Invisible Tank !!!
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TITAN1833
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Maybe done with mirrors?but in any situation amazing.Just how does it work,nice find BTW.
Small cameras strategically placed around the tank and the opposite image (from reverse side) is projected onto tank...the "New Camouflage" if you will... Even if it showed up in IR....it still would play tricks with your mind....something is there....or is it? Great technology for the Ground Troops....if it works...it is going to change the way we fight wars...seems like life imitating video games...
kakster
Flashlight Enthusiast
This has been splashed over at least 4 different newspapers in the past couple of days, so maybe there *is* something to it.
Personally, i think this more accurately portrays what actually happened:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/31/invisible_shed_potter_klingon_cloak_bond_aston_tank/
Personally, i think this more accurately portrays what actually happened:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/31/invisible_shed_potter_klingon_cloak_bond_aston_tank/
Manzerick
Flashlight Enthusiast
wow.. Imagine when this gets into the public's hands? Amazing!!!
Illum
Flashaholic
[maybe some form of revelance]
there was an old article in Japan about invisibility cloaks.....
http://www.techdego.com/2007/03/invisible-manteau.php
theres a Utube video on a demonstration.
[University of Tokyo] How stuff werks
I'm pretty sure this wont be in publics hands for awhile...as cloaking ability exists only at specific angles of the observers view
there was an old article in Japan about invisibility cloaks.....
http://www.techdego.com/2007/03/invisible-manteau.php
theres a Utube video on a demonstration.
[University of Tokyo] How stuff werks
I'm pretty sure this wont be in publics hands for awhile...as cloaking ability exists only at specific angles of the observers view
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Illum
Flashaholic
optical illusions can only work if the viewer is observing from a certain angle...such technology would be useless in wars because you can't expect the enemy to be in their designated area for your trick to werk
the tank's concept is kool though I'm skeptical of how well the "projector system" may actually perform in say Iraq. where sand clogging the air filters of tanks only the least of worries, how do you manage to set up a projector [if I'm reading this right] of a convoy thats moving?
if the tanks stationary, this might actually be worthwhile...
come to thinkof it...
this thread might not be such a bad idea 
Invisibility Cloaking Technology Devised
the tank's concept is kool though I'm skeptical of how well the "projector system" may actually perform in say Iraq. where sand clogging the air filters of tanks only the least of worries, how do you manage to set up a projector [if I'm reading this right] of a convoy thats moving?
if the tanks stationary, this might actually be worthwhile...
come to thinkof it...
this thread might not be such a bad idea Invisibility Cloaking Technology Devised
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DonShock
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I'll believe it when I don't see it.
jzmtl
Flashlight Enthusiast
Sounds like a cool gadget than something useful. Imagine how many cameras are needed if need to project images 360°, and how much bulk/power draw that would add.
Illum
Flashaholic
I hope if this becomes official projector lamp prices might actually drop...thats more hotwire options for the rest of us
Actually, no. Consider, for example, a hologram.
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What I found interesting was MoD's "Q" - Professor Sir John Pendry, of Imperial College London:
"He said the only drawback was the reliability of the cameras and projectors. The next stage is to make the tank invisible without them - which is intricate and complicated, but possible."
