Engineers at Saarland University have taken a leaf out of nature's book by equipping an artificial hand with muscles made from shape-memory wire. The new technology enables the fabrication of flexible ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shape Memory Medical Inc., developer of shape memory polymer devices for peripheral and neurovascular markets, announced today that its 1,500 th patient has been ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shape Memory Medical Inc., developer of custom, proprietary shape memory polymers for the peripheral and neurovascular markets, announced the completion of ...

Smart materials have demonstrated significant potential in engineering applications, particularly in actuator design, owing to their exceptional power-to-weight ratio and lightweight characteristics.

The advancement in materials science and manufacturing systems has shown various industrial revolutions. Introduction of shape memory alloys (SMAs) is of that revolution due to its development due to ...