Researchers unveil octopus-inspired smart skin that hides images, changes shape, and encodes data via 4D printing.

"Cephalopods use a complex system of muscles and nerves to exhibit dynamic control over the appearance and texture of their ...

Learn about the groundbreaking 4D printed hydrogel that mimics cephalopod skin, transforming with heat and mechanical stress.

With possible applications in information encryption and adaptive camouflage, the material is a programmable hydrogel film, the appearance, texture and mechanical response of whic ...

Synthetic materials are widely used across science, engineering, and industry, but most are designed to perform only a narrow range of tasks. A ...

Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change ...

The key to the smart skin lies in a technique called halftone-encoded printing. The method translates digital image or ...

Researchers at Penn State have developed a fabrication method that can print multifunctional “smart synthetic skin” — ...

Abstract: Detecting moiré patterns in digital photographs is meaningful as it provides priors towards image quality evaluation and demoiréing tasks. In this paper, we present a simple yet efficient ...

Abstract: Deep generative models dominate the existing literature in layout pattern generation. However, leaving the guarantee of legality to an inexplicable neural network could be problematic in ...

The small black dots around a car's windscreen are always there, but many drivers go years without noticing them or learning their true purpose ...