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Magical metals, how shape memory alloys work - Ainissa Ramirez

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From robots to braces to the Mars Rover, see how a special kind of metal called shape memory alloys advance technology in everyday ways that we don’t always realize.

What kind of invention would you make with shape memory materials if you could get it in any form you wanted (like wire, sheets, big chunks, or any other way)?

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