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Stretchy Squid-Inspired Skin Glows In Different Colors (gizmag.com)
Zothecula writes: Besides having tentacles, squid and octopi are also both known for their color-changing skin. Well, soft-bodied robots may soon also share that attribute, thanks to research being carried out at Cornell University. Led by assistant professor Rob Shepherd, a team of grad students there has developed an electroluminescent rubber "skin" that not only emits light in different colors, but that can also do so while being stretched to more than six times its original length.
but that can also do so while being stretched to more than six times its original length.
That's what he said.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
*throws scrabble board*
But isn't it just natural instinct: don't stick your junk inside glowing orifices?
Brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
1. Octopus have arms, and most of squid and cuttlefish 'tentacles' are actually arms too ;-)
2. The plural of Octopus is Octopus or Octopuses because of its Greek root
3. You left out Cuttlefish, some of the most amazing examples of creatures with chromatophores.
4. Perhaps Cephalopods would be better than 'squid and octopi' (although the poor Nautilus doesn't have the colour-changing abilities)
I could say why the author is a jerk, but I have to clean up a raviolus that one of the kids has dropped.
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Aka Prof. Rob Squidward.
sigs are for losers (except to point out that sigs are for losers)
While it all might simply seem like a neat party trick, the technology does potentially have some very practical applications.
considering all the advancements in soft robotics, i'd say this is the finishing touch before japan comes out with some advanced robotic tentacle porn.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Octopi sounds like 25.13274122871835 or something close to...
"The 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but these are new."
That's that. They're really working on building out Skynet's eventual soldiers
"Once you go cephalopod you'll never want a human bod"
soft-bodied robots may soon also share that attribute
You mean they can make a leopard that can change its spots?
Color changing stretchable skin for a robot?
A cheap sheet of white rubber is stretchable, and changes color according to the LEDs inside. trivial.
*octopodes.
Just think about the dance floor, with the smart clothing made of these. You should be modded up, by the way, for the oh-so-right observation.
Now we can get free ad-supported clothing!
Props to Rudy Rucker