Source: Business Insider
Memory foam mattresses and pillows ease millions of restless sleepers through rough nights; perhaps tires made from shape-memory alloy will provide NASA’s Curiosity robot an easier ride across the rough terrain of Mars.
After years of research, NASA recently created a tire made of heat-treated nickel-titanium alloy that results in a woven-mesh metal which “remembers” and returns to its shape.
Read more: “Mars Destroys Tires — So NASA Reinvented the Wheel by Giving It a Memory”
NASA’s news release and related videos: Wheels on the Moon
The NASA spring tire with shape-memory alloy (4X speed), posted at gfycat by Dave Mosher at https://gfycat.com/ConsciousEvenKarakul
