See no evil, hear no evil.
The article doesn't mention sonic booms.
1 posted on
01/09/2008 2:03:12 PM PST by
decimon
To: decimon
2 posted on
01/09/2008 2:06:43 PM PST by
hattend
To: decimon
This sounds like something a submariner could use.
3 posted on
01/09/2008 2:07:07 PM PST by
numberonepal
(Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
To: decimon
4 posted on
01/09/2008 2:08:38 PM PST by
peyton randolph
(tag line taking a siesta)
To: decimon
6 posted on
01/09/2008 2:13:42 PM PST by
Hegemony Cricket
(Although most dead people vote democrat, aborted babies, if given the choice, would vote Republican.)
To: Thud
8 posted on
01/09/2008 2:16:44 PM PST by
Dark Wing
To: decimon
Turn it inside out and mount it on a firearm....Hmm.
9 posted on
01/09/2008 2:17:30 PM PST by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: decimon
someone put one over Hillary and they’ll be granted sainthood.
11 posted on
01/09/2008 2:18:55 PM PST by
WOBBLY BOB
(I think I'll buy everyone a carbon credit for Christmas.)
To: nnn0jeh
12 posted on
01/09/2008 2:23:31 PM PST by
kalee
(The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
To: Locomotive Breath
13 posted on
01/09/2008 2:25:05 PM PST by
krb
(If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
To: decimon
The article doesn't mention sonic booms. You're thinking of this technology in the wrong way.
Sonic booms are generated by aircraft moving faster than the speed of sound. If an aircraft is made of this new theoretic material, it would still be moving faster than the speed of sound and would still generate a 'sonic boom'.
However, any item made of this material that is in the path of the sound waves produced, would not disrupt the waves at all.
This is why the most exciting application would be in submarine stealth technology. No disruption of sonar (sound) waves, no way to detect the presence of the sub that is outfitted with this new material. Think of the possibilities.
14 posted on
01/09/2008 2:33:16 PM PST by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Great spirits will always encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds.)
To: Hyzenthlay
18 posted on
01/09/2008 3:06:45 PM PST by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: decimon
Metamaterials.
Guess we are going to have to develop a bit more in the field of metaphysics.
20 posted on
01/09/2008 3:09:34 PM PST by
UCANSEE2
(Just saying what 'they' won't.)
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24 posted on
01/09/2008 3:57:36 PM PST by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: decimon
The article doesn't mention sonic booms.
Here's why: "Such an acoustic veil would do for sound what the "invisibility cloak" previously demonstrated by the research team does for microwaves--allowing sound waves to travel seamlessly around it and emerge on the other side without distortion."
28 posted on
01/09/2008 4:20:57 PM PST by
aruanan
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