A tire startup has teamed up with NASA to bring the world’s first space-age alloy bicycle tires to the mainstream market.

The SMART Tire Company recently announced an innovative airless bicycle tire originally developed and tested by NASA for future Mars Rover missions. Dubbed METL, the revolutionary tire is made from smart memory metal that ,unlike stretching, rearranges its molecular structure when you bend it, but instantly goes back to its original shape.

It basically has the flexibility of rubber but is as strong as titanium, which means that you probably won’t have to change another bicycle tire in your lifetime.

“Wires are woven together to create an airless tire structure that has the ability to flex with the terrain, unlike current rigid wheels. The SMA (Shape Memory Alloy) material acts as a shock-absorber and can traverse rock-laden terrain effortlessly without breaking or damaging the tire,” NASA describes the underlying technology behind the METL tire.

Technically, the METL smart tire is really a rim with an outer edge made out of a super-elastic material called NiTinol+, which molds over bumps in the road but bounces back to its original shape almost instantly.

Manufactured using a process that heats the wheels to temperatures of over 500 degrees Celsius, METL tires are designed for extreme temperatures and the environments of planets like Mars. Thus, you can expect these airless tires to last a lot longer than regular tubeless tires.

The METL smart tire is the result of a NASA-sponsored initiative that challenged startups from the private sector to adapt its space-worthy innovations for real-world uses. One of these startups was the SMART Tire Company, which plans to commercially launch its innovative bicycle tires sometime next year.

You’re probably thinking that having a metallic tire come into contact with the asphalt isn’t a very good idea, and you’re right. That’s why the metallic component of the METL tire will not actually be in contact with the asphalt. The tire will be coated with a new kind of rubber-like material called Polyurethanium, which is suitable for all kinds of weather conditions, and offers great grip for superior handling.

The SMART Tire Company’s METL tires are expected to hit the market in 2022, but we currently have no information on pricing. I expect it will cost a bit more than traditional bicycle tires, though…

Source: https://www.odditycentral.com/news/nasa-inspired-bicycle-tires-never-go-flat-could-last-a-lifetime.html

Africa... When?

Fahmurix

I go buy....

Unseen:
Africa... When?

when you invent something bro

Our importers no go gree import dis one com Nigeria becos na bad market for dem

Make dem no do the one for Cars because Baba Kudus go curse them ooo

That's good innovation. But wait, no job for furcanizers again be that if it gets finally adopted because many people including drivers will prefer it so far is not too expensive

while Nigeria is commissioning sugar as covid vaccine

good one

Unseen:
Africa... When?

Go to the East and see little boys with great inventions
Nigerian media hate us, that’s why u don’t often see them

In Africa, Nigeria to be precise, it's all about who owns the biggest church and can contain 100,000 people in one service.

NASA is also a government owned institution but always sets the pace when it comes to extreme innovation. In Nigeria, not a single government owned establishment functions as it should. Nnpc, FIRS, Customs etc are all northern Nigeria's cash cow.

Shame.

Unseen:
Africa... When?

we have had our turn,they can never get to the height we attained,if inferioritis mentalitis is the sickness you are suffering,am sorry I cant treat you

ProfAmaben:
In Africa, Nigeria to be precise, it's all about who owns the biggest church and can contain 100,000 people in one service.

NASA is also a government owned institution but always sets the pace when it comes to extreme innovation. In Nigeria, not a single government owned establishment functions as it should. Nnpc, FIRS, Customs etc are all northern Nigerian's cash cow.

Shame.

fulanis are heading your country and you want to make a technological breakthrough,are you not funny?
Have you ever heard of a fulani inventor,poet, writer, academia,innovator?

Unseen:
Africa... When?

WHEN YOU, decide to WORK, STOP TALKING and STOP asking WHEN.

sreamsense:
That's good innovation. But wait, no job for furcanizers again be that if it gets finally adopted because many people including drivers will prefer it so far is not too expensive

Vulcanizers will still have customers.

ProfAmaben:
In Africa, Nigeria to be precise, it's all about who owns the biggest church and can contain 100,000 people in one service.

NASA is also a government owned institution but always sets the pace when it comes to extreme innovation. In Nigeria, not a single government owned establishment functions as it should. Nnpc, FIRS, Customs etc are all northern Nigerian's cash cow.

Shame.

So shameful indeed!!!!. I keep saying that out government don't care. No matter the noise we make. I don't make noise anyways because I already understood Nigerian imaginary "system" because we have no system.

Fukanizers fit swear for these oyinbo people ooo

greymiles:


Go to the East and see little boys with great inventions
Nigerian media hate us, that’s why u don’t often see them

you are not different from nig media why can't you pushed the guy through social media

sreamsense:
That's good innovation. But wait, no job for furcanizers again be that if it gets finally adopted because many people including drivers will prefer it so far is not too expensive

It will definitely be expensive. But as time goes on the master-fakers will come up with "new, improved" versions of it that you can afford to buy - only that it won't last a lifetime, not even near it.

Tech.










I still sell affordable laptops with free delivery and pay on delivery.
Details on my signature

Nice. I wonder if...

Unseen:
Africa... When?

Infinity!!! Ordinary electric car would struggle in Africa why no steady power supply especially in Nigeria

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mu2sa2:
It will definitely be expensive. But as time goes on the master-fakers will come up with "new, improved" versions of it that you can afford to buy - only that it won't last a lifetime, not even near it.

This is not the best way to go, many foreigners are here, they read what we write and it's gives them am impression about Nigeria.

hakeemhakeem:


you are not different from nig media why can't you pushed the guy through social media

Nigeria Media are the worst set of people, if you know the type of brown envelope that exchange hands.

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PerfectMatchNG:
This is not the best way to go, many foreigners are here, they read what we write and it's gives them am impression about Nigeria.

It's not Nigerians that will produce fakes. Substitute master-fakers for chinco.

wow! this one na waya!

Ok, this is interesting and useful.

However, my reservations are aligned with its improvement. It's either marketing strategy that it lasts a lifetime or some hype.

Reason?
It's an alloy of iron, which is known to submit to rust after some time reacting with water and air. Hence reducing his life span.

I'd still suggest making a slim tensile cover of rubber over this state-of-the-art alloy tire. The rubber is stable to water and many other chemical substance/cpds on the road, hence it protects the metal from the natural process of rust. If the slim rubber tire gets worn out, it can be replaced easily.
Painting and galvanizing it are some more options but they don't last either.

Furthermore, the bitumen, stony surface of tarred roads can erode the metal inspite of the titanium over time. An external surface of thicker rubber tires well garnished in Sulphur should work this out Sha.

Nothing last forever

greymiles:


Go to the East and see little boys with great inventions
Nigerian media hate us, that’s why u don’t often see them

Where in the east?

mu2sa2:
It's not Nigerians that will produce fakes. Substitute master-fakers for chinco.

I can't help but laugh at you rn fr....





Shame