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New 'illusion coating' hides objects from detection
BusinessStandard ^
| 21 Dec 2014
Posted on 12/27/2014 5:53:02 AM PST by shove_it
Researchers have developed a new 'illusion coating' that could hide things by making them look like something else or even completely disappear.
"Previous attempts at cloaking using a single meta-surface layer were restricted to very small-sized objects," said Zhi Hao Jiang, postdoctoral fellow in electrical engineering, Pennsylvania State University.
Jiang and Douglas H Werner developed a meta-material coating with a negligible thickness that allows coated objects to function normally while appearing as something other than what they really are, or even completely disappearing.
The researchers employ what they call "illusion coatings," coatings made up of a thin flexible substrate with copper patterns designed to create the desired result.
They can take a practical size metal antenna or sensor, coat it with the patterned film and when the device is probed by a radio frequency source, the scattering signature of the enclosed object will appear to be that of a prescribed dielectric material like silicon or Teflon.
Conversely, with the proper pattern, they can coat a dielectric and it will scatter electromagnetic waves the same as if it were a metal object...
(Excerpt) Read more at business-standard.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Technical; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: disappear; disappearcoating; illusioncoating; stringtheory; wierdstuff
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There is no photo of an object coated with this material at the link -- or maybe there is ... ???
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posted on
12/27/2014 5:53:02 AM PST
by
shove_it
To: shove_it
Didn’t they used to call it “paint”? :)
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posted on
12/27/2014 5:56:15 AM PST
by
The Duke
To: The Duke
It’s what they will use to cloak all their 1984 surveillance cameras with
To: shove_it
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posted on
12/27/2014 5:58:24 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Democrats have a lynch mob mentality. They always have.)
To: shove_it
The comments folks made to the original article nailed it for the BS it is..Didn’t we used to call this camo?
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posted on
12/27/2014 5:59:34 AM PST
by
ArtDodger
To: shove_it
It seems to be something to spoof radar rather than eyeballs.
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posted on
12/27/2014 6:00:33 AM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
To: shove_it
My understanding that the use of meta-materials in electromagnetic applications is that they are inherently narrow banded. Not much use as a stealth radar cover if they can’t span the several search and track bands used throughout the world.
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posted on
12/27/2014 6:06:01 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: ArtDodger
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posted on
12/27/2014 6:06:03 AM PST
by
shove_it
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
To: 6SJ7; AdmSmith; AFPhys; Arkinsaw; allmost; aristotleman; autumnraine; bajabaja; ...
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posted on
12/27/2014 6:14:13 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: shove_it
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posted on
12/27/2014 6:17:23 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
To: shove_it
Paging Lamont Cranston! Lamont Cranston!
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posted on
12/27/2014 6:17:58 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
(Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
To: The Duke
FR needs a ‘Like’ button.
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posted on
12/27/2014 6:25:53 AM PST
by
Radix
("..Democrats are holding a meeting today to decide whether to overturn the results of the election.")
To: shove_it
If it works with radar you could coat your car with it.
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posted on
12/27/2014 6:30:46 AM PST
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: shove_it
Can it hide me from my ex?
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posted on
12/27/2014 6:32:18 AM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: shove_it
"...oh wow, it werks"
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posted on
12/27/2014 6:48:45 AM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: shove_it
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posted on
12/27/2014 6:55:18 AM PST
by
Slyfox
(To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
To: shove_it
The federal government will purchase the entire production.
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posted on
12/27/2014 7:29:53 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
(Conservative Epitaph: Don't Cry For Me , You Still Have Two More Years Of Obama)
To: Slyfox
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posted on
12/27/2014 7:33:24 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
(Conservative Epitaph: Don't Cry For Me , You Still Have Two More Years Of Obama)
To: shove_it
Didn't the Romulans come up with this first?
Oh...sorry...that's 400 years from now.
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posted on
12/27/2014 7:35:11 AM PST
by
daler
To: shove_it
Sounds interesting, but can it make a crappy President disappear?
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posted on
12/27/2014 7:39:34 AM PST
by
voicereason
(The RNC is like the "One-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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