What weird, futuristic material should we look into next?

@jdhn

3 жыл бұрын

Obamium prolly ngl

@wowwchen5390

3 жыл бұрын

Graphene

@PTNLemay

3 жыл бұрын

Starlite Just kidding, I mean if you think you can make an interesting video from it, go for it. But that stuff is a bit like a mythological material more than a real engineering thing.

@Reesereesereesereese

3 жыл бұрын

Im new here so hi im your new subscriber :)

@VergeScience

3 жыл бұрын

@@wowwchen5390 Hey Krystene! We have a video on graphene here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5mnq9WEfc2oZLw.html Thanks for watching! - Cory

Years ago Nitenol was classified. It had great memory but they didn't know what to do with it. Years later they realized they could pit it in heart defects if the place was going to have to move a lot, I have one in my heart. They squeeze it in and slide it in the heart. When I first got it I recall listening in my heart there. I heard my heart going. Ching ca Ching Ca Ching. On and on. Finally the heart will grow over it and it can't be heard anymore. The thing fixed the hole in my heart. I'm 69" .

@allaroundgaming100

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@kevinpeng8295

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@papyrustheroyalguardsmen3446

3 жыл бұрын

Nice Age

@angeloflores2614

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@vishalkanojiya3002

3 жыл бұрын

@@papyrustheroyalguardsmen3446 That no royal guard

I first heard of nitinol decades ago! It then seemed to fade from the public eye and now it’s back.

@elena6516

3 жыл бұрын

Same. I was buying nitinol in 2000.

@01DOGG01

3 жыл бұрын

Same, in the 90s I saw a thing on TV about how they were using it in surgery. A ring would be heated to expand and would then clamp bones or something once it cooled.

@ZainulAbidin1245

3 жыл бұрын

It never faded. Orthodontists have been using it in fixed braces for years to straighten the teeth.

@Draco246

3 жыл бұрын

Jacque Fresco had also referenced this metal when talking about reusable material to reduce over consumption of material... decades ago

@01DOGG01

3 жыл бұрын

@@Draco246 Point being?

I didn't see it mentioned, but the name "Nitinol" is from "Nickel + Titanium + Naval Ordinance Lab" (I used to work for a company that used it to make cardiac stents)

@quelorepario

3 жыл бұрын

that makes sense, I was wondering how this was an alcohol.

@jose408ca

3 жыл бұрын

Which company? I still work designing stents

@lightyearahead

3 жыл бұрын

Also in manufacturing of flexible cystoscopes.

@limbodog

3 жыл бұрын

@@jose408ca Boston Scientific

@chrisgenovese8188

3 жыл бұрын

I currently work for a business that uses it in stents, and it's a pretty impressive material.

@VergeScience It was a great honor working with you to produce this video and educate the public about nitinol. Nitinol truly is poised to initiate the next technology revolution and we're thrilled to join you in a part of it.

@scientificshrey2089

3 жыл бұрын

Respected Sir, I am a 10th grader from India I have some doubts as well as ideas about Nitinol mostly based on how it reacts with Electric Current How may i be able to contact you?

@mingmingguo3991

3 жыл бұрын

@@scientificshrey2089 Hi Shrey, many Nitinol parts are actuated by electricity. Feel free to visit our site kelloggsresearchlabs.com for more information.

@scientificshrey2089

3 жыл бұрын

@@mingmingguo3991 Thank you

The first time I came across nitinol was actually in an escape room where we found a wire and learned that we needed to heat it up. When we applied the heat, the wire shifted itself into words which led us to our next clue. It was extremely clever! I'm glad that people smarter than me have found applications outside of entertainment!

@happyguy2k

3 жыл бұрын

What was the escape room called?

@Kaden970

3 жыл бұрын

@@happyguy2k it was a room at ‘Get out games’ in Provo Utah. I believe they have retired the room since however.

@happyguy2k

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kaden970 ah thanks

@cushionofair

2 жыл бұрын

how did you figure out to heat it ?

@Kaden970

2 жыл бұрын

@@cushionofair I’m trying to remember. I think earlier in the room we got a hairdryer and we just tried it on everything we found. It’s been a few years though so the details are fuzzy.

Imagine having a house made of this stuff destroyed by a hurricane then rebuilt after catching it on fire. 😂

@testthisfordecficiencies

3 жыл бұрын

Get this man a job at NASA quick

@Idras74

3 жыл бұрын

Harvard: Brother do you want a scholarship?

