But there are other methods of locomotion available. As [Jamie Matthews] demonstrates, Nitinol wires can be another way to help get things moving. Nitinol is a type of metal wire made of nickel ...
This time he’s made himself a Nitinol wire inchworm, which actually moves across the table when you apply a switching electrical current to it! Nitinol is a shape memory alloy which has a cool ...
Description: A heat engine consisting of a loop of Nitinol wire running on two pulleys. When the smaller pulley is dipped into a cup of hot water the loop of wire rotates. We have a model of a loop ...
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Steam has been a big name in the gaming world for a while now. If you own a Steam Deck or a gaming PC, you’ll definitely know this, but what is Steam, and how does it work? We’ll explain the ...
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