Also, with high purity Titanium being the main raw material for high-performing SMAs, such as Nitinol, these materials are still very expensive. Natural muscles transform chemical energy directly ...

heating the nitinol spring and causing it to contract. As it does so, the muscle (and elastomer) get contracted along with it. When the current is shut off again, the elastomer stretches the ...

Now, researchers at Harvard University have built a mechanical implant that prompts muscle contraction and could help to slow this atrophy. Known as MAGENTA (mechanically active gel-elastomer-nitinol ...

An adhesive that can make muscles move One of MAGENTA's major components is an engineered spring made from nitinol, a type of metal known as "shape memory alloy" (SMA) that enables MAGENTA's rapid ...

Today, muscle atrophy is often unavoidable when you ... Dubbed MAGENTA (short for "mechanically active gel-elastomer-nitinol tissue adhesive"), the anti-atrophy system includes an engineered ...

There is room for just one small bottle in the world's first refrigerator that is cooled with artificial muscles made of nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy. But the mini-prototype that the team led ...

Muscle atrophy is a debilitating symptom in ... active adhesive named MAGENTA (mechanically active gel–elastomer–nitinol tissue adhesive), which functions as a soft robotic device.

These airless Metl tires are made from nitinol, a shape-memory alloy that ‘stretches like rubber but is strong like titanium.’ Warning: Kickstarter. These airless Metl tires are made from ...

Mini-fridge: There is room for just one small bottle in the world’s first refrigerator that is cooled with artificial muscles made of nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy. Student Nicolas Scherer ...