Bike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buy
Bike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buy
No more bicycle flats, forever.
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Pretty sure this was on US Dragons Den and it got laughed out due to the cost. I'm like, yeah cost is pretty high initially but when the hell we gonna move on from rubber?
10 2 ReplyThere is still rubber even with these.
7 0 ReplyYou do realise that stuff grows on trees, right?
7 1 ReplyYou do realize harvesting rubber from trees means lots of cut down trees in the Amazon, and most rubber in tyres is actually synthetic
1 0 ReplyI do know most rubber is synthetic, but even making it from fossil fuels we will have enough that we will never run out.
1 1 ReplyUh, not if our fossil fuel consumption drops to 0, which is where we will need to be
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No, I thought it was made from the crack of yo mama's ass
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