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"Poof! Scientists Closer to Invisibility Cloak"
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Re: "Poof! Scientists Closer to Invisibility Cloak"
able to bend visible light around a sizable solid object?
still lost as to how such a camoflaged person or vehicle would be able to navigate or communicate.
still lost as to how such a camoflaged person or vehicle would be able to navigate or communicate.
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Re: "Poof! Scientists Closer to Invisibility Cloak"
This isn't a new development. Mac King has been doing it for years!
Re: "Poof! Scientists Closer to Invisibility Cloak"
Why wouldn't they be able to navigate or communicate.
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Re: "Poof! Scientists Closer to Invisibility Cloak"
If light goes completely around a person, none will be entering their eyes, hence not being able to see anything/navigate. Communication would still, conceivably, be possible via normal audio signals, though not via radio (same problem as seeing things).
This is a flaw that haunts many sci-fi premises, from the Invisible Man to the cloaking devices seen on Star Trek.
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This is a flaw that haunts many sci-fi premises, from the Invisible Man to the cloaking devices seen on Star Trek.
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Re: "Poof! Scientists Closer to Invisibility Cloak"
Sigh, some folks have not read Planetary
or kept up with the news on metamaterials.
or kept up with the news on metamaterials.
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Re: "Poof! Scientists Closer to Invisibility Cloak"
I'm guessing that the vehicle could have some very tiny cameras pointed in various directions. Yeah, the lens wouldn't be invisible, but it would look like a gnat from any distance. Also, I don't think these will completely "invisible." You will be able to see through/around them, but it will look like a haze or a "shimmer" in the air. You wouldn't know what was there, but you would know something is there.
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Re: "Poof! Scientists Closer to Invisibility Cloak"
Originally posted by Jeremy Newton: "...it will look like a haze or a 'shimmer' in the air..."
--or like "the Predator"...?
http://www.vvork.com/wp-content/uploads ... edator.jpg
--or like "the Predator"...?
http://www.vvork.com/wp-content/uploads ... edator.jpg