05-28-2006, 12:17 PM
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Scientists Move Closer to True Invisibility Device
"A way to vanish matter before your eyes has become a serious possibility thanks to theoretical research announced today by British and American scientists."
"The research suggests a way to build a 'cloaking' or shielding device that renders whatever is placed inside it invisible. It would also nullify the effects of other electromagnetic radiation - meaning that objects sitting within the cloak would be impervious to radar detection."
"The researchers propose to build a special material that wraps around an object and which would 'grab' light heading towards it and make it flow smoothly around the object rather than strike it. To an observer the light would appear to have behaved as if there was nothing there."
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05-28-2006, 12:25 PM
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Too bad its just a theory, if it works it would be revolutionary. Also whats with all the Harry Potter references?
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05-28-2006, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Burninator
Too bad its just a theory, if it works it would be revolutionary. Also whats with all the Harry Potter references?
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Yah... everyone knows that it should be LOTR reference.... duh...
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05-28-2006, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Hesla
Yah... everyone knows that it should be LOTR reference.... duh...
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Nuts to that. Klingons are well known to have the best cloaking device in the Galaxy! 
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05-28-2006, 01:07 PM
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I think I had a dream about this last night. It said that the objects appear invisible because light bends AROUND it... hmmm... isn't that weird??
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05-29-2006, 08:40 AM
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Wonder Woman has had an invisible airplane for years.
http://www.wonderwomanmuseum.com/wwd...ibleplane.html
When Wonder Woman travels, she flies in style - in the world's only Invisible Plane!
Last edited by troutman; 05-29-2006 at 08:43 AM.
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05-29-2006, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by STeeLy
I think I had a dream about this last night. It said that the objects appear invisible because light bends AROUND it... hmmm... isn't that weird??
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If the light bends around the object it's not hitting it therefore making the object invisible.
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05-29-2006, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Rhettzky
If the light bends around the object it's not hitting it therefore making the object invisible.
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But the thing I wonder is whether it would be dispersed evenly so that we would actually see what was behind the cloaked object. Or whether there would be a blurry spot where the object is.
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05-29-2006, 10:36 AM
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Another interesting question.
How would you see if you were in one of these devices?
If all the light coming to you is bending around you, you wouldn't be able to see anything. That is, unless you had some sort of camera mounted outside, which probably ruins the whole invisible thing.
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05-29-2006, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by troutman
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I heard they're also getting close to patenting a rope-like material that makes people tell the truth.
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05-29-2006, 06:35 PM
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Wait a minute, if you completely bend light around an object, wouldn't the object inside of the cloak be completely blind, and if it bent radar waves, wouldn't any radar device inside be useless.
I fail to see the point of this if you have no situational awareness.
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05-29-2006, 06:50 PM
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If your only using it say on a range of 270 degrees it would work fine.
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05-29-2006, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Nuts to that. Klingons are well known to have the best cloaking device in the Galaxy! |
They only ripped off the Romulans.
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05-29-2006, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by tussery
They only ripped off the Romulans.
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I thought of that too, but I was afraid I'd look like a nerd if I pointed it out.
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05-29-2006, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I thought of that too, but I was afraid I'd look like a nerd if I pointed it out. |
Yeah, I started thinking about that after my post, but then again I am a nerd :/
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05-30-2006, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by tussery
Yeah, I started thinking about that after my post, but then again I am a nerd :/
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Me too--I'm just always hoping that on the internet, no-one will know! 
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05-30-2006, 04:28 PM
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Who you callin' nerd? ;-)
Forget invisbility, I'm still waiting for those x-ray specs I saw in comic books that peel away clothing ;-)
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