@HuntsT

3 жыл бұрын

Or a vehicle

@viejaspeliculasfilipinas3621

2 жыл бұрын

MIT: plz

@davidbowl9650

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah 🤣 friends ask you what you’re gonna do about your hurricane destroyed house so you just shrug and say. Maybe setting it on fire will work.

Nitinol is used everyday as arch wires in orthodontic braces and also in files for doing root canals

@darwin5117

3 жыл бұрын

Oh dang might have some in my mouth rn

@SanaKhan-mf2ey

3 жыл бұрын

May be you are dentist or dento technician ..

@necrospencer658

3 жыл бұрын

You're a dentist aren't ya

@twistedhumor4172

3 жыл бұрын

@@SanaKhan-mf2ey yes I'm a dentist. Been practicing in Atlanta for 25 years

@sammitra

3 жыл бұрын

Same.

Anyone else remember getting a tiny strip of Nitinol for free when you ordered it from a Popular Science article back in the late 70s?

@pikachu-jf2oh

3 жыл бұрын

Nope

@ballsdeep-nu1xp

3 жыл бұрын

no grandpa

@fixzine

3 жыл бұрын

@@ballsdeep-nu1xp lmaoo

@melbournemeliodas215

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@jimboy449

3 жыл бұрын

I wasnt born yet boomer

And to think, this is just a tiny taste of the cool technologies engineers collaborating on space missions get to work with.

Maybe we can't regenerate like in COD.... But maybe our cars can.

@seanregehr4921

3 жыл бұрын

This is no where close to regeneration and inanimate objects will never regenerate. Organic living beings > inanimate objects.

@crypticgamma6308

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanregehr4921 what about self healing materials

@user-nw8jr1dk9p

3 жыл бұрын

Not so long untill humans can regenerate Technology is advancing extremely fast it's just insane

@thepizzaguy8477

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanregehr4921 it's a joke

@antonpapilio8626

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Rush, been a big fan o your channel. Surprised you actually watch this kind o thing.

Nitinol: literally reinventing the wheel

I first found out about nickel titanium alloy when I was looking up what my brace’s arch wire is made of

@matthieuahmed8318

3 жыл бұрын

Haha.. me too!

The title made me though that the metal had a RAM memory by default. lol

@illuminate4622

3 жыл бұрын

@Noah P I think it can store more. Complex curves could encode more information. But it'd be read-only memory, not RAM. Actually it'd be like EEPROM.

@beni2cc

3 жыл бұрын

Atoms can technically store data

@illuminate4622

3 жыл бұрын

@@beni2cc Yes, a HDD made of graphene(carbon sheet) with gold, platinum, palladium and rhenium atoms for example, each encoding two bits(00,01,10,11). Many petabytes per square inch. Would be slow to read though, and almost impossible to write to.

@UltimateEntity

3 жыл бұрын

@Dacia Sandero guys oops

@starmorpheus

3 жыл бұрын

Random Access Memory Memory

This reminds me of what has been described as recovered ufo material from the Roswell crash where there was a metal foil type material that you could crumple and fold up and it would return to its normal state.

@toodaloo3

Жыл бұрын

That's where they originally got the idea.

@astralblaster

Жыл бұрын

I just thought of that too! Did you see that video of it as well??

@mparker23

9 ай бұрын

It’s alien tech.

@curlyhairdudeify

7 ай бұрын

The name NiTi-NOL means Nickel-Titanium-Naval-Ordinance-Lab. My guess. They reversed engineered the material.

I have gone from a video titled " how toddlers flex on other toddlers" from gus johnson to this. KZread recommendations are absolutely impeccable at 1: 30 in the morning

@damnumonkeyballs

3 жыл бұрын

I started off at berd lol

@_mossy_8520

3 жыл бұрын

Tf

@dontbememe7364

3 жыл бұрын

That just proves that we click on almost everything, and just stick with the interesting or funny stuff

@bendover-bz4bc

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for referring. Now I'm going to todler content from rocket science.

@MessiAndA3

3 жыл бұрын

@@damnumonkeyballs A fellow man of culture.

"we have the opportunity to step back and reassess entire systems"... In other words, reinvent the wheel!! Really missed an opportunity there 🤣

@neeeeeck9005

3 жыл бұрын

So why not make a wheel again, but this time with a new material instead of wood?

