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Old 12-13-2012, 12:06 PM   #1
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Hmmm...not to sure if this is for real.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/.../20428356.html

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A Maple Ridge, B.C., inventor claims to have discovered what scientists, armies, children and science fiction fanatics have dreamed of for generations -- a fabric material that can make a person or object completely invisible.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/12/13...-ops-disappear

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Cramer is the founder of HyperStealth Biotechnology, a company that designs digital camouflage patterns for clients including the Jordanian and Afghanistan armies.
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Old 12-13-2012, 12:09 PM   #2
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Yeah, that seems totally legit.

I can't show you a picture of an invisible object, because someone would be able to figure out how it works...
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Old 12-13-2012, 12:10 PM   #3
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This story = guy receiving unneccesary free publicity.
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Old 12-13-2012, 12:13 PM   #4
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Yeah, that seems totally legit.

I can't show you a picture of an invisible object, because someone would be able to figure out how it works...
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This story = guy receiving unneccesary free publicity.
Yah, pretty much what I was thinking the entire time I was reading the story, and then watching the video.

Still...it would be cool.
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Old 12-13-2012, 12:34 PM   #5
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Funny, my pants have been made from that material for years.
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What a rookie. The mob has been making people disappear for years!
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Old 12-13-2012, 12:56 PM   #8
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ity-cloak.html
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I thought this had something to do with clear syrup. I was wrong.
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a friend of mine was wondering if he can invent a fabric or wrapping of some type that would make a 3 inch cylinder shaped deviced appear to be 8 or 9 inches long.
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Old 12-13-2012, 02:17 PM   #13
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a friend of mine was wondering if he can invent a fabric or wrapping of some type that would make a 3 inch cylinder shaped deviced appear to be 8 or 9 inches long.
Not a wrapping but it will work.
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That (and a couple other pictures) are photoshopped images that the inventor put together. He actually claims his material "works slightly better" than the made up images.
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Old 12-13-2012, 04:32 PM   #15
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I'm sure he is also fine tuning his perpetual motion machine.
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Old 12-13-2012, 04:35 PM   #16
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What was that display company from Calgary a couple years back who had that scandal with his fake giant monitor that was just made up of a bunch of monitors he bought at Futureshop that he stuck together?
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Yeah I think this is old news? Negative refractive index right? This was news in... 2006?
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Well damn. That might have come in really handy for terrorizing the offspring.
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a friend of mine was wondering if he can invent a fabric or wrapping of some type that would make a 3 inch cylinder shaped deviced appear to be 8 or 9 inches long.
Something to do with this, I'd imagine...

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