Finding their inspiration from nature's most skillful camouflage artists such as octopuses, squids, and cuttlefishes, MIT researchers have found a way to design a flexible material that can change ...

Few videos so dramatically illustrate an octopus’s mastery of camouflage. But ignore, if you can, the creature’s color, and focus on its texture. As its skin shifts from mottled brown to ...

Researchers at Cornell University took inspiration for their new camouflage from octopuses ... and some can also rapidly alter their skin texture by controlling little clusters of muscles that ...

"Of course, camouflage may also support military applications ... the scientists could control and shape the texture of the inflated surface, just as an octopus might retexture its skin.

"Octopuses are considered to be the master of camouflage. An octopus can change its color, pattern and texture of its skin in an instant," study researcher Noam Josef, of Ben-Gurion University in ...

O'Neill created the "digital" camouflage concept, which he prefers to call texture match. That year, his "Dual-Tex" pattern was tested here in the laboratory with the assistance of cadets and faculty.

For the octopus and cuttlefish, instantaneously changing their skin color and pattern to disappear into the environment is just part of their camouflage prowess. These animals can also swiftly and ...

"Of course, camouflage may also support military applications ... the scientists could control and shape the texture of the inflated surface, just as an octopus might retexture its skin.