color-changing scarf and a reference to squid
December 10, 2005Squid can do this color changing business without high tech help, but we humans are not so versatile. Now there’s something called a chameleon shawl (squid shawl doesn’t have the same cachet, does it) with pixels containing color LEDs. There is also a sensor within the fabric that sees the color of the garment closest to the shawl. A coordinated color is picked by a microcomputer.
You have to admit that squid shawl brings up an interesting vision. On the one hand (tentacle), it has the suction cups to stay where you put it, on the other hand (tentacle), it has the ability to move wherever it wants to.
