[Loosenut]

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From Grimm's fairy tales to Harry Potter, the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important new step toward making it reality. Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology report they were able to cloak a tiny bump in a layer of gold, preventing its detection at nearly visible infrared frequencies.

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hmm interesting

 

[ablearcher]

unless if I read this wrong, why not just use thermally protective gear? Because that would have the same effect VS IR sensors.

 

[Setzer]

Please correct the title: [YN] Cloak of invisibility takes a step forward

OT: This is basically a flexible mirror, since it bends/reflects the light

 

[Loosenut]

sorry about that, first news post.

 

[Fallen Angel -X]

Pretty cool !

 

[not available]

im pretty sure i read an article a few years ago that said the military had been working on a invisibility cloth, made with fiber optics. basically it would be alot like a light bending ghillie blanket or somthing.

 

[The Mad Mule]

Whatever becomes available to the military first, I hope it comes with a self-destruct option, because this is definitely not something we'd want our enemies to reverse engineer.

 

[AMDPhenomX4]

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Originally Posted by The Mad Mule Whatever becomes available to the military first, I hope it comes with a self-destruct option, because this is definitely not something we'd want our enemies to reverse engineer.

Going the way of Crysis eh?

 

[F1ForFrags]

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Originally Posted by The Mad Mule Whatever becomes available to the military first, I hope it comes with a self-destruct option, because this is definitely not something we'd want our enemies to reverse engineer.

GERMANS?!?!? WHERE?!?!?!?

 

[SkyPainter]

This is pretty cool. It's a small step, but hey, it's better than nothing.

 

[T3h_Ch33z_Muncha]

fail, this is old, and invisibility tech has progressed much farther than this...

 

[asuindasun]

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Originally Posted by not available im pretty sure i read an article a few years ago that said the military had been working on a invisibility cloth, made with fiber optics. basically it would be alot like a light bending ghillie blanket or somthing.

Same. I think i actually read it on OCN lol, didnt find it when i searched for repost tho. This could be really cool, but definitely not large scale production by any means yet. might be a bad idea to make it that way anyhow lol.

 

[slipstream808]

This so works in with the idea "any technology sufficiently advanced enough is indistinguishable from magic".