Camouflaging artificial muscles that mimic squids and zebrafish

Researchers from the University of Bristol have created artificial muscles that can be transformed at the flick of a switch to mimic the remarkable camouflaging abilities of nature's organisms.

Two individual mechanisms are demonstrated in this video based on the colour-changing effects seen in squid and zebrafish.

The published version of the paper "Biomimetic chromatophores for camouflage and soft active surfaces" (Bioinspir. Biomim. 7 036009) will be freely available online from 2 May. It will be available at http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-3190/7...

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[patelzrulez]

Crazy clip. Great clip. My close friend used to be obese. He went from 279lbs of pure fat into 200 lbs of massive muscle mass. I couldn't believe it! I just registered myself as I wanna beef up. He used the Muscle Building Bible (Look in Google)...

[vgman94]

I think you mean the OctoCamo suit, my friend.

[Ken Paisley]

Amazing or Dangerous?

[EmperorOfMars]

Sorry, that doesn't account for parallax.

[Mike Trieu]

Now just make an RGB cell and modulate the color element apertures and you've got a workable display. Combine that with a cheap imaging array and you've got a possible active camouflage system.

[MegaSpazzattack]

Very impressive! I'm trying to imagine what these will do with a little more research.

[goonsquad4365]

technology will be something amazing by the time im 50

[Silhouette93]

Amazing