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eviltalon · 08-14-2008, 07:57 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science....ap/index.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible.

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.

The findings, by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are to be released later this week in the journals Nature and Science.

The new work moves scientists a step closer to hiding people and objects from visible light, which could have broad applications, including military ones.

People can see objects because they scatter the light that strikes them, reflecting some of it back to the eye.

Cloaking uses materials, known as metamaterials, to deflect radar, light or other waves around an object.

Metamaterials are mixtures of metal and circuit board materials such as ceramic, Teflon or fibre composite.

DoubleOughtCel · 08-14-2008, 08:08 AM

Didn't Otacon give this **** to Snake like 10 years ago for saving him instead of Meryl?

grimm · 08-14-2008, 08:10 AM

i read some article that this was not perfected but the technology can be used for some other medical thing... something about the material being too reflective.. i don't know exactly it was a pretty intense article.

eviltalon · 08-14-2008, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by grimm

i read some article that this was not perfected but the technology can be used for some other medical thing... something about the material being too reflective.. i don't know exactly it was a pretty intense article.

U should find that link, I'm intrigued by this type of sh*t.

ItsStetch · 08-14-2008, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by DoubleOughtCel

Didn't Otacon give this **** to Snake like 10 years ago for saving him instead of Meryl?

Haha this is true

b0rN Fr0m JeTs · 08-14-2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by eviltalon

U should find that link, I'm intrigued by this type of sh*t.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/11/r...ibility-cloak/

Scapegoat · 08-14-2008, 09:45 AM

old news... i remember seeing that picture a couple years ago.

This would have worked very well back in Vietnam... all that forest coverage would have made the wearer damn near invisible.

More seriously though... they can achieve this awesome ability... yet they can't hide the buttons?

Nors · 08-14-2008, 10:08 AM

That dude modeling it is so dying of cancer in 5 years.

**TROLL** · 08-14-2008, 11:15 AM

wow i didnt know if this was real or fake when i clicked on it... first i've heard of it and its really badass

Gorilla Unit 33 · 08-14-2008, 11:25 AM

SUPER BAD ASS!!! i deffinately need this... invisible driver mod! all the race car drivers will envy me! muhahaha

grimm · 08-14-2008, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by eviltalon

U should find that link, I'm intrigued by this type of sh*t.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...invisible.html

This is the article I read about it. it's pretty in depth.

BustedUjoint · 08-14-2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DoubleOughtCel

Didn't Otacon give this **** to Snake like 10 years ago for saving him instead of Meryl?

Haha, that damn otacon is a genius

08-14-2008, 07:57 AM	#1
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Scapegoat TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: stop looking at my gold Member #1208 iTrader: (1)	old news... i remember seeing that picture a couple years ago. This would have worked very well back in Vietnam... all that forest coverage would have made the wearer damn near invisible. More seriously though... they can achieve this awesome ability... yet they can't hide the buttons?