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Blending in

By Eric Niiler / May 10, 2013

Can you spot the cuttlefish? A common European cuttlefish camouflages itself on the seafloor. Credit: Justine Allen

Engineers take a lesson from nature’s masters of disguise

Posted in Animals, Technology & Engineering | Tagged 3-D TV, Andrea Toa, Baltimore County, camouflage, Cape Cod, cephalopod, chromatophore, cuttlefish, Doryteuthis pealeii, electronic skin, feature, flounder, holographic games, John Rogers, light detector, light sensor, Lydia Mathger, mantis shrimp, Marine Biological Laboratory, MBL, medical imaging, mega TVs, octopus, opsin, predator, Rice University, Richard Baraniuk, Roger Hanlon, Sepia officinalis, squid, submarine, three dimensional TV, Tom Cronin, topstories, University of California San Diego, University of Illinois, University of Maryland, visual pigment, Woods Hole

Heat-resistant makeup

By Sid Perkins / September 7, 2012

During field operations and military exercises, many soldiers use camouflage makeup to blend into the environment. A new type of makeup may also help protect troops against burns from bomb blasts.
CREDIT: Spc. Gerald James, U.S. Army.

New recipe for camouflage face paint could protect soldiers against burns from bomb blasts

Posted in Chemistry | Tagged Anjali Patil, camouflage, firefighters, getinvolved, Jamil Baghdachi, makeup, pigment, polymer, Robert Lochhead, silicone, soldiers, topstories