The chameleon changes color according to the environment

A US chemist is designing a chameleon garment that with just one button can display the right surroundings.

Chameleons can change color according to the environment

Greg Sotzing, a professor at the University of Connecticut, has invented electronic chromium-polymer strands that can change color to match the electric field. When the current is loaded, the fibers change the energy of the electrons in the chemical bonds, causing them to absorb light from other light strands and thereby change the color of the material.

So far, Sotzing has changed the yarn from orange to blue and red to blue. His next step was to make the fabric change from red, blue, green to white. Ultimately, Sotzing hopes to fabricate different colored yarns diagonally, so that when connected to the battery, each junction becomes a pixel-bright spot on the TV or computer screen.

The fabric will be woven into a changing color by a device that controls the mood of the wearer. Or, by connecting a control device to a camera, the pixel displays the shape and color of the wearer's surroundings, helping them to sink into the background.

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