Neurone: meet the world's first sentient chameleon artwork

A new interactive array of LEDs and sensors will respond to your movements and change colour to match your skin tone. But is it art, science or gimmick?

The world's first work of art that can respond to your presence post all quibbles below if you invented something similar five years ago is being unveiled tonight at the new Furnace Park in Sheffield.

Neurone, designed by Nate Adams, a research scientist in the University of Sheffield's department of molecular biology and biotechnology, is an interactive creation that lights up and changes colour in response to your location and activities. Put your hand in a glowing box and it changes colour like a chameleon to match your skin tones. Walk around and Neurone responds to your motion. It does all kinds of cool stuff of that ilk.