Uploaded September 2014 | Updated September 2026, 45 minutes ago
Cephalopods are able to change both the color and texture of their skin within seconds to blend into their surroundings— a capability that engineers have long struggled to duplicate in synthetic materials. Now, a team has come closer than ever to achieving that goal, creating a flexible material that can change its color or fluorescence and its texture at the same time, on demand, by remote control.
Source: MIT
Read more: laboratoryequipment.com/videos/2014/09/materials-mimic-octopuses%E2%80%99-abilities
Cephalopods are able to change both the color and texture of their skin within seconds to blend into their surroundings— a capability that engineers have long struggled to duplicate in synthetic materials. Now, a team has come closer than ever to achieving that goal, creating a flexible material that can change its color or fluorescence and its texture at the same time, on demand, by remote control.
Source: MIT
Read more: laboratoryequipment.com/videos/2014/09/materials-mimic-octopuses%E2%80%99-abilities
