“We tested our cockroach leg stimulus protocol on the squid’s chromatophores. We used a suction electrode to attach to the squid’s fin nerve, then connected the electrode to an iPod nano as our stimulator. The results were both interesting and beautiful. The video [above] is a view through an 8x microscope zoomed in on the dorsal side of the fin.”
Insane in the Chromatophores, a project conceived, completed, and described in greater detail by Backyard Brains, creators of the SpikerBox