A new Chameleon paint which allows people to change the colour of their cars, phone cases and trainers as many times as they want has been created by MIT researchers.
The reprogrammable ink changes the colour of an object after it is exposed to ultraviolet and visible light sources at different wave lengths.
A team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) designed the system, which has been dubbed 'PhotoChromeleon'.
One researcher said the tool will allow users to personalise their appearance and belongings multiple times in a variety of styles and colours.
The chameleon paint was designed by a team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) which has been dubbed 'PhotoChromeleon'
They created the ink by mixing cyan, magenta, and yellow photochromic dyes into a single sprayable solution.
They were then able to understand how each of the different dyes interact at different wavelengths, which allowed them to control colour by manipulating the light sources.
It is a fully reversible process and one that can even be repeated an infinite number of times.
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The so-called Chameleon paint will remain on an object, even if it is used outside in natural environments.
The researchers used three different lights with different wavelengths which allowed them to eliminate primary colours separately.
This means that they were able to work out how the dyes interacted under different lights.
The researchers used three different lights with different wavelengths which allowed them to eliminate primary colours separately
For example, a blue light would be mostly absorbed by the yellow dye and photochromicsunglass.com be deactivated, while magenta and cyan dye would not absorb the light.
This would lead to the colour blue being produced.
The reprogrammable ink changes the colour of an object after it is exposed to ultraviolet and visible light sources at different wave lengths.
A team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) designed the system, which has been dubbed 'PhotoChromeleon'.
One researcher said the tool will allow users to personalise their appearance and belongings multiple times in a variety of styles and colours.
The chameleon paint was designed by a team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) which has been dubbed 'PhotoChromeleon'
They created the ink by mixing cyan, magenta, and yellow photochromic dyes into a single sprayable solution.
They were then able to understand how each of the different dyes interact at different wavelengths, which allowed them to control colour by manipulating the light sources.
It is a fully reversible process and one that can even be repeated an infinite number of times.
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The so-called Chameleon paint will remain on an object, even if it is used outside in natural environments.
The researchers used three different lights with different wavelengths which allowed them to eliminate primary colours separately.
This means that they were able to work out how the dyes interacted under different lights.
The researchers used three different lights with different wavelengths which allowed them to eliminate primary colours separately
For example, a blue light would be mostly absorbed by the yellow dye and photochromicsunglass.com be deactivated, while magenta and cyan dye would not absorb the light.
This would lead to the colour blue being produced.
