invisibility, in my contry? its more likely than you think

[Gwunty]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_sc/sci_invisibility_cloak


WASHINGTON - Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible.
http://us.bc.yahoo.com/b?P=CBRQwkWTVvqhzCDeSKCfbAwfY6moiEig.9YAB8Qk&T=17ldhkq4a%2fX%3d1218509782%2fE%3d14715249%2fR%3d news%2fK%3d5%2fV%3d2.1%2fW%3dH%2fY%3dYAHOO%2fF%3d3 311722087%2fH%3dY2FjaGVoaW50PSJuZXdzIiBjb250ZW50PS JtaWxpdGFyeTtpdDtjaXJjdWl0O2ZpYmVyO0l0O3RlY2hub2xv Z3k7IiByZWZ1cmw9IiIgdG9waWNzPSIi%2fQ%3d-1%2fS%3d1%2fJ%3dC7519345&U=13fhkovuf%2fN%3duGQLBtj8els-%2fC%3d628479.12327850.12722061.1442997%2fD%3dLREC %2fB%3d5046388%2fV%3d1
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects. Previously, they only have been able to cloak very thin two-dimensional objects

In short terms, were screwed. Conversate nao.

[DrunkenSamus]

Sweet. Also your avi is fucking awesome just because its Justice.

[Hotrod]

Well, now we're gonna be nuked by invisible nukes, I can't wait!
/sarcasm

Well, in a way, I'm really excited about this, because it's 100% awesome, but in another way, I don't like it, since it can be used for horrible purposes (invisible nukes, bombs, etc...)

Either way, I'm really interested to see if this will succeed.

[ICEE]

Edited: nvm

[p0lar_bear]

So is it going to actually make things 100% invisible, or will there be distortion a la Halo active camo and Metal Gear stealth suits?

[Terin]

Well, now we're gonna be nuked by invisible nukes, I can't wait!
/sarcasm

Well, in a way, I'm really excited about this, because it's 100% awesome, but in another way, I don't like it, since it can be used for horrible purposes (invisible nukes, bombs, etc...)

Either way, I'm really interested to see if this will succeed.Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure most people use radars and such for detecting stuff like that.

[Amit]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure most people use radars and such for detecting stuff like that.

Not to mention, the cloaking device may emit large amounts of heat.

[The_Wraith]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure most people use radars and such for detecting stuff like that. Yeah there isn't exactly a guy in the U.S. military standing around scanning the sky for missiles or bombs with some binocs. :XD:

[Hotrod]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure most people use radars and such for detecting stuff like that.
Well, if they had stealth as well as invisibility, then it'd be a lot harder to take out. I guess invisibility alone won't do the trick.



Not to mention, the cloaking device may emit large amounts of heat.
True, I didn't think of that, if it does indeed do so.

[LlamaMaster]

They need to provide pics or stfu.

[h4x]

I guess stealth jets may actually be stealth now :O

[LesserOf2Evils]

I guess stealth jets may actually be stealth now :O

Wouldn't be difficult to bend light around something that generated light?

[Amit]

Wouldn't be difficult to bend light around something that generated light?

It doesn't generate light, it merely reflects it in a spectrum that we can physically see (ROYGBV, most use the indigo in between the blue and violet to make it sound better, I think it was a real name: Roy G. Biv)

[Con]

I guess stealth jets may actually be stealth now :O
leafy bug

[HDoan]

Dude now I can sneak into the girls washroom before they see past the showers!

[Bastinka]

I want a vid :|

[n00b1n8R]

Spys? In my RL? It's more likely than you may think

Click here for a free pyro blitz. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0)

[Zeph]

They need to provide pics or stfu.

oh hey, lets take a picture of something we cant see.

[n00b1n8R]

They need to provide videos or stfu.

Better zephykins?

[DaneO'Roo]

Bull shit. How could you see through an object when the object is infront of something.

Don't give me any of your quantum physics shit, It's just not going to work.

[n00b1n8R]

Well there we go guys, another great post from Dr. Dane, PhD in opinionetics.

[Bodzilla]

Well there we go guys, another great post from Dr. Dane, PhD in opinionetics.
TBQH

[n00b1n8R]

From my understanding of a short news report I just saw, this material works by bending light around it's self.

If you had an apple and saw it, you would be seeing the light bouncing off it into your eyes. What this stuff does is instead of having light bounce off it, it has it bend around it so that what you see in front of it is what's behind it (no light is bounced off the object it's self). The light doesn't actually pass through the "invisible" object.

I missed the part where they show it actually works though. :(

[Kornman00]

if its bending light, then there is surely distortion in the air around it and is of course possible to capture with film

[Llama Juice]

LQ-aLyiU_i0

I didn't see any distortion (very end of the clip, there should be that bronze cylinder in front of the clear thing)

[DaneO'Roo]

I dont get it. What the fuck is invisible?

Far as I'm aware, that glass jar is made of glass, a material that is currently SEE THROUGH.

[Choking Victim]

yea i don't get it...that video explained nothing. The concept is plausible, but proof has yet to be shown. I suppose its possible that the "invisibility material" was inside the glass jar, but we couldn't see it? :confused:

[Anton]

There is a bronze cylinder in front of that glass, you see it several times throughout the video. Then when it shows the glass head on the cylinder appears to be invisible...

Edit: Watch from :44 to :50

[Sel]

oh hey, lets take a picture of something we cant see.

Thats what I was thinking >__>

[thehoodedsmack]

So does this mean I can fulfill my dream of becoming an international diamond thief?

[Con]

That video didn't show anything, you guys are whacked :|

Theres a cylinder and a jar with a little silver thing in it. They're all visible all the time...

[LinkandKvel]

^This.

[Heathen]

Srsly guys? Didn't you guys read the article about the invisible tank? WTF...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-490669/Army-tests-James-Bond-style-tank-invisible.html
http://science.howstuffworks.com/invisible-tank.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,306678,00.html
JKPVQal851U

and here
LEmZO2hiGCk
(just in case its not showing up) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmZO2hiGCk&feature=related

[ExAm]

Not to mention, the cloaking device may emit large amounts of heat.
I don't think so. All it is is a material that bends light around an object, not a device of any kind.

And Heathen, those videos in your post really aren't that amazing at all. Just a cheap trick. All it is is a camera behind him and a projector projecting onto a specialized material. I'm sure no one is going to lug a projector and a camera into battle.

[ExAm]

I dont get it. What the fuck is invisible?

Far as I'm aware, that glass jar is made of glass, a material that is currently SEE THROUGH.It's the tiny pellet INSIDE the jar, the one that looks kinda shimmery. You can still see it, but it looks strange.

[Anton]

My bad, I don't see anything either, I looked into the video too much and thought I seen something that I couldn't see. God this is hard to explain. Best bet is to ignore everything I've posted in this thread. I'm an idiot. :lol:

[Corndogman]

oshi! Harry, get the invisibility cloak!

[il Duce Primo]

Guys I have so many invisible things. I'm a scientist and I plan on selling my research soon. I spent years working on something you can't see. Can I have my publicity and money now?

[Warsaw]

Clearly the majority of you people have not heard about plasmonics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmonics

While it is not covered in the Wiki article, certain meta-materials can be imbued with plasmons to make light bend around it. According to the Scientific American article though, this only worked with round objects.

Edit:
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Invisibility_shield_gets_blueprint

[king_nothing_]

They need to provide pics or stfu.
They already did. Here's one:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1253/1008718655_103d413a98.jpg

There's a guy standing in that room wearing an invisibility cloak. What now, Mr. Skeptic?