A stylus with unique properties has been patented by Microsoft that we hope gets produced at some point. The stylus can determine the color of a physical object by holding the tip to it. This could be ...

Octopuses are the undisputed kings of camouflage. Whereas engineers have learned to mimic the colors, octopuses also match ...

Nike unlocks dual-color Air Max 1000 3D printed footwear with Zellerfeld and seamless multi-color printing technology.

A technique has been developed that enables hydrographic printing, a widely used industrial method for transferring color inks on a thin film to the surface of 3D objects, to color these surfaces with ...

Octopus-inspired synthetic skin shifts color and texture via nanoscale patterning, pointing to displays, camouflage, and soft ...

The Stanford team created a metasurface from a polymer previously used in solar panels and printable electronics. They found ...

To control color, the team sandwiched the polymer between two gold films. Light bounces off these films and interferes in ...

3D printers — machines that can fit on a desktop and create 3D objects from plastics, metals, and other raw materials — can do just about anything. High-precision jets pump out custom medical implants ...

New octopus-inspired artificial skin mimics marine camouflage, enabling materials to transform in color and texture for ...

New York, NY -- May 22, 2015 -- Working with researchers at Zhejiang University in China, Changxi Zheng, assistant professor of computer science at Columbia Engineering, has developed a technique that ...