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Chinese researchers have developed camouflage that switches colors in response to its surroundings, similar to a chameleon.
They said this technology makes an individual appear “effectively invisible” when applied to clothing.
The South China Morning Post noted this breakthrough could have significant architectural and military possibilities.
University of Electronics Science and Technology of China researcher Wang Dongsheng and his colleagues created this technology.
Interesting Engineering says the new material uses a combination of donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts (DASAs) and organic dyes to change color.
“The SAP materials are in the primary black state under dark and spontaneously switch to another color upon triggering by transmitted and reflected light in the background,” the researchers wrote.
