Smart METL airless metal bike tires use a “shape memory alloy” for deformation

Re:Smart METL airless metal bike tires use a “shape memory a... by tyingq on Thursday March 18, 2021 @10:27AM (#26503033)

"Polyurethanium" ???

Surely there's a real word they could use there.

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Re:Smart METL airless metal bike tires use a “shape memory a... by dylan604 on Thursday March 18, 2021 @10:52AM (#26503292)

Like unobtanium? If they use a real word, they wouldn't be able to trade mark it and protect their brand. Sounds like people are taking cues from big pharma with naming, or silicon valley by taking real words and dropping vowels. It's a trend. Why is this surprising to you?

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Re:Smart METL airless metal bike tires use a “shape memory a... by 5560675260 on Thursday March 18, 2021 @12:06PM (#26504110)

Polyurethane [0] is a real world. Maybe that's what they meant?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyurethane

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Re:Smart METL airless metal bike tires use a “shape memory a... by tyingq on Thursday March 18, 2021 @02:11PM (#26505641)

No, they trademarked the term, so it's definitely on purpose.

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Re:Smart METL airless metal bike tires use a “shape memory a... by stdbrouw on Thursday March 18, 2021 @10:33AM (#26503116)

Also, if this is some kind of polyurethane, they're going to have a hard time convincing anyone that this is an environmentally friendly alternative to rubber tires.

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Re:Smart METL airless metal bike tires use a “shape memory a... by meepmorp on Thursday March 18, 2021 @10:41AM (#26503201)

I keep reading it as 'poly-urethra-radium'

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