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There's a new @robinkester.com single coming up. All the pre-save action is over: ffm.to/shapememory
April 10, 2024 at 8:08 AM
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Shape Memory 📎
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A picture of Robin Kester wearing a black cap, a black coat and headphones. Is she listening to Shape Memory? Who knows.
April 3, 2024 at 1:24 PM
freakyscience.bsky.social
You can bend this metal into a mess… then heat it and watch it return to its original shape.

🤯 How can metal “remember”? https://youtu.be/LqlRTXiqclM

#Nitinol #ShapeMemory #Science #Physics #MaterialsScience
August 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
atease.ltd
Eyes on the screen! It's here: Shape Memory by @robinkester.com.
Photo by Danique van Kesteren. Music this way: ffm.to/shapememory
April 12, 2024 at 9:26 AM
yvonnechoosl.bsky.social
Excited to share our latest ACS Applied Engineering Materials publication on "Integrating Photothermal-Responsive #ShapeMemory and #SelfHealing #Polymers in #4DPrinted Thermally Comfortable #SmartWearables"

🔗 doi.org/10.1021/acsa...

#RealTimeChem
November 8, 2024 at 5:21 AM
freakyscience.bsky.social
From tiny medical stents to experimental planetary tires, one strange metal property opens some wild engineering possibilities.

🚀 But how does it work? https://youtu.be/LqlRTXiqclM

#Nitinol #Engineering #ShapeMemory #NASA #Science
August 18, 2026 at 6:53 PM
freakyscience.bsky.social
What if the material itself could become part of the machine?

⚙️ Meet Nitinol—the strange metal behind stents, actuators and experimental rover tires.

https://youtu.be/LqlRTXiqclM

#Nitinol #Engineering #Science #SmartMaterials #ShapeMemory
August 17, 2026 at 3:47 AM
freakyscience.bsky.social
Does metal really have a memory? 🤔 Not like ours—but Nitinol reveals something stranger: behavior can be engineered into the material itself.

https://youtu.be/LqlRTXiqclM

#Nitinol #ShapeMemory #SmartMaterials #Science #Physics
August 19, 2026 at 3:54 AM
intjextremmanuf.bsky.social
4D printing with self-adjustable gas pressure enables up to 11 stable shape configurations and a temperature memory effect, as reported in #IJEM.
🔗 doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/add226

#4DPrinting #SmartMaterials #ShapeMemory #GasDrivenActuation #AdditiveManufacturing #ExtremeManufacturing
June 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
freakyscience.bsky.social
Inside this metal, the crystal structure can transform without melting—and that helps a mangled wire recover its shape.

🔬 See what’s happening inside. https://youtu.be/LqlRTXiqclM

#Nitinol #MaterialsScience #ShapeMemory #Physics #Science
August 18, 2026 at 12:52 PM
freakyscience.bsky.social
Same metal. Same heat. Different pieces return to different shapes.

🧠 So the temperature can’t be telling them what shape to make. What is? https://youtu.be/LqlRTXiqclM

#Nitinol #ShapeMemory #Physics #Science #MaterialsScience
August 18, 2026 at 3:51 AM
freakyscience.bsky.social
Scientists found a way to make metal behave as if it remembers its past.

🤯 It doesn’t have a brain—so where is the shape “hiding”? https://youtu.be/LqlRTXiqclM

#Nitinol #ShapeMemory #Science #SmartMaterials #Engineering
August 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
freakyscience.bsky.social
A paperclip stays bent. This metal can bend, wait… then snap back when heated.

🔥 The reason is happening deep inside its crystal structure. https://youtu.be/LqlRTXiqclM

#Nitinol #ShapeMemory #Physics #Science #MaterialsScience
August 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM
freakyscience.bsky.social
This looks like a magic trick, but it’s materials science.

🧠 Nitinol can appear to “remember” the shape it had before. Here’s how. https://youtu.be/LqlRTXiqclM

#Nitinol #ShapeMemory #Science #Physics #NickelTitanium
August 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
freakyscience.bsky.social
Metal shouldn’t do this. Bend it. Twist it. Add heat… and suddenly it starts correcting itself.

🔥 What’s actually happening inside? https://youtu.be/LqlRTXiqclM

#Nitinol #ShapeMemory #Science #Engineering #SmartMaterials
August 16, 2026 at 11:43 AM
atease.ltd
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April 19, 2024 at 5:03 PM
knowledgezone.bsky.social
#KnowledgeBit: #ShapeMemory is the ability of a material to be deformed and then return to its original shape when exposed to a stimulus.

A shape-memory alloy is an alloy that can be deformed when cold but returns to its original shape when heated.

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April 15, 2026 at 1:05 PM
proximabound.bsky.social
A bicycle that bends, flexes, and adjusts to your every move, giving you speed when you need it and comfort when you don’t. Shape-memory alloys are the ride of tomorrow. #CyclingTech #ShapeMemory #GreenInnovation #SmartDesign #FutureCycling #DreamBig #Innovation #BikeLife
December 10, 2024 at 10:50 PM