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A new system uses UV light projected onto objects coated with light-activated dye to alter the reflective properties of the dye, creating images in minutes.
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When was the last time you repainted your car? Redesigned your coffee mug collection? Gave your shoes a colorful facelift?
With a zap of light, system switches objects colors and patterns: Programmable matter technique could enable product designers to churn out prototypes with ease
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IMAGE: A new system uses UV light projected onto objects coated with light-activated dye to alter the reflective properties of the dye, creating images in minutes. view more
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When was the last time you repainted your car? Redesigned your coffee mug collection? Gave your shoes a colorful facelift?
You likely answered: never, never, and never. You might consider these arduous tasks not worth the effort. But a new color-shifting programmable matter system could change that with a zap of light.
MIT researchers have developed a way to rapidly update imagery on object surfaces. The system, dubbed ChromoUpdate pairs an ultraviolet (UV) light projector with items coated in light-activated dye. The projected light alters the reflective properties of the dye, creating colorful new images in just a few minutes. The advance could accelerate product development, enabling product designers to churn throu
CAPE VINCENT â The acting president of the Stone Building Appreciation Society of Northern N…
The stone houses of Jefferson County that dot the landscape like sentinels honoring our early settlers could be taking a solid step in recognition and preservation.
Among the 20 recommendations made by the state Board of Historic Preservation earlier this year for state and national registers of historic places, one is for âStone Buildings of Jefferson County.â
Specifically, a âStone Houses of Jefferson County Multiple Property Documentation Formâ would serve as a framework for the structures to be placed on the historic registers. Participation by owners would be optional.