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Artificial muscles that can camouflage like squid and zebrafish


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    jimsflies - Reefkeeper
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    Default Artificial muscles that can camouflage like squid and zebrafish

    [ame=http://youtu.be/W2CgtJU3ckY]Artificial muscles that can camouflage like squid and zebrafish - YouTube[/ame]

    Researchers from the University of Bristol have created artificial muscles that can be transformed at the flick of a switch to mimic the remarkable camouflaging abilities of nature's organisms.

    Two individual mechanisms are demonstrated in the above video based on the colour-changing effects seen in squid and zebrafish.

    (source: IOP Science)

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