Multiple uses for quick changes

Even though troops and vehicles frequently move from one environment to another, they can only currently use fixed camouflage patterns, which may work well in one environment but make them stand out like sore thumbs in another.

Zhao suggests that uniforms and automobiles could use a system like this new elastomer to allow the camouflage patterns to constantly change in response to the environment.Zhao asserts, “The U.S. military spends millions developing various camouflage patterns, but they are all static.

“In modern warfare, a single mission requires troops to deploy in numerous environments.In various environments, dynamic camouflage might be possible with this system.