Artificial muscle: Squid and zebrafish cells inspire camouflaging smart materials
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 09:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have created artificial muscles that can be transformed at the flick of a switch to mimic the remarkable camouflaging abilities of organisms such as squid and zebrafish. They demonstrated two individual transforming mechanisms that they believe could be used in ‘smart clothing’ to trigger camouflaging tricks similar to those seen in nature.