Angelina J Zheng

PortaChrome: A Portable Contact Light Source for Integrated Re-Programmable Multi-Color Textures

In this paper, we present PortaChrome, a portable light source that can be attached to everyday objects to reprogram the color and texture of surfaces that come in contact with them. When PortaChrome makes contact with objects previously coated with photochromic dye, the UV and RGB LEDs inside PortaChrome create multi…