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MIT’s Color-Changing Ink Lets You Jazz Up Your Art, Clothes, Car Every Day

Design, Innovation

If you’ve ever purchased two articles of the same clothing because you couldn’t decide on a color, here’s a game-changer: color-changing ink. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a “reprogrammable ink” that lets you change the color of objects whenever you wish by exposing them to light of various wavelengths.

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