Scientists at the University of Cincinnati recently found inspiration from a group of marine animals known as cephalopods (squid, octopus, cuttlefish, nautilus, etc.). Cephalopods have the amazing ability to hide from predators by changing colors in a matter of seconds, and researchers at UC used their knowledge about the color-shifting abilities of cephalopods to improve the technology behind adaptive reflective surfaces on e-readers such as Kindle. They found that, using color transposition, colors can change by expanding or contracting the pigments. Through cephalopods, scientists have been able to improve the coloring of the e-readers that we use on a daily basis!

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