Nitinol paper clip returns to form after bending - GIF

[Frank S]

Too bad the manufacturing process it difficult and expensive. could you imagine a vehicle mad out of the stuff then after an accident the only thing required to straighten it out would be to apply heat in varying degrees judiciously to the effected areas A simple infrared heat lamp would replace 1000'S of dollars worth of specialty tools
As many accidents as my first wife had it would have saved me a lots of money that woman could figure out how to wreck a car in an open field with out even starting the engine.