This octopus-inspired smart skin can change shape and reveal hidden secrets on command.

Researchers unveil octopus-inspired smart skin that hides images, changes shape, and encodes data via 4D printing.

With possible applications in information encryption and adaptive camouflage, the material is a programmable hydrogel film, the appearance, texture and mechanical response of whic ...

The key to the smart skin lies in a technique called halftone-encoded printing. The method translates digital image or ...

Researchers at Penn State have developed a fabrication method that can print multifunctional “smart synthetic skin” — ...

Abstract: Digital halftoning, referring to convert a continuous-tone image into a bi-level halftone image, has been applicable to several bi-level output devices. However, inverse halftoning as a ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. America has long led the world in innovation, technological advancement, and design. But with a sprawling ecosystem of digital services offered to Americans, the ...

Graphic designers can make lots of money with these graphic design business ideas—even despite AI. In fact, with the right graphic design business idea, it doesn’t matter where you’re at right now.

A look at design-world events, products and people. By The New York Times This article is part of our Design special section about creating space with the look and feel for one person. “Our product is ...

This place coulda been called Swifty. Also, Protohype. Deligion. Flerial. (A design destination for Tolkein fans?) Instead, thank the heavens, we were named Co.Design. For the past 15 years, Co.Design ...