The science of invisibility

[mrhnau]

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Invisibility has long been a fantastical ability exclusively enjoyed by teenage wizards, super heroes and the ultra-advanced civilisations of science fiction.


But more pragmatic-minded scientists and engineers now believe that invisibility-enabling technology may be within reach of lesser mortals as well.

I'm starting to save my pennies for an invisible cloak

 

[OUMoose]

From TFA:

"You would see black, of course ," said Leonhardt. "You are completely cut off from light as it is guided around you -- so you wouldn't see anything."

Interesting concept. I could see an application for VR here too in this instance, along with the new imaging techs. You wear a set of glasses/goggles that project the terrain around you using VR and GPS. Could do Thermal and UV scanning as well....

And perhaps you could carry a big spear and a monofillament net... and a flying cutting disk that acts as a guided weapon...

 

[Xue Sheng]

I generally just cover my eyes and say *you can't see me" to become invisible.

 

[Shaolinwind]

I generally just cover my eyes and say *you can't see me" to become invisible.

It works but you need to take your clothes off. I'm always the life of the party when I go invisible.

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

It works but you need to take your clothes off. I'm always the life of the party when I go invisible.

Hillarious!

Brian R. VanCise
www.instinctiveresponsetraining.com

 

[Xue Sheng]

It works but you need to take your clothes off. I'm always the life of the party when I go invisible.

First, my first response to reading the above
:lol:

Now my second thought upon consideration of the above,

DRAT!!!

Then they can still see my cloths my way.... I never thought of that...Thanks for the tip...

 

[Cruentus]

Within the next 10 years or less, either nanotech or self-actualizing and self-reproducing computers will profoundly change our world as we know it; and it will seem like it occured overnight when it does.

This is something I have been absorbing lately, and reading about, among other things...

 

[Jade Tigress]

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I'm starting to save my pennies for an invisible cloak

That is sooooo cool.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xue Sheng
I generally just cover my eyes and say *you can't see me" to become invisible.

It works but you need to take your clothes off. I'm always the life of the party when I go invisible.

:lfao:

 

[chris_มวยไทย]

i heard about a suit thats made of loads of little cameras and screens ans it films whats around you and puts it on the screen so when you look at the front of the suit all you can see is whats behind it so its "invisible" however you can see a wavy outline of the person wearing it so they look like predator lol

 

[someguy]

It works but you need to take your clothes off. I'm always the life of the party when I go invisible.

That tends to make it so I can't see anyone else...

 

[Kensai]

It works but you need to take your clothes off. I'm always the life of the party when I go invisible.

I can see I'm not alone here. DING DING! My mate got arrested in a pub in the UK for stripping off. We were in the RN at the time, and were playing "Naked Bar".

 

[Andrew Green]

Now not being a physics expert and probably missing something important here, but it seems they solved there own problem...

One problem that engineers would face would be in creating a metamaterial covering the full range of the optical spectrum rather than a single color or light frequency.

"You would see black, of course ," said Leonhardt. "You are completely cut off from light as it is guided around you -- so you wouldn't see anything."

So put me in a Single colored full body suit and give me one No need to cover the full range of the light spectrum, just a big enough range to hide me


Edit: Ok, As soon as I postd I figured out the problem, Everything behind me of other colors would dissapear... Still, that would be cool too. It would be like casting a shadow without actually being there, great for scarring people

 

[MA-Caver]

I always like that camo-t-shirt that says: HA! NOW YOU CAN'T SEE ME!!

 

[HKphooey]

Discovery has covered this concept a few times. They have experimented with suits made of tiny mirror beads, minute monitos/cameras, nana-tech, etc.

Also here is article on the subject:

http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?article_id=218391833&language=english