http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/09/power-from-rubber-drives-odd-engine/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/09/power-from-rubber-drives-odd-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-702078 Firebrand38 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:06:34 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/09/power-from-rubber-drives-odd-engine/#comment-702078 Trade name Nitinol http://www.nitinol.info/flash/index.php Trade name Nitinol http://www.nitinol.info/flash/index.php

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/09/power-from-rubber-drives-odd-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-701709 jayessell Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:44:04 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/09/power-from-rubber-drives-odd-engine/#comment-701709 I saw somthing similar, but it was a rotary rubber band heat engine. It looked like a bicycle wheel with rubber band spokes. A temperature gradient of 3 degrees was enough to run it. Isn't there an alloy that has unusual physical properties when cooled or heated? Memory metal? I saw somthing similar, but it was a rotary rubber band heat engine.
It looked like a bicycle wheel with rubber band spokes.
A temperature gradient of 3 degrees was enough to run it.
Isn’t there an alloy that has unusual physical properties when cooled or heated?
Memory metal?

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