Sure, the whole "
temporary vehicle paint" idea was a fine concept if you adored hassles, but
Nissan scientists at TK have a much cleaner approach for those who appreciate easy. The effect is paint color change at the press of a button, and the secret is a "special polymer containing paramagnetic iron oxide particles," which is applied to the whip's exterior; an "applied electric current then adjusts the spacing of small crystals within the iron oxide particles, and therefore affects their ability to reflect light and change color." Essentially, vehicles could rock a default color when turned off, and then your imagination could go wild once you turned over the ignition. If all goes well, expect to see commercial applications ready to roll by the time
Fast and the Furious: 10 Times 2 Many hits theaters (or 2010, whichever comes first).
[Via
Autoblog]
Update: Sounds like Nissan expressed some interest and / or viewed a demo of the tech, but isn't actually the developer. Quite in fact, we're not entirely sure which scientists claimed to have developed this tech in the first place, but we'll let you know if more details become available.
posted November 9th 2007 3:07PM
This will be outlawed for public use as soon as it's feasable. I can't imagine the headaches / accidents that this would cause if every dolt on the road was changing the color of their car as they drove.
congratulations your car now costs $20,000 more.
It is a German Reich car... Bismarck would buy it instantly.
outraged wife: I saw you today in a blue car with another woman
sly husband: I swear I was in my car all the time!
outraged wife: I saw you today in a blue car with another woman
sly husband: I swear I was in my car all the time!
Some sort of liquid crystal or e-paper applied to the paint could just about do this. You could have it where you get paid to drive around advertising for businesses. That is until someone hacks your car and put some kind of graffiti on it.
This paint's been out since the mid 80's peep's first seen on a ford mustang, so try to keep up to date, I know some of you are slow like the cars you drive but the way to go now is fiber optic colour weaving!