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CES 2012: Shogun Bros Also Demoed the New Chameleon X-1

Shogun Bros made a splash at this year's CES show by presenting a new version of its Chameleon X-1 gamepad/mouse combo. The hardware is unchanged from what was originally unveiled, back in September, 2011. What did change were the looks: Shogun Bros made a partnership with Ubisoft, through which it applied a...

13 January 2012
10:51 GMT

'Chameleon' Particles Could Uncover Dark Energy

In 2003, after unsuccessful attempts at explaining dark energy through other means, a group of astrophysicists proposed the “chameleon” particle model to explain the hypothetical form of energy. Basically, what the model stated at the time was that this class of particles was able to change its mass on it...

30 May 2009
02:57 GMT

Axion Particles Constituents of Dark Matter?

A decade has passed since physicists postulated the existence of dark matter and dark energy in order to complement the missing matter in the universe; however, its constituents are still eluding detection. Aside the weakly interacting neutrino particles described in the Standard Model of the universe, scientists are...

4 March 2008
02:44 GMT

Why Do Chameleons Change Their Color? It's About Sex and Social Life

There is a widespread opinion that the chameleon changes its color in order to imitate the environment, as a defense against predators. Those jerks at work, or anywhere, who shift their behavior in accordance to their interests are compared to a chameleon, but this does not happen in the case of the animal. These liz...

29 January 2008
04:33 GMT

The "Chameleon" Gel

This is the chameleon of the non-living materials: a newly structured gel created by a MIT team can quickly shift color reacting to an array of stimuli, from temperature to pressure, salt concentration and humidity."Among other applications, the structured gel could be used as a fast and inexpensive chemical sensor,"...

22 October 2007
05:18 GMT

Throw Away The LCDs, Welcome The Chameleon

A liquid that changes its color when exposed to a magnetic field, recently discovered by U.S. researchers, could easily and cheaply replace the color components of computer LCD displays. The liquid is in fact a suspension of tiny iron particles coated in a special plastic, and because it is so cheap and easy to make,...

18 July 2007
04:22 GMT

The Fastest Muscle in the World

We all know chameleons, especially for some of their performances, like the ability of changing color or for their special hunting technique. While the ability of changing color is not so singular in the animal world (many fishes, cephalopods like octopuses and squids, or even other lizards have it), their technique ...

7 March 2007
11:02 GMT


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