Making Connections!

Although i consider Myself and Tom very well connected, i cannot speak so surely of our nitinol experiments! The thing about nitinol is, you cant really solder it, because its covered in enamel, which repels solder, and when you scrape it off the nitinol becomes brittle and snaps too easily. We did think of using a special crimp like the one manufactured by Dolphin in the US, but these aren't available anywhere else and regular crimps just wont cut the mustard (too big ad heavy). Crocodile clips are bad for testing because of their weight and hindrance to the movement of the nitinol, in fact the best connection we have made so far has been using alluminium foil. We plan to ask Di Mainstone how she made her connections when we interview her over skype in the new year, to solve this annoying yet crucial problem!