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So butterflies don't have coloured wings, but the nano-
structure of the wings fragments light in a way that
provides the colour. Butterflies look different again in
ultra-violet light (which they use)*
{*this might all be utterly untrue]
How about nano-restructure our human-hair so that its
colour comes from structure? You could have incredible
colour patterns. Individual hairs which look white from the
front, bright blue from the sides and black from the
back...
it would be amazing ? no ?
Not only could the patterns be different from different
angles - but at different lengths of hair also !
the age of nano-bods in our blood is the one after "robots
take over everything" surely ? so thats... 2020 ? I'm looking
forward to it...
Iridescent wigs
http://www.nftech.com/
They do UV-luminescent wigs, too. [mouseposture, Apr 11 2010]
[link]
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If you'll settle for a wig, it's apparently already available
<link> |
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I didn't mean this was baked: nano-restructured human hair
is different from a wig, after all. Moreover, could be I spoke
too soon. I can find no photo of an iridescent wig, and it
turns out the word "iridescent" is sometimes applied to wigs
which are merely brightly colored and shiny. |
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Truly iridescent hair -- whether natural or wig -- would be
breathtaking. [+] |
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I'm not as generally opposed to nano(x) ideas as some 'bakers, but this seems on the edge of believability to me. It seems to me you'd have to precisely cut the hair in order to achieve the effect. Even then, I think it would be difficult to get a consistent look because colors would depend on how the hair was arranged and what angle existed between the hair, light source and viewer. |
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It seems like it would be easier (and less mythological) to wash your hair with butterfly wings... |
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yeah but the think of the chaos on the other side of the world when you toss your hair. |
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The chaos is always there, [po], whether the butterfly flaps
its wings or not. We might as well enjoy the pretty colors. |
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Why do you need to invoke nano jiggery pokery? You should
be able to do this with some sort of glorified crimping iron,
to emboss the hair with a fine enough pattern. |
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