Imagine if, rather than buy your favorite shoes in blue or red, you could buy one pair of shoes and change the color depending on how you feel each day. Maybe you'd decide to add multicolored flames ...

For design-conscious consumers, the color of a product can be just as important as its shape. Picture your ideal dining-room table: The height is just right, and it matches existing decor. The only ...

Remember that Hypercolor brand of clothing from the early 1990s that changed color with heat? Well, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial ...

Taking inspiration from creatures like chameleons who are masters of color-changing camouflage, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a new ...

MIT researchers have invented a "reprogrammable" ink that can change color by having light projected at it. The ink is made using photochromic dye, which changes color when exposed to UV light. Using ...

Scientists have created a new light-activated ink that can change color on demand. It’s made up of microbeads of different colors that rise or sink in response to different wavelengths of light so ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...

The conceptual i Vision DEE car developed by BMW features E Ink Prism 3, a display that changes colors in real-time (see image above). Overall, eight colors are available in E Ink Prism 3, and they're ...

According to the Glass Packaging Institute, Alexandria, Va., energy costs drop about 2 to 3% for every 10% cullet used compared to making new glass from only raw materials. Cullet (broken or refuse ...