This video shows a pretty amazing material which changes colour in response to mechanical stress. It works by using large numbers of spheres that diffract light into composite colours. This effect is similar to that seen in gemstone opals only without the change in colour. By deforming the material the orientation and arrangement of the spheres is altered leading to different colours under different conditions.
Source: 14-billion-years-later
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Pretty sure that’s what this is. Jealous that someone else got there before I did.
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bloody-black-valentine reblogged this from 14-billion-years-later and added:
Very cool. But I would trade this all...save black rhinos. *still heartbroken*
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que cambia de color según su forma. Este asombroso...está compuesto por pequeñas esferas...
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