@SahilP2648

3 жыл бұрын

@@neeeeeck9005 wood??

@rupsh4460

3 жыл бұрын

@YourTypical_IoS_Gamer scissors

@chuck-norris

3 жыл бұрын

@@rupsh4460 rock.

@newjeans8285

3 жыл бұрын

@@chuck-norris shoot!

Really, really interesting! This is why I love Verge!

@harshvardhanwagare5663

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

I would say this is what composes the Lamborghini Sian's rear engine flaps. Which automatically open up when engine warms up to a certain temperature without the help of any electricals! Although they haven't shared any details on its working.

@dheerajmurthy393

3 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. There are several other materials that show this characteristic.

@bunnyboyy1410

3 жыл бұрын

Corvette has Nitinol to open an engine vent on the new model.

@selenophile5256

2 жыл бұрын

Or a heat sensor

Fantastic. I'm guessing a subcutaneous Erectile Dysfunction prosthetic is already in the works. LOL

@roryschmidt5776

3 жыл бұрын

Uhhhh

@waltzraghu686

3 жыл бұрын

Uh, ok?

@071189x

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like it is gonna hurt more than feel good more.

@Jupiter.141

3 жыл бұрын

What?!

@heronn4las

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

Yaoyorozu and Todoroki used something similar to this when they captured Eraser.

This is literally insane your imagination with this type of metal could be possible 🤯

My uncle had shown me spectacles made out of memory metal 22 years ago when he used his hands to completely crumple up the temples and bridge and then released them, so that they unfolded back into their original forms.

*T-1000* *ORIGIN* *STORY* 👍🤖👌

This is simply superb EDIT: A link to academic papers is missing. Pity.

@VergeScience

3 жыл бұрын

Hey DeltaXY! A majority of our research came from the manual "Shape Memory Alloys: Modeling and Engineering Applications", published back in 2008. However, our primary sources in guiding us through the basics of Nitinol and SMAs in general were Othmane and Santo. We used a variety of other studies and sources to fact check before publishing, but typically don't list fact-checking sources/studies unless we reference them directly. Thanks for watching! - Cory

@ChaineYTXF

3 жыл бұрын

@@VergeScience Thank you very much. Again this diminishes in no way the superb quality of your presentation. I'm always glad that I subscribed when I watch such great content😊

Glad that I worked on this material during my undergrad! :)

It’s about time someone did something with this stuff. Heard of it since I was 7 years old and had trouble even looking it up till about 10 years ago and finally people are doing something.

This is a great explanation of the properties and applications of NiTi alloys! I’m an orthodontist and we use the shape memory properties of NiTi wires in EVERY SINGLE patient! The result is greater comfort and duration of activation (fewer appointments = fewer missed school or work hours). Thank you, science!

I was reading a spy novel 20 years ago and the hero used a strand of thread in his clothing to make a weapon using heat from a match. 20 years ago!

@SilvaDreams

3 жыл бұрын

It's been around for more than 20 years, I remember hearing about it in the early 90's then it just kind of disappeared from the public eye.

This is honestly pretty incredible and my mind is racing right now thinking of possible applications to replace current everyday products. This metal could perform movements that would otherwise need mechanical processes. A crane or lift would be an example. The advantage here is the metal does all the work; only a heating and cooling device would be needed instead of a motor.

@VergeScience

3 жыл бұрын

One big application that Othmane discussed is replacing hydraulics on heavy machinery. SMAs also react when running a current through them (any form of heat, really). - Cory

@EchiBawn

3 жыл бұрын

@@VergeScience Wow, I haven't even thought about that. In my mind, I was picturing an auxiliary heating system but I knew that would be pretty inefficient. An electrical current would allow for a more compact system that could be used in an insulated enclosure to not be disturbed from exterior temperature changes from say space or even underwater. Very Cool!

@VergeScience

3 жыл бұрын

@@EchiBawn Yup! Othmane is working on a shape memory alloy rock splitter that can be placed inside a drilled hole and “charged” to expand with great force. It will allow for demolition on Martian missions where it’s impossible to use chemicals or explosives.

@leianandreilobres9034

Жыл бұрын

I feel very smart right now.

