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lelandbatey  ·  4372 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012

The one that struck me as particularly interesting was the "Invisibility cloak" invention. However, there is very little information on the linked page, and the only video of it in action couched in the middle of a news broadcast and is only about four seconds long :/

Does anyone else have any information they could share about that product?





princecold  ·  4372 days ago  ·  link  ·  
lelandbatey  ·  4372 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah, that link seems to discuss "active camouflage" where a camera or series of cameras capture input, which is used to create the appropriate imitation appearance.

However, the one in syncretics post says that it works without cameras or batteries; that it is a passive system.

If this is true, then it's amazing! However, I'm finding very few details on that particular companies claim.

princecold  ·  4372 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In the company page, they say that for reasons of security,they can't give out much information http://www.hyperstealth.com/Quantum-Stealth/index.html not much information only applications for it.

lelandbatey  ·  4371 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thank you for going the extra mile to get us our answer! It's to bad we don't get to learn more about it :(

StephenBuckley  ·  4371 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Reasons of Security" meaning that they need to keep Hogwarts a secret.

This actually is mind-boggling technology though. I wonder if it's solar powered? It must be doing something with photons anyways, surely someone thought of powering the tech with them?

sphericalvoxel  ·  4369 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's called a metamaterial. Not being a chemist myself, though, I can't speak for the validity or usefulness of the Wiki page.