Soldiers Using Invisibility Cloak Suits

[kitco]

I was wondering if Cloak suits are available yet, and I am still not sure, here is a video supposedly using a cloak suit.

http://forums.musculardevelopment.com/showthread.php/102374-Soldiers-Using-Invisibility-Cloak-Suits

[AmpleFyre]

Hmm... I somehow doubt that that's really a invisibility suit, because all of a sudden just stops working when he runs up onto the tank? Not saying that there couldn't be a real working prototype or top secret one being used, but I somehow doubt that a regular guy who's job is to be in the tank, driving or otherwise, would be using one. More so if these cloaking suits are real and aren't in the public mainstream yet, as they would only go to people who go on secret missions and such.

So I'd guess it's just a glitch in the camera or something of the like.

[know_doubt]

The video is really blurry.

[lych05]

i think you would have to be able to bend light and at the moment there is no technology that exists to do that....would open up endless possibilities if it could ever be managed.

[thewatchman7]

i think you would have to be able to bend light and at the moment there is no technology that exists to do that....would open up endless possibilities if it could ever be managed.

yeah i think there pretty close to it.

i saw a video online with a prism and a key, they bent light around it and you couldnt see it.

however for a big moving object it may take quite a bit longer.

[rashore]

If it's helpful... Here's a slightly longer bit of that video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POl6n2VArBw

Still has the stupid red circle in it though

[Squit]

i think you would have to be able to bend light and at the moment there is no technology that exists to do that....would open up endless possibilities if it could ever be managed.

it exists. metamaterials have been created that bend light...it's just a matter of controlling the direction in which it's bended

[lych05]

yeah i think there pretty close to it.

i saw a video online with a prism and a key, they bent light around it and you couldnt see it.

however for a big moving object it may take quite a bit longer.

Ah right....light could be bent with a prism as it can defect it....without the prism from what i understand it cant be done with normal technology...if it could it would hold the key to a lot of substantial moves forward in technology....

[lych05]

it exists. metamaterials have been created that bend light...it's just a matter of controlling the direction in which it's bended

it can...ah right...who is developing that technology and what are the materials involved?....that interests me....

If light could be bent without another solid molecular material doesnt that mean time travel may be possible...?...or am i well off in my thinkings(thats very possible)?..

Edited June 8, 2011 by lych05

[Moonie2012]

This is nothing but a video glitch. The compression algorithm used doesn't draw the guy running up until he hits a background that is more contrasted.

You see this happen all the time in streaming videos and whatnot. To save bandwidth and processing the unchanging parts of the image aren't redrawn until they change, but it's not perfect. A beige guy running against a beige wall doesn't register right away.

Edited June 8, 2011 by Moonie2012

[Sakari]

We are getting there....

What is Optical Camouflage?

Optical camouflage is a kind of active camouflage.

This idea is very simple.If you project background image onto the masked object, you can observe the masked object just as if it were virtually transparent.

This shows the principle of the optical camouflage using X'tal Vision.You can select camouflaged object to cover with retroreflector.Moreover, to project a stereoscopic image, the observer looks at the masking object more transparent.

Optical camouflage can be applied for a real scene.In the case of a real scene, a photograph of the scene is taken from the operatorfs viewpoint, and this photograph is projected to exactly the same place as the original.Actually, applying HMP-based optical camouflage to a real scene requires image-based rendering techniques.

If you want to know the mechanism of this optical camouflage demonstration, please see the following brochure:

• M. Inami, D. Sekiguchi, S. Tachi, Le manteau transparent! (Transparent Cloak!), Brochure of Demonstration at Laval Virtual 2003, Laval Virtual 2003, France, May 13-18, 2003, (French Version), (English Version)

And you can find more detailed information at the pulication section.

http://www.star.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/projects/MEDIA/xv/oc.html

[lych05]

We are getting there....

What is Optical Camouflage?

Optical camouflage is a kind of active camouflage.

This idea is very simple.If you project background image onto the masked object, you can observe the masked object just as if it were virtually transparent.