@monhi64

Жыл бұрын

How would you use it in a crane? I’m assuming you mean bend the crane down and then heat it up to lift the load, but that’d be such a thick rod it’d require a lot of work to bend. Unfortunately there’s no such thing as free work, your just preloading the work in the material

I worked with Dr. Santo Padula in the fall of 2015 as an intern at NASA Glenn in CLE; absolutely brilliant guy. I was so fortunate to have seen his research and the Nitinol rover wheel design.

I just love your content!! Thank you for all of it!!

I am a Materials Science graduate, and I approve this video!

@manunknown6641

3 жыл бұрын

Hey buddy, there's this thing called a like button. Heck, there's even a dislike button in case you don't approve of the video!

@carmensmithaguirre3049

3 жыл бұрын

What is Materials Science? I'm studying hydrology and am also interested in technology.

@scientificshrey2089

3 жыл бұрын

If you know much about Nitinol I have some doubts and would like to talk to you

@devasheeshdubey9756

3 жыл бұрын

@@scientificshrey2089 sorry man, I have not studied Nitinol at a research level, it was just one of the topics in my UG curriculum. You can find help from professors at IIT-M, the research team there is one of the best in Metallurgy in India.

@devasheeshdubey9756

3 жыл бұрын

@@carmensmithaguirre3049 it's the study of materials like polymers, composites, nanomaterials etc, useful for technological applications, and the related science. Metals, technically materials, are generally studied under Metallurgy.

My father have been working on memory metals for over 20 years. Good morning verge

Thanks for improving my knowledge..this NITINOL metal is crazy good

Been watching your videos for years now and always enjoy them

You mentioned the drawbacks: it’s expensive, and difficult to work with. That’s why it’s (basically) only used in expensive applications, like medical devices.

is incredible to see how our civilization got so advanced in a fairly short time

Love the variety of topics you guys cover.

Best thing I’ve seen in a long time. Wow. Flipping amazing.

that feels like magic😂

@illuminate4622

3 жыл бұрын

Science is like magic, but real. And more interesting and controllable too.

Blacksmith: forges it It: returns to previous state Blacksmith: 👁️👄👁️

@feritperliare2890

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great prank to pull on a blacksmith to send them an ingot and a request

@chrisgenovese8188

3 жыл бұрын

As a blacksmith, this was my first thought! This alloy is really unlike any other kind. I actually work with nitinol in my day job, and would love to forge with it.

Amazing! thanks for your explanation...

eye opening channel, truly remarkable.

It might sound like conspiracy theory, but didn,t rosswell 1957 ufo has allegedly same metal properties? Spooky

@ssunnyrullzz

3 жыл бұрын

@Squad 47 that was sarcasm brother.

Me: Oh so thats what magicians use to bend a spoon.

@O7ink

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly xD

@paulesterline5714

3 жыл бұрын

I am a magician, I saw a special spoon 1 time made of this. It was super expensive and didn't look much like a real spoon. So you are only partially correct. Most of us thst do that do NOT use a spoon made from this stuff. In fact bring me a spoon from your drawer and I can bend it useing the power of thought only!

@itconsgenio

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulesterline5714 so theoretically you can bend spoon online?

Watching this from my Surface Book with Nitinol wires to clip attach and detach the display.... Awesome technology

I saw videos about this on Discovery channel about 20 years ago.... Glad to to see it again

Wow interesting alloy. Never heard it before.

I can see this being useful for secondary ship-hull layering to auto-heal punctures.

That last clip put the cherry on top, fantastic.

Thank you so much for this video 👍🏻👌🏻✌🏻

I think this is the same material used in Lamborghini Sián FKP37 for its auto opening engine bay door, that work on its own without any computer help. They say it open when the engine bay temp reaches a threshold.

Love Verge Science! Anyone wondering about the lighter used? Seem kinda cool

@VergeScience

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there, it's called the Scorch Torch Orion -- it's a butane lighter, so it burns way hotter than needed for the purposes of this video, but does the trick. I wanted something with a bluer flame and found this at the store down the street. Thanks for watching! - Cory

It's worth elaborating about the Nitinol-based motors, and their efficiency compared to heat engines or internal-combustion engines using the same fuel. Looking forward to seeing a video on this.

Amazing especially the practicality of tires

Is made out of the memory metal found in the Roswell crash?

@DirtyLaundryTrueCrime

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if anyone else remembered the strange metal that was found. 👍

@matthewchetcuti3278

3 жыл бұрын

They reverently released a freedom of information act because an author asked specifically about this metal and not the crash, and they admitted to retrieving it. They released this of January this year

@default2826

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewchetcuti3278 Link please??? That seems crazy important.

