Potential applications of chromic materials
(mechanochromic, photochromic, thermochromic, etc.)
Elsewhere
outside the car
Mechanochromic building surfaces to detect earthquakes
Safety and security: Explosives detection in the airports for personal control. - AV
chemochromic walls in contact-like zoo to check the state of animals (angry, hungry...)
mechanochromic clothes for "paintball"-like games
Color change clothes/shoes
Black clothes become white under the sun
Camouflage painting of equipment, military vehicles and clothes - AV
If you came to the party wearing the same dress with your friend
Materials for food package, for example, for food quality or temperature indication (thermochromic, biochromic, chemochromic materials) -AV
thermochromic materials that make a signal of dangerous hot temperature: iron, curling iron etc.
Hydrochromic materials for water detection
Indicators of water content in the centre of the flowerbed in your garden shows you then it's nesessary to water the flowers
To find if there is a leak in the pipeline
electrical devices (outlet) can give you a signal that they are wet
Mechanochromic materials for detection of mechanic demages
e.g. gas, oil pipelines
Photochromic road surfaces: dark during the day, white or even luminescent during the night
Augmented reality glasses (one glass layer changes its transparency to change ability of surrounding observation)
Color identification of the slipper parts of the road
Better visibility of the traffic signs
Sport clothes/ equipment:
Indicate points of stress on the helmet - american football/ hockey/ etc
Sports running shoes production: see pressure distribution to chose optimal type of shoes
To indicate applied stress during the workout/training - may be with help of special clothing
To indicate sweat areas during workout
To see what muscles are heating the most during the workout
Conor temperature indication during cooking
Amusement park/ circus/ theatre - use properties of color changing materials in decorations
Leakage detection
Battery charge color indication for smartphone/laptops
Healthcare
Mechanochromic needles for medical syringes: indication for used needles
The same indication for any non-reusable medical tools
Orthopedics: indicate pressure distribution during gait cycle/ after bone injury
Color indication of the exposure to stress/pressure exposure of different mechanical parts of exoskeleton
Temperature detection of a woman ovulation
U.V.s creamchanges the color when the sunburn time is enough
Temperature indication
Detection of wire insulation
M.K. Smart photochromic glasses/windows
instead of curtains
In the vehicle
L.L. Vehicle sequrity
Distant forced color change in cause of theft
Useful device to find your car in the parking lot
EXPLICIT fuel reserve indication: petrol tank is schematically shown on the car shell, so that the hollow and filled parts are marked with different colors.
Chemochromic materials to check the quality of the fuel (gasoline, diesel) in the car / gasoline station to prevent engine break - AV
"Photo"chromic (X-ray and electroluminescent, in fact) materials for sensing of dangerous level of ionising radiation - VL
Photochromic materials, change its color under radar radiation - small sensor on the windscreen - VL
Dimmable mirrors to prevent the driver from dazzling - AV
Color changing tires depending on rubber mechanical condition
Hydrochromic materials for fingerprint detection
Re-stylish car: color can be changed on demand for several days by heating/illumination in order to coincide to dress, shoes, bag
MS Color on demand
Recoloring white car to another color (e.g.) when it is snowing for safety and convenience
Car interior color on demand
Hydrochromic materials: different color (or luminescence) while raining for safety
Safety: color changes from dark to white at the night
with engine on
Photochromic materials as UV or intense light protection - VL
Photocoromic protection against highly intensive light from oncoming vehicles during the night (materials with non-linear optical properties can be also suitable)
Photochromic windows in the car, become opaque then car is in the parking lot
Aerosol to spray over the internal parts during the car repair to see which one is heating the most
Car color changing as indication of the faction of way you have driven through. E.g. I go from Tokyo to Osaka, starting black and finishing red, and in the course of the trip I can roughly determine my position.
Photochromic car hood for indicating engine warm up: remote car start (already exist) and remote indicating of warm up (required!)
Safety: for the motorcycle helmet to indicate where is the biggest stress during the accident. Such info may be used by medical professional upon arrival
Indicate wear of the car parts
Color indication of the accumulator/battery charge
Windshield produces blue light that can slow the production of melatonin, the hormone that signals our brain that it's time for bed.
Safety: Color indication of the area of stress during car accident
Color car as wetter forecast and indicating that it is rainy
Showing the weather (temperature, pressure, etc.) on the windshield of the car
Indicate the points of stress during car crash/stress/etc tests
Change of transparency of the windshield when the sun is bright (UV sensitive material) - to avoid internal heating of the car
"Clever windows" - dark when sun is shining and transparent when there is no birngt sun: can be achivied by introduction of photosensitive dyes in the glass or by gluing the film
Tornado navigation - depend on the pressure, directs you to the most safety region
Aurora notification (depend on the magnetic field)
Indication (alarm) if the distance between the main car and the neighbor car is shortening.
M.K. Smart Panels based on electrochromic glasses
Golographic picture on a windshield
Sweat detection by chemochromic materials embedded into steering wheel: stress detection, control of optimal conditions (temperature, humidity) inside the car
Mechanochromic steering wheel: it will detect excessive pressure caused by driver (stress detection, reminder for correct driving)
Air polution detection by chemochromic materials in windscreen
Chemochromic materials for toxic pollutants (e.g. NO2) detection - VL
Car as ecology sensor
Mechanochromic coverage of the car chair(s) will inform driver about his/her weight
"Healthy-car"
Mechanochromic tyres: color changes in bottom part of tyre
Chemochromic or photochromic detection of cracks and deformations in vehicle for insurance companies and car retailers (trade-in programs).
Mechanochromic fillers for epoxies for visible impact damage of CFRP composites
Change color only after addition treatment (UV or chemicals): in the service, not on the road - VL
Oil-chromic surfaces for detection of oil-leaks
Rubber tyre coloring at heating for safety: car skidding always results in tyre heating. They become red and show neigbouring drivers that the car near them is skidding and dangerous!
For buses the pressure in the rubber tyre is proportional to the number of paggangers,
Similar mechanochromic indication for the roads with the weight limitations (e.g. bridges, "ice"-bridges river-crossing during winters)
The same idication for the weight of trailer trucks
to see people distribution - where to enter/move from the front door
so that pressurechromic rubber tyres serve as indication if the bus is empty or full (+Luggage distribution in the aircraft)
Thermochromic paints for car exterior: different color at different outside temperatures (e.g. for luxury cars)
Electrochromic glass for windscreen with controlable transparecy: it will be used for augmented reality projections
Electrochromically controlable tinted glasses (useful when you are stopped by police)
Mechanochromic rubber for tyre inner tubes: fast detection of perforations
Electrochromic EV battery charge indication (e.g. on a windscreen)
