[spetznaz]

Interesting!

I wonder how long it will take before this technology is applied to the military. Actually come think of it i saw this article that was showing how military aircraft can be made 'invisible' to the human eye through the use of photochromatic tech (something similar to the Auston Martin Vanquish car in the latest James Bond flick).

[spetznaz]

Ping!

[lepton]

So it appears invisible, because it is a screen, upon which a display of the background from another vantage point is projected.

[rwfromkansas]

Hardly true invisibility.

It will be interesting to see if this technology....if it is even real...can be expanded further.

[TRY ONE]

Why can't McDonald's offer the technology as a
compromise to the fat a$$es who sue 'em?

[canuck_conservative]

"... will eventually enable camouflaged objects virtually transparent by wearing an optical device."

So, no optical device worn = no "invisibility"

Wow. Big deal.

[JustAnAmerican]

Didn't the Army test this sort of technology (making something invisible)? Seems I remember something that happened around WWII, that involved using Magnetic waves to make a Destroyer/Aircraft Carrier disapear. From what I understand the outcome of that experiment is still kind of hush, hush.

[swarthyguy]

Nothing shows on the post. Why is it blank where the text should be?

[Free ThinkerNY]

Maybe they could use this technology to make the Clintons disappear.

[VaBthang4]

I dunno.

Why cant you see the bikerider through his arm? How come his head isnt invisible? It looks like the only thing it can make invisible is a single colored flat surface...which oh by the way...is great for projecting images onto...but I digress...alot of questions.
One thing is for sure...the writer of the article has to be the biggest dimwit reporter since Helen Thomas put pen to paper...or should I say chisel to stone tablet.

I would venture a guess that the military applications would probably be impacted quite a bit more than pilots trying to land a plane.

Hello!

[TheLurkerX]

The thing that pisses me off is that I came up with this about 4 years ago, and even drew up plans for it. I couldn't figure out how to make it overall camo without it being pixelated, or complete camo on one side only. I didn't see any real defense use for it, because it would be too klunky or easily damaged for field deployment, and wouldn't be worth the cost of trying to affix it to aircraft. Especially when it's optical only, and not going to help with the heat or radar signature. Plus, I though the theory was so obvious that somebody had probably already played with it and rejected it. Cameras view the picture behind you, and then distribute it to banks of red/green/blue LEDs covering the other side, forming a mosaic of the image.

[Lancey Howard]

Wowza!
This is the type of thing that you figure if some professor in Tokyo is "working on" it, our military probably already has it.

[Lancey Howard]

This photo was taken through a viewfinder that provides with a combined image of moving images taken behind Obana and him wearing a luminous jacket that makes a transparent effect.

Does this translate to fake photo?

[A CA Guy]

This is all BS. They have a camera in back and a poor projector in the front shooting the rear on the front in a very limited fashion.

Ancient technology, stinks. Godzilla was more modern than this in 1956.

[I_dmc]

Same principle as used in The Predator. Ideally, you would have to have every surface reflect the image directly behind the "invisible" object. As shown in The Predator, it was a series of interlocking flat planes of view.

[hoosierham]

I just can't see this happening.

[WriteOn]

you put it on and I'll shoot the gun...

[Lando Lincoln]

I dunno.....I just can't see it working.

[rastus macgill]

Knowing the Japs I predict the first use will somehow involve sailorsuited schoolgirls and a locker room.