   Cloaking device prototype in 18 months
ClickyQuote:So far, cloaking has been confined to science fiction; in Star Trek it is used to render spacecraft invisible.Professor Sir John Pendry says a simple demonstration model that could work for radar might be possible within 18 months' time.Kind of interesting but I'll believe it when I see it. Geeks around the world rejoice!   
  I don't think that's too new. I remember seeing a guy wearing a rainjacket that made him seem invisible. you could see what was going on behind iirc.   ;  I'm hoping that the researchers have more specifics than what was in that article. I could have told the BBC that an effective method of wrapping light around an object through the use of special materials would create a cloak effect. That's not the hard part...   ;Unavailable for comment.   ;Quote:Original post by Avatar GodI'm hoping that the researchers have more specifics than what was in that article. I could have told the BBC that an effective method of wrapping light around an object through the use of special materials would create a cloak effect. That's not the hard part...so what is the hard part? the material? the bending? the not-having-the-light blind you?;Quote:Original post by Avatar GodI'm hoping that the researchers have more specifics than what was in that article. I could have told the BBC that an effective method of wrapping light around an object through the use of special materials would create a cloak effect. That's not the hard part...quite true... but those are who spending a ton of money researching on how to do it are not just going to tell all of the details in some internet article :)   ;Quote:Original post by Alpha_ProgDesQuote:Original post by Avatar GodI'm hoping that the researchers have more specifics than what was in that article. I could have told the BBC that an effective method of wrapping light around an object through the use of special materials would create a cloak effect. That's not the hard part...so what is the hard part? the material? the bending? the not-having-the-light blind you?he means the actual theory is not the hard part... the actual doing is.;Quote:Original post by Alpha_ProgDesI don't think that's too new. I remember seeing a guy wearing a rainjacket that made him seem invisible. you could see what was going on behind iirc.That was completely different. It was a special camera setup.;Quote:Original post by JohnBoltonQuote:Original post by Alpha_ProgDesI don't think that's too new. I remember seeing a guy wearing a rainjacket that made him seem invisible. you could see what was going on behind iirc.That was completely different. It was a special camera setup.Really? I thought that was a "special material that bends light" type of thing too. Oops, oh well.edit: adding links to add to JohnBolton's rightness [smile]Russian patents cloak technology?All you wanted to about cloaking Romulans, your weed stash, and porn in 7 pages.[Edited by - Alpha_ProgDes on May 25, 2006 11:45:23 PM];  This is clearly a violation of the Treaty of Algeron.   