Heatmobile

This Shape Memory Metal (Nitinol) engine is driven by hot water! You may recall the famous Thermobile, created in 1985 by Frederick Wang. The Heatmobile is a similar design, although offered as a simple self-assembly kit. It is essentially a heat engine that demonstrates the conversion of heat into mechanical energy. It uses the unique property of Nitinol alloy called the “memory effect“. Once Nitinol has been formed into shape at high temperature (about 600º C) and allowed to cool to room temperatur