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New Nanocoating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections
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Posted on 03/01/2007 5:08:54 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
RPI's Lighting Research Center:
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/
We do lab to consumer product testing/introduction with them.
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posted on
03/01/2007 5:15:28 PM PST
by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
To: LibWhacker
Very interesting, and appears to be very useful.
One more technology that we will all take for granted in a few years.
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posted on
03/01/2007 5:19:07 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
("Liberalism": Now in two delicious Party Flavors!)
To: LibWhacker
Nanotech continues to amaze. In a few short years, it will fundamentally change the way we live. No hype.
To: xcamel
Thanks, bookmarked.
Sandia used to have an interesting solid-state lighting website but they don't maintain it anymore. It still has some interesting links though.
To: LibWhacker
Also useful as camouflage? There is something running around now that renders the camouflaged person/item invisible for all intents and purposes.
To: LibWhacker
opposite of a dark suckers?
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posted on
03/01/2007 5:30:49 PM PST
by
steveo
(Is there anything else I can help you with today?)
To: LibWhacker
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/01/2007 5:34:06 PM PST
by
leilani
To: Lion Den Dan
I don't know, possibly. Seems a natural for stealth technology, too, doesn't it? Interesting that they didn't mention anything about stealth?
I'm a believer in openness in academic research for most things. But it amazes me sometimes just what the gov't will and will not allow to be published; i.e., I would think this find should be classified.
To: LibWhacker
This could have amazing applications
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posted on
03/01/2007 5:34:36 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Lion Den Dan
"Also useful as camouflage? There is something running around now that renders the camouflaged person/item invisible for all intents and purposes."Was my first thought. If someone was wearing a suit made of materials that reflected no light in wouldn't they effectively be invisible?
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posted on
03/01/2007 5:37:04 PM PST
by
KoRn
To: mylife
I'm thinking automobile surfaces will finally provide a total radar-evading capability, bye-bye to the cops using our highways as a source of additional revenue.
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posted on
03/01/2007 5:37:30 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(My mechanic said "I can't fix your brakes, so I made your horn louder" - Stephen Wright)
To: poindexters brother
Not only that, but as an absorptive material it could absorb reflected light allowing us to study "pure" light and its applications uncolored with reflections
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posted on
03/01/2007 5:37:37 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mkjessup
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posted on
03/01/2007 5:38:17 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mkjessup
Although light is a much higher frequency than microwaves
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posted on
03/01/2007 5:39:28 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: AntiGuv
To: LibWhacker; AntiGuv
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posted on
03/01/2007 5:44:56 PM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: KoRn
In the presence of a lighted enviornment, I would think it would be very black suit.
To: KoRn
I think they'd be an ultra-dark black, and very easy to spot.
But it would be fun to get everybody to pretend like they couldn't see them.
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