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Ahmato_
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PostPosted: 18:18 - 19 Oct 2006    Post subject: Invisisbility Cloaks? Reply with quote

Not so Sci-Fi, it would seem:

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6064620.stm
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PostPosted: 18:31 - 19 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

From microwaves, at least.
It will be interesting to see what kind of impact this has in the military world.

Thank you for the link. Karma
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PostPosted: 19:12 - 19 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Who said that?
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PostPosted: 20:31 - 19 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBO1G9y59ss
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PostPosted: 20:40 - 19 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Aren't bikes and bike jackets made of this material already?
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Ahmato_
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PostPosted: 20:57 - 19 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

What I think is cool is that the same principal applied here, could in the future be applied to light. That would be amazing Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:58 - 19 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ahmato_ wrote:
What I think is cool is that the same principal applied here, could in the future be applied to light. That would be amazing Thumbs Up

Yes, with a bit of advancement in nanotechnology. Active camouflage is an amazing concept. Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 21:48 - 19 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

The USA army already has a tank/APC cloak in devolpement that can bend light but only works if the viewer is over 20 meters away
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PostPosted: 21:53 - 19 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

the americans use fibre optics on the apc to mask and blend into its background Smile

controlled by a computer miles away that maps the location, the tanks at, via sattelite Smile
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PostPosted: 10:39 - 20 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

tatters wrote:
The USA army already has a tank/APC cloak in devolpement that can bend light but only works if the viewer is over 20 meters away


Try not to get too close when you're sniffing the bullshit... Wink
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PostPosted: 10:43 - 20 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

They should make one large enough to cover Britain so the forigners don't know we're here. Very Happy Middle Finger
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PostPosted: 11:10 - 20 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

killa wrote:
They should make one large enough to cover Britain so the forigners don't know we're here. Very Happy Middle Finger

Yeah, those Scots bastards are a real pain in the arse.
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PostPosted: 11:52 - 20 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wasnt it the Americans who said they where also developing a space ship that could shoot lazers down and destroy large citys with it ( Its sad because I actually heard this was true.. ).. God I hate American Military Bullshit
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PostPosted: 17:02 - 20 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

back in the day there was something on blue peter, a suit made of light reflecting material that made you invisible, the only problem was you needed a projector for it to work
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PostPosted: 17:05 - 20 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thats kinda technical for blue peter, Did they use glass bottles instead of plastic ones or somthing!
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PostPosted: 17:43 - 20 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

GearboxGeezer wrote:
Wasnt it the Americans who said they where also developing a space ship that could shoot lazers down and destroy large citys with it ( Its sad because I actually heard this was true.. ).. God I hate American Military Bullshit

You mean star wars?
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PostPosted: 20:49 - 20 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote

if it was bullshit then they wouldnt already be working on using fibre optics on drone planes to make them invisible from the ground Wink

try reading this link

specificly look for the part that clearly states there intentions of using fibre optics to distort light and make them blend in Thumbs Up

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4422539.stm

so u were saying smell what ?

reality ?
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