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Japanese scientist invents 'invisibility cloak'
Ananova ^
| Feb 3 2002
Posted on 02/05/2003 11:24:02 AM PST by new cruelty
A Japanese scientist has developed a coat which appears to make the wearer invisible.
The illusion was part of a demonstration of optical camouflage technology at Tokyo University.
It is the brainchild of Professor Susumu Tachi who is in the early stage of research he hopes will eventually make camouflaged objects virtually transparent.
The photograph was taken through a viewfinder that uses a combination of moving images taken behind the wearer to give a transparent effect.
It's hoped the technology will be useful for surgeons frustrated their own hands and surgical tools can block their view of operations and pilots who wish cockpit floors were transparent for landings.
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KEYWORDS: beammeup; medicalscience; military; science; sowi; techindex; technology
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As noted on drudge.
To: new cruelty
I'll have to see it to believe it.
To: Paul Atreides
Don't leave it switched on when you hang it up, you'll never find it again :o)
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posted on
02/05/2003 11:27:37 AM PST
by
Poohbah
(Beware the fury of a patient man -- John Dryden)
To: Paul Atreides
This was the "technology" used for the invisible car in the latest Bond flick.
It seems quite feasible, but it also seems to require extremely precise imaging technology.
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posted on
02/05/2003 11:27:54 AM PST
by
wideawake
To: new cruelty
Mark my words, this can only lead to tragedy.
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posted on
02/05/2003 11:28:36 AM PST
by
The Great Satan
(Revenge, Terror and Extortion: A Guide for the Perplexed)
To: new cruelty
ah he just stole it from the wood elves of Lothlorien
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posted on
02/05/2003 11:29:25 AM PST
by
KantianBurke
(Who are YOU to legislate with my hard earned $$$??)
To: Paul Atreides
Cute pun
Seriously though, it sounds simply like a form of interferometry.
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posted on
02/05/2003 11:29:32 AM PST
by
lepton
To: new cruelty
I just don't see it, myself.
To: new cruelty
The tele-tubbies invented it first.
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posted on
02/05/2003 11:29:48 AM PST
by
FreedomFarmer
(Food IS a weapon...Keep an arsenal in your pantry.)
To: new cruelty; dighton
He's right. I can't even see it!
To: Poohbah
The hearts of every teen male just skipped a beat, thinking about using this cloak and the girls' locker room.
To: new cruelty
Maybe he can work on the "Ring" next.
-PJ
To: new cruelty
There was a second posting of this article in which I said that this wasn't a novel discovery- - remember the Romulans'cloaking device?
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posted on
02/05/2003 11:30:10 AM PST
by
stanz
To: KantianBurke
No, I think he inherited it from his father, by way of Dumbledore..
To: lepton
interferometryGee, thanks for making my head hurt! ;-)
To: wideawake
I also saw a documentary on TLC a few years ago about future battlefield technology. They showed a rough version of how it could work as perfect camouflage fatigues on the battle field.
As the computers get smaller and more powerful, the technology will arrive.
(The Predator that Schwarzenegger fought was from the future, that's why he already had this.)
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posted on
02/05/2003 11:31:12 AM PST
by
dead
To: new cruelty
Here's a better picture of it:
To: Larry Lucido
When I first saw the photo on Drudge, I thought it was going to be an article about Margaret Cho mouthing off about W.
To: dead
I saw that, too! It was very interesting.
To: Puddleglum
LOL! i needed a laugh...thank you!!!
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posted on
02/05/2003 11:33:58 AM PST
by
ZinGirl
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