Light Emitting Cuttlefish Fabric

[Bret Cahill]

The light could come from every intersection in the weave of the
fabric so that the entire thing glowed, i..e., the power supplied by +
one direction of the weave and - the other. This needs to be cheap to
produce yet still work after being washed 400 times.

Eventually it could be upgraded with software to have all kinds of
constantly changing designs, much like a cuttlefish.


Bret Cahill

 

[Bret Cahill]

The light could come from every intersection in the weave of the
fabric so that the entire thing glowed, i..e., the power supplied by +
one direction of the weave and - the other.  This needs to be cheap to
produce yet still work after being washed 400 times.

Eventually it could be upgraded with software to have all kinds of
constantly changing designs, much like a cuttlefish.

You lost the first mountain stage but you still have the yellow jersey
from the time trials and flat stages. While going up an 8% grade a
guy in dots passes you and two minutes later you look up a switch back
to see his dots turn solid yellow. You look down to see the yellow
fading from your shirt. Nothing left but telecom ads. Better pedal
a little harder.


Bret Cahill

 

[Rich Grise]

Bret Cahill wrote:

The light could come from every intersection in the weave of the
fabric so that the entire thing glowed, i..e., the power supplied by +
one direction of the weave and - the other. This needs to be cheap to
produce yet still work after being washed 400 times.

Eventually it could be upgraded with software to have all kinds of
constantly changing designs, much like a cuttlefish.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just use a real cuttlefish?

Good Luck!
Rich

 

[Bret Cahill]

The light could come from every intersection in the weave of the
fabric so that the entire thing glowed, i..e., the power supplied by +
one direction of the weave and - the other.  This needs to be cheap to
produce yet still work after being washed 400 times.

Eventually it could be upgraded with software to have all kinds of
constantly changing designs, much like a cuttlefish.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just use a real cuttlefish?

It would be too small and would be smelly after it died.

Besides, cuttlefish positively suck at checkerboard, stripes, calico,
paisley and other patterns popular with humans.


Bret Cahill

 

[Rich Grise]

Bret Cahill wrote:

The light could come from every intersection in the weave of the
fabric so that the entire thing glowed, i..e., the power supplied by +
one direction of the weave and - the other.  This needs to be cheap to
produce yet still work after being washed 400 times.

Eventually it could be upgraded with software to have all kinds of
constantly changing designs, much like a cuttlefish.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just use a real cuttlefish?

It would be too small and would be smelly after it died.

Besides, cuttlefish positively suck at checkerboard, stripes, calico,
paisley and other patterns popular with humans.

Have you ever given one one of these patterns and checked to see how well

it does? On edjamacaishunal teevee, I saw a cuttlefish do almost a perfect
checkerboard on its back.

Paisley is trivial when you see the stuff a cuttlefish can some up with.
The color cells on their skin, like octopi. are like an integral part of
a distributed brain.

Good Luck!
Rich

 

[Bret Cahill]

The light could come from every intersection in the weave of the
fabric so that the entire thing glowed, i..e., the power supplied by +
one direction of the weave and - the other. This needs to be cheap to
produce yet still work after being washed 400 times.

Eventually it could be upgraded with software to have all kinds of
constantly changing designs, much like a cuttlefish.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just use a real cuttlefish?

It would be too small and would be smelly after it died.

Besides, cuttlefish positively suck at checkerboard, stripes, calico,
paisley and other patterns popular with humans.

Have you ever given one one of these patterns and checked to see how well
it does? On edjamacaishunal teevee, I saw a cuttlefish do almost a perfect
checkerboard on its back.

They are so bad at stripes they have to hold an arm or leg up to try
to blend in.

It looks really dorky.

Paisley is trivial when you see the stuff a cuttlefish can some up with.

Maybe mustard greens but not flat leaf parsley.

The color cells on their skin, like octopi. are like an integral part of
a distributed brain.

Screw the ipad. I want some luminescent night time cycling clothes
that are anti-camouflage. When I pass by a picket fence the shirt
lights up with bars orthogonal to the fence and in opposite colors, or
whatever would be best.

Why is the military dragging their feet on this? Where is Steve Jobs
and those fashion designers when you really need them?


Bret Cahill

 

[Rich Grise]

Bret Cahill wrote:

Why is the military dragging their feet on this? Where is Steve Jobs
and those fashion designers when you really need them?

So, go ahead and make one and watch the world beat a path to your door.

Good Luck!
Rich

 

[Bret Cahill]

I want some luminescent night time cycling clothes
that are anti-camouflage. When I pass by a picket fence the shirt
lights up with bars orthogonal to the fence slats and in opposite
colors, or
whatever would be optimal.

Why is the military dragging their feet on this?  Where is Steve Jobs
and those fashion designers when you really need them?

So, go ahead and make one and watch the world beat a path to your door.

Has anyone done any cuttlefish software with cameras and conventional
flat panel? Studying the skin of a cuttlefish requires 5 M Px but it
might be easier to start off with something << 1 M Px for the
artificial equivalent.

This is all that would necessary for anti-cuttlefish.

The color and pattern seem to change in a fraction of a second on the
animal but the bulk of the processing time must be coming up with the
right pattern. The cuttlefish usually looks around at his
surroundings for a second or two just before changing his pattern and
diving into some sea weed. In a tank with unnatural patterns the
cuttlefish will often change his mind a few times.


Bret Cahill