do with a metal that reshapes itself in a high temperature?

[david203]

You can crush prefab modular structures for transport, then at the destination apply heat to restore their shape. This can be used as a stage in the construction of ships, houses, and sea cities.

[fdsman]

It's very expensive to produce, otherwise they would already be doing what you mentioned.

[epistte]

@bigvic22sti Its because the manufacturing cost of shape memory metal is too high to be commercially viable. Aerospace will be the first user because light weight and strength is everything for that field, cost be dammed.

[xxm0pxx]

Check out the Venus Project. Memory metal can be twisted but when a certain temperature interacts, it turns back to the original state.

[dragannov]

looks like that Terminator opponent

[SexyMelon]

Awesome!

[mtktm]

where do you buy that stuff ? :p

[KCwellard]

No way dude this stuff is insane.

Could lead to all kindsa cool shit being invented

[BeyondDGrave]

Imagine making a home ;)

When you like to move... simply bulldoze your home... flatten it... then ship it easily... then blow it back up again..

[CNLentertainment]

can u make this at home?

[KittyFawkes]

Hax!!!11

[robsanders2000]

so how does this metal know what form to go back to?

[hepatitis123]

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm? english?

[bgpullum]

Imagine, no need for car insurance, get in a wreck, heat your car, VIOLA! LOL!

[belgvr]

hahahahha great idea, you will become rich :D

[darksilo24]

its already hot because of global warming.. it will be automatically restored.. XD you are really genius dude...

[ikechuku]

i don't get it wat did he say?

[McGreyling]

Try a little punctuation.

[cmitch419]

um... wat

[cmitch419]

wat

[llDeonxll]

wat wat? huh?

[ArsenicTheLegend]

My dad has some of this... he's an orthodontist, so he sometimes uses it in brace work.

[Cr3ativity]

I saw the same material on History Channel. It was first discovered during the Rosewell UFO crash. I guess, ever since we humans have tried to copy our dis fortunate guests of unknown origin, or so they claim "unknown origin."

[tazmaniainc]

Its not of unknown origin. Its Memory Metal - NiTi and its been discovered in early 1960.

It can be distorted, bent, warped and upon heating/cooling or just regular room temperature, it restores it self to its "memorised" shape.

And yes, i have heard in Rosevile ( was it rosevile? ) ufo crash that thats what the ufo scraps found where made off..

Thou i doubt that that "ufo" had anything to do with aliens.

[Cr3ativity]

Either way, they use the material is glasses these days. Great material, have to admit.

[hepatitis123]

crappier and lower quality though.

[alfyajw]

wrong, just the fact this metal can withstand the temp used to create it makes it nearly indestructable, but of course when its that thin it'll be able to break.

[siriusblack9999]

Roswell, and it was not only described as having memory properties, but also as non-damageable and porous enough to let air flow through, as well as being as flexible as fabric

[darksilo24]

how to change its "memorized shape"? just curious...

[tazmaniainc]

you cant, it is "programmed" when its forged

[darksilo24]

can you "program" it on how it should look like... for example i want it to look like a circle as its original form..

[simonandgarfunkel33]

you have to heat it at a high temperature like in a flame but depending what type of metals are in it and the thickness the times and temperature vary

[Joelalati]

you cut it like they cut macbooks instead of bending it into shape

[9mmboys]

what ever it is shaped like when heated to 5000 C will be its memorized shape

[splatuality]

Duderest.. Is that your family moto?

[Analbumcoverr]

yeah i saw it on the history cahnnel 2

[zargoffkain]

DAS MAZING!!!!

[Delanelano]

whats it dipped in?

[PostTheMissing]

Hot water

[hydrogenman15]

How can I make it.

[Zipito06]

suck my dick bitch

[BlueOceanBelow]

Nice, I was just watching about this stuff on the History Channel.

[XxZipitoxX]

fuck u

[lorupa]

fu2