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Photonic Ink Changes Color On Command
An anonymous reader submits "According to Nature's report : "A new ink changes colour at the flick of a switch." It now named Photonic Ink, or P-Ink. "P-Ink's iridescent colours depend upon a process called diffraction." "To make the colour of the ink tunable" the team led by Geoffrey Ozin "packs a polymer gel between its stacked spheres" which can change size "when it is soaked in solvent and shrinks when it dries". In addition, it "conducts electricity", and "altering the voltage tunes the ink's colour smoothly through the spectrum." more detail also can found on Advanced Materials."
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Ooh, great. Now I can have a technicolor newspaper. Big whoop. Let's see it in pill form: then I will be impressed!!!
~GoRK
(PS: Mods, this is an incredibly deep joke. Please moderate accordingly.)
Anyone else reminded of those jackets in Snowcrash that changed colors? IIRC, the Enforcers had them and a flick of a switch would turn all the lettering on them black to match the rest of the jacket.
I don't know about you, but I personally, I'm terrified as to how the porno industry will make use of this. =)
"Yeah, well, Dracula called and he's coming over tonight for you and I said okay."
Any color, as long as it's P-Ink!
It might be fun to combine this with piezoelectric plastic film and put it in clothing, so it flashes colors as you move.
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and entirely retracted. Should the fundament protrude, or if it presents a
sensible projection to the touch, the animal's digestion is not good. Should
the orifice be enlarged the position is worse and it will not be long before
cracks and ulcers may be detected upon the borders of the opening, these
being at a later period constantly moistened by an unctuous fetid discharge.
Should the lips of the orifice be gently pulled aside, the inward section of
the membrane will show a bright scarlet colour, which is moistened with a
watery fluid. During health the animal's bowels are never relaxed and the
straining it employs to expel its faeces is sufficient to suggest the injury
to which the rectum is exposed. If the body be delicate, bone and other hard
substances pass through it without affecting the powers of assimilation;
they become hard and sharp projections when surrounded by, and fixed in, a
solid mass characteristic of the excrement of the dog. Hence a pointed piece
of bone, projecting from a firm body, is liable to lacerate the tender and
soft membrane over which it would have to be propelled. The anus of a dog is
often as indicative of the general state of the dog's body as is the tongue
with man.
Another "P-Ink" that glows iridescently at the flick of a switch is, of course, cat urine.
This could make funny clothes that change color on demand. Of course, it will also make life very difficult for people who cannot make up their mind: blue, no yell... argh....
But does it pass the litmus test???
Actually, imagine the crazy fun you could have with colour changing paper and colour changing ink...
This sounds like something james bond could use - as well has fit his car with rotating number plates, paint the car with ink that means the car can change color at the flick of a switch. Making the car invisible is still cooler though.
Depending on how difficult/expensive it is to make this stuff, it could be used on money as an anti-counterfeit measure.
I can't say that I don't give a fuck. I've just run out of fuck to give.
Imagine tattoos,
your body's natual electrical charges and static
animatoos
"My name is Ot-to. And I've got anima-toos!"
Coming soon - "How to hook your power supply up to the 'intel inside' sticker.
Operator, give me the number for 911!
And if it were possible to re-print on the same page, would this mean that newspapers would re-use/recycle themselves? Just plug it into the daily info port, and watch as it reprints itself? It wouldn't be as fun as what i use (The internet for my daily news) but it would be intriguing, and i might go for it just to have a hard copy. On the other hand, it's hard enoguh to keep records as it is- this means there could be documents which cease to exist as soon as you tell them to, no pesky burning involved... hm. I'll have to think about this. When i see colourchange makeup come out, i'm going to scream...
"I'd say 'Have a good time,' but arson is still illegal.
I can just see it now: animated banner ads...
- ...in magazines.
What's next? Flash 'animations' in newspapers?Karma
I think that name is already taken by another color, actually...
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I can imagine these inks used on quarterly statements. Shareholders get the copy with all the black ink; just don't forget to flip the "red ink" switch when you send it to the IRS.
Reminds me of that scene in Total Recall where the secretary was changing the color of her nails with the tap of a stylus... Yet another office productivity tool ;)
so-called hyper color changing things which barely worked and then quit after 3 washes, this stuff might actually WORK
and they've got funding....
I had a nanny who was a photonic once, but she had to be destroyed.