When you need something quietly bending or moving, don’t underestimate SMA’s (or Shape Memory Alloys). The Living Glass project by architects [David Benjamin] and [Soo-in Yang] catalogs an experiment ...

CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cambridge Mechatronics Limited (CML), world leaders in system level solutions for Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) applications, is pleased to announce CM401, CML’s own ...

Another Kickstarter, another opportunity for people to get mad at delayed and poorly functioning (if delivered at all) gadgets. This project aims to make airless tires for bikes and scooters using ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. — Nanomuscle Inc. has tapped the properties of shape-memory alloys to yield small actuators that it believes could address a large applications niche between macroscopic motors and ...

Some metal alloys will "remember" a shape when you heat them to the same temperature they were originally shaped at. So a straight wire made from one of these "shape memory alloys" might change back ...

May 26, 2008 Researchers at the University of the Basque Country have used ferromagnetic shape memory alloys to develop experimental devices that can position objects with an incredible accuracy of 20 ...

Smart materials are an interesting field that is growing quickly, and shape memory alloys (SMAs) are one such materials that represent one of the most exciting areas. An SMA can experience ...

Using Nitinol—a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wire—a line of solenoid replacements for commercial applications can be used as a low-mass, low-power, low-cost alternative to larger and more costly ...

Shape memory materials, also known as "metal muscles" or "artificial muscles," have the ability to snap back into their original shape after being stretched, squashed, bent, or otherwise deformed. If ...

Any robot that moves needs actuators—motors that move parts of the robot around. While robot actuators have been around since the dawn of machines, they have some issues. For one, it is very difficult ...