Nissan Developing Color Changing Paint.

[R-X-R]

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Whoa ! You won’t belive this : Nissan is developing a paramagnetic iron oxide paint polymer that allow people to change the color of their car with the flip of a switch, and if they manage to achieve their goal soon all soccer moms will be James Bonds. Using electrical charge, the arrangement of iron oxide crystals can be tweaked, adjusting the car’s color. (It just so happens that metal-bodied cars make for excellent conductive surfaces.) But we’re really excited over Nissan’s surely bogus but juicy claim to have the technology on the market extremely soon, by 2010 if possible. Oh…except there’s one catch : if you touch the car it will electrocute you. A small amount of current is always needed to maintain the arrangement of iron oxide (your custom car color). So when you leave your car parked/off, the car turns white. How cool is that?

[STLBLKMSP]

I don't see this going very far. This would be bad for police trying to chase a car. One second they are chasing a red car and then a flip of switch. You have a black car.

[soul.survivor]

That would kick so much ass, except for the electrocution part, unless you could wire it into the security system and crank up the voltage. If I could get one of those then all I would need is a revolving license plate, oil slick, and smoke screen. Maybe some heat seeking missiles behind the foglights...

[xtrememps]

lol yeah so much for resting your arm out the window in the summer cruisin' for chicas....ZAP.

[altspace]

I remember reading about this a couple months back. Hmmm...might have posted a thread too.

[MikeLikesMazda]

i call bullshit on this one lol. sounds too good to be true. and even if they did do it, it would be expensive as hell

[Flash5]

ill believe it when i see it

[Kymerik]

ill believe it when i see it

u and me both :) I guarantee it never sees a production car

[mikeyb]

Old news.

[coolmazda5]

That and scented tires, What the hell is wrong with this world? (sad2)

[Flash5]

That and scented tires, What the hell is wrong with this world? (sad2)

that seems more feasible but makes a hell of a lot less sense!

[gottacatchup]

There's no way this is real. Aside from the electrocution thing the majority of body panels on today's cars are not metal but some polymer, plastic, fiberglass, carbon, so those panels wouldn't change color with the others.

[happy and angry]

I'm pretty sure the electrocution comment is an exaggeration. The current involved would likely be very low, with an equally low voltage. Enough to feel like a buzzing or tingling in your hand. And obviously if a conductive base for the paint is required, they will use one. I'm sure synthetic body panels could be plated to get the same effects.

All speculation, of course, no idea how legit this is. A quick google search turns up speculation at best, and a few articles mention that Nissan isn't actually developing this, they were simply present at a technology demo of the idea.