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    True invisibility is not really possible, but we can definitely crete technologies that bend light. We have multiple methods of doing this already. It's just a simple matter of working out the applications of optic or electromagnetic technologies to hide things from sight. It's not real invisibility, but it's good enough to fool the human eye.

    I came up with a sketchy design, using fiber-optic technology, that would make large vehicles invisible to the human eye. It wouldn't be truly perfect, though. It would look more like that "predator" invisibility, that slightly breaks up the view through the object. But, at a glance, or from a distance, it should work.
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    I intend to have modifications made to my existing light sensors to allow me to view in infrared, ultraviolet, and will be adding heat sensors and a radar array. We're going to aim this out the back of my head, where it will be hidden from view by my hair. Not only will invisibility/active camouflage never stand up against this, but it will complete the whole legend about mom "having eyes in the back of her head."

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    It always seemed to me that active camoflauge would be too expensive to be of much practical use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by criplockin View Post
    So i was watching the colbert report when he some guest he had on said that we will have some sort of invisibility available in the next few decades. do you think this is possible?
    yes, they have been able to successfully bend light around an object to effectively make it invisible... to do this, they surround an object with metamaterial, which bends light around itself, thus making it and whatever it is covering sightless... of course if this was done to a human, they would not be able to see, but they would remain unseen themselves...

    though the technology being in the hands of everyday people is still quite far off...
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    Quote Originally Posted by KOOPS95 View Post
    It always seemed to me that active camoflauge would be too expensive to be of much practical use.
    During WW2 they wrapped ships in coils of wire as active camouflage against radar. Copper wire was cheap and you just hooked it to the electrical system of the ship.

    The more they develop the tech for making active camouflage possible and useable, the cheaper it will become. It may take millions, sometimes even billions to develop but the end product costs a fraction of the development. Also if used on large objects to keep them from being noticed instantly, or special forces for trekking through open spaces or back allies without being noticed, it would already pay for itself the moment it saves any soldiers life by keeping him unseen.

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    Even if they could or do create something that could bend the light around while still allowing us to see they would NEVER release it to the general public. In fact, they probably wouldn't tell us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by abracax View Post
    During WW2 they wrapped ships in coils of wire as active camouflage against radar. Copper wire was cheap and you just hooked it to the electrical system of the ship.

    The more they develop the tech for making active camouflage possible and useable, the cheaper it will become. It may take millions, sometimes even billions to develop but the end product costs a fraction of the development. Also if used on large objects to keep them from being noticed instantly, or special forces for trekking through open spaces or back allies without being noticed, it would already pay for itself the moment it saves any soldiers life by keeping him unseen.
    Oh, so THAT'S why we needed to use steel pennies in 1943...

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    Quote Originally Posted by acer5200 View Post
    Oh, so THAT'S why we needed to use steel pennies in 1943...
    That and because of aircraft. We were building planes as fast as we possibly could, remember? Those take LOTS of wires and cables. Copper and steel were considered a war commodity because of that.

    I still say that hiding something from the naked eye is a good step, but it will not defeat the sensors that are in use more and more frequently these days. Heck, average citizens can buy goggles to view IR. Many security cameras and home security systems also use this and heat-sensing technology. As a result, I think the impact of this new technology to remain "invisible" will be mostly be felt in poorer regions of the world.

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    Quote Originally Posted by acer5200 View Post
    Oh, so THAT'S why we needed to use steel pennies in 1943...
    and don't forget you have copper jacketed rounds. Think of the millions and billions of bullets our aircraft and rifles had fired from them, not to mention we supplied much of England with their ammunition and our European allies too.

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