Camouflage sheet inspired by octopus
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18 August 2014
Camouflage sheet inspired by octopus
By Jonathan Webb
Science reporter, BBC News
Based on the camouflage abilities of octopuses and cuttlefish, engineers in the US have built a flexible material that changes colour to match its surroundings.
The new design features a grid of 1mm cells, containing a temperature-driven dye that switches colour on demand.
So far it only responds in black-and-white, but the team hopes that the principles of their design will have commercial and military applications...
...Senior author Prof John Rogers, from the University of Illinois, said the new sheet was the fruit of a collaboration between experts in biology, materials, computing and electrical engineering....
Full article at http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28834186
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