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Camouflage Sheet Inspired by Octopus

Posted August 19, 2014 11:53 AM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

Basing their work on the techniques used by octopuses and cuttlefish, US engineers have produced a flexible, colour-changing material.

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europium mkII Guru Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 1869 Good Answers: 67	#1 Re: Camouflage Sheet Inspired by Octopus 08/19/2014 7:21 PM
	I would have sworn it was inspired by a ~~155 mm howitzer~~ couch.
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europium mkII Guru Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 1869 Good Answers: 67	#2 Re: Camouflage Sheet Inspired by Octopus 08/19/2014 7:22 PM
	Can't be that good: they found the octopus.
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truth is not a compromise Guru Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 8006 Good Answers: 286	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Camouflage Sheet Inspired by Octopus 08/19/2014 9:32 PM
	Would you have more faith in camouflage inspired by 'the one that got away'? __________________ Eternal vigilance is the price of knowledge. - George Santayana
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europium mkII Guru Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 1869 Good Answers: 67	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Camouflage Sheet Inspired by Octopus 08/20/2014 12:17 AM
	But how would I know it got away if I couldn't see it to begin with?
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truth is not a compromise Guru Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 8006 Good Answers: 286	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Camouflage Sheet Inspired by Octopus 08/20/2014 4:32 AM
	The suction cup hickies? Successful ink attack ambushes? Repeated conch chowder theft and each time eight spoons are left behind? __________________ Eternal vigilance is the price of knowledge. - George Santayana
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europium mkII Guru Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 1869 Good Answers: 67	#6 In reply to #5 Re: Camouflage Sheet Inspired by Octopus 08/20/2014 1:55 PM
	Poachers
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