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MECHANISM. "Some species can rapidly change colour through mechanisms that translocate pigment and reorient reflective plates within chromatophores. This process, often used as a type of camouflage, is called physiological colour change or metachrosis. Cephalopods such as the octopus have complex chromatophore organs controlled by muscles to achieve this, whereas vertebrates such as chameleons generate a similar effect by cell signalling." https://lnkd.in/eKtCqgg View in LinkedIn

VIDEO OF CHAMELEON COLOR CHANGES. If you have never really seen the exquisite and comical chamelion change its colors, watch this little video. https://lnkd.in/eY6KiMX View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE this weekend deals with the phenomenon of chameleon color changes. While also present in creatures such as squid and octopuses, the beloved chameleon has perhaps been the best studied. View in LinkedIn

SAMBOTS. "Being inspired form social insects, multicellar organism and mophogenetic robots. The aim of the Sambot is to develop swarm robotics and conduct research on the swarm intelligence, self-assembly and co-evolution of the body and brain for autonomous morphogeneous." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Reconfiguring_Modular_Robotics View in LinkedIn

MODULAR RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTS FOR SPACE " have a variety of attributes that are well suited to for these conditions, including: the ability to serve as many different tools at once (saving weight), packing into compressed forms (saving space) and having high levels of redundancy (increasing robustness). In addition ... can self-repair and adapt to changing or unanticipated conditions." https://lnkd.in/eypEEGP View in LinkedIn

MODULAR ROBOTICS. "There is a growing number of research groups actively involved in modular robotics research. To date, about 30 systems have been designed and constructed." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Reconfiguring_Modular_Robotics View in LinkedIn

MEGA-DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION. "Today’s emerging “Manufacturing Renaissance” is radically different from the more traditional tides of innovation seen over fifty years of computation such as Moore’s Law. Instead this disruptive innovation is more akin to the introduction of major transformative technologies such as the printing press, the programmable loom, and the computer itself." http://cra.org/ccc/visioning/computing-visions-2025/new-making-renaissance View in LinkedIn

BIOPRINT ALREADY EXISTS. "A biologically inspired approach to organize the morphology and control of modular robots. The approach introduces a nested hierarchy which decomposes the complexity of assembling and commanding a functional robot made of numerous simple modules." https://lnkd.in/eNvB6ni View in LinkedIn

EMOTIONAL COLORS. "An excited chameleon might turn red by fully expanding all his erythrophores, blocking out the other colors beneath them. A calm chameleon, on the other hand, might turn green by contracting his erythrophores and allowing some of the blue-reflected light from his iridophores to mix with his layer of somewhat contracted yellow xanthophores." https://lnkd.in/ekHVeyu View in LinkedIn

CONSUMERS OF THE FUTURE will "have a container of self-reconfigurable modules say in their garage, basement, or attic. When the need arises, the consumer calls forth the robots to achieve a task such as “clean the gutters” or “change the oil in the car” and the robot assumes the shape needed and does the task." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Reconfiguring_Modular_Robotics View in LinkedIn