Ancient Romans' Color-Changing Goblet Was Feat of Nanotechnology

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By Lisa Raffensperger
Aug 29, 2013 7:40 PMMay 21, 2019 4:32 PM
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Anyone who lived through the 90s knows color-change technology—from T-shirts to free cereal spoons to doll hair—is nothing new. But it turns out even the ancient Romans had mastered the art of color-change, and to do so they relied on some pretty advanced feats of engineering.

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