From: How Octopuses Change Color: The Ocean's Living Screen
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Human designers look at octopuses for inspiration. Engineers are trying to copy their skin to make smart clothes that change color, new military camouflage, and flexible screens. The octopus is a natural blueprint for future technology.

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  • Copying skin structures for active camouflage clothing
  • Developing soft robotics with color-changing surfaces
  • Creating energy-efficient digital displays inspired by color reflection
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Octopus skin can sense light directly without using the eyes or brain.
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Tiny muscle-controlled color sacs called chromatophores expand and shrink to change the octopus's...
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Special reflective cells beneath the color sacs create shiny, metallic colors like blue and green.
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