@marknorville4192

3 жыл бұрын

At least someone else is saying the same thing in the comments. Sadly most of these idiots think that this new tech. However, this adds flames to the fire of if we are alone.

@angelgomez13777

3 жыл бұрын

Most likely it is check when it was first "discovered" it's a little after Roswell

At 2:08, that really blew my mind for some reason.

@kylerharris4246

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I don’t know why but that’s so cool

That’s so amazing! The last shot looks kind of like a super simplified pulling system

Some videos I wish I could send more then one like, this is definitely one of them.

The future/present is wild

@cgarciahfcu

3 жыл бұрын

Correction: the past is wild. This was discovered in 1959.

Everyone in nostalgia with Nitinol but I never knew this till I saw this video . It's an awesome alloy .

Please put the songs in the description! And thanks for great content!

Wow this is awesome man : )

when Elon musk starts using this metal We know that are journey on Mars will be closer than we expected

@magatsukamisan3444

3 жыл бұрын

*alloy

But can we harness the energy from volcanos and geothermal pools? That's honestly where my brain went, not space...

@ekim.

3 жыл бұрын

don't we already do that?

@choppaa4204

3 жыл бұрын

@@ekim. that's basically a steam powered turbine. Not very efficient compared to what this metal can do

Thanks again for sharing 🤘

Great material covering such a cool material!

I use nitinol, on my braces.. LOL

I'm a time traveler, coming from a month ago. I wanted to let you guys in the future know that the Perseverance rover doesn't use those wheels and they went with normal wheels. Sorry.

On KZread. Thumbnail and Title always Matters. Keep up this Fascinating Work. Respect the Hardwork.

Wow! Reminded me of my college final year project, using Nitinols SMA property to make railway track changing of tongue rail. ❤️❤️❤️

Reminds me of the metal found in the Roswell UFO crash. supposedly. The crash happened in July 7, 1947, two years before it was used by Dr. William j. Buehler in his rockets.

All males have an organ like Nitinol when it's hot it expands and when cold it retracts to its original form..☺️

@fbi3233

3 жыл бұрын

**writes notes**

@Samantha-jv6xu

3 жыл бұрын

You mean the ball sac?

@rupsh4460

3 жыл бұрын

Good...now you just have to find a way to make tires from it for mars

Couldn't have said that last part better myself. Can't wait for this future!

You guys should make videos about science. Your really good🤓 Thx

Omg 😧

@steezykane4738

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. A verified user with only 2 likes and no replies... wow

*Boys during puberty*

This absolutely incredible...

Great video!! NiTi was a huge game changer in orthodontics. Shape memory and consistent light forces means fewer wire changes and light forces over stainless steel. Even cooler, the transition temperature of the wires can be designed so they are super flexible at room temperature and “remember” their shape at mouth temperature.

Insert my hero reference

3:56 i didn't expect NASA to be the type to use comic sans lol.

This is astounding stuff.

That's mental!!! This has a lot of potential!

This is what they found in Roswell, among other things. That was a much more advanced version of Nitinol, which they still haven't back engineered.

@gridus5380

8 ай бұрын

Exactly!

Brilliant story, thank you

Fascinating. Thanks

Thank you, it was really cool

Wow this can be substantially benefiting for all innovations.

A science teacher once showed my class a small amount of this metal, she talked of how it was gonna be the next big thing and they would make self repairing car body parts from it but then i never heard of it again until now That was about 20 years ago

Totally new idea and invention 🔥🔥🔥

You run high voltage through it and it will also bend too. I used it to make a steerable catheter for getting it to tight spots for brain aneurysms.

Recently heard about this earlier in the year and now I’m seeing it a good bit

Great to see use of old technology

The coolest example of monotectoid reaction I've ever seen!!!

That was nicely said about design that isn’ based on past limitations

This is amazing!

This is a good alternative for the fuse we currently use if designed well maybe

I know some paragliders use Nitinol wires at the front where the cells are. This way the paraglider is a little less prone to collapses in rough air. If this is the future, I think Titanium and Nickel are a good investment opportunities 🤔

Just a question, could you put highly thermaly conductive wires inside the nitinol itself? If you could, wouldn't that mean you don't need lighter anymore? Just some electricity would do. Or you could even put some tubes inside and then flow it with hot or cold liquid to control the memory states.