This shows the principle of the optical camouflage using X'tal Vision.You can select camouflaged object to cover with retroreflector.Moreover, to project a stereoscopic image, the observer looks at the masking object more transparent.

Optical camouflage can be applied for a real scene.In the case of a real scene, a photograph of the scene is taken from the operatorfs viewpoint, and this photograph is projected to exactly the same place as the original.Actually, applying HMP-based optical camouflage to a real scene requires image-based rendering techniques.

If you want to know the mechanism of this optical camouflage demonstration, please see the following brochure:

• M. Inami, D. Sekiguchi, S. Tachi, Le manteau transparent! (Transparent Cloak!), Brochure of Demonstration at Laval Virtual 2003, Laval Virtual 2003, France, May 13-18, 2003, (French Version), (English Version)

And you can find more detailed information at the pulication section.

http://www.star.t.u-...EDIA/xv/oc.html

If that worked out to be possible it would be one dangerous bit of kit in the wrong hands...

[vitruvian12]

it exists. metamaterials have been created that bend light...it's just a matter of controlling the direction in which it's bended

What are "metamaterials" exactly? And can you provide a link to where you have learned about them?

[Wyrdlight]

"Camouflage technology has taken a leap forward with the invention at the ATC of a new form of active stealth. At the flick of a switch, objects can be made to virtually disappear by matching their background.

This ground breaking research has now given the company a ten year lead in stealth technology and could redefine the world of 'low-observable' engineering.

Cloaking devices have until now been confined to the realm of fantasy. From Harry Potter's invisibility cloak to James Bond's gadget festooned Aston Martin car in the movie 'Die another Day', the idea of becoming invisible has captured the imagination of film makers and public alike. Technologists have been striving since World War II to realise this dream. First visual and later radar stealth were developed with remarkable powers to hide objects. Today, the need for 'lowobservable' craft has never been greater. As ever, the increasing demand of military planners for technology that is adaptable and reconfigurable to meet changing threats is pushing the boundaries of science and engineering.

This has led the ATC scientists to a step change in camouflage technology. New concepts based on novel materials have been realised that allow not only their colours to change but also their infra-red, microwave and radar profile to shift and merge with the background rendering them practically invisible. The effect is built into the structure itself rather than being from an add-on material such as paint or stick-on layer.

"It's something people have been trying to do for years." says Mike Dunleavy, stealth expert at the ATC. "Since the invention of radar, people have been trying to change the properties of materials to make them less noticeable to radio waves but they have usually been confined to a narrow range of materials with limited options. Our approach was different, we had the freedom to think laterally and approach the problem from an entirely new direction and come up with a completely new concept." he says.

Not surprisingly, the details of how Mike and his team achieved this are classified but other experts from within BAE Systems and the MoD who have seen demonstrations of this active stealth have been amazed: "By very far the most advanced, effective and flexible system of LO (Low Observable) technologies ever tabled." and "Nothing like this exists elsewhere." and simply, "Wow!" are some of the comments.

The research has already led to the filing of 9 patents and could provide unique solutions to signature control problems for future company products. Discussions are now underway in BAE Systems and the MoD to decide how best to capitalize on this breakthrough"

This is taken from the website of the main British arms research and development company, BAE systems.

The artlice does not state excactly how thye have done it though.

One method I have seen spoken about is one invented (i think) by a British university, you paint an object in a special coating, then project an image onto it, you use cameras and little projectors to take an image of whats behind the opbject and project it onto the front, so when you look at say, a house you see whats behind the house, and not the house itself.

They tried it out on a tank, and it work extremely well. The only problem being the expense and fragility of all those cameras and projecters in a combat situation.

[Blackwhite]

i think you would have to be able to bend light and at the moment there is no technology that exists to do that....would open up endless possibilities if it could ever be managed.

You are wrong. The technology does exist, thanks to us clever Brits.

Scientists in Britain and Denmark announced in February that they have created an 'invisibility cloak' that can hide everyday objects by splitting light.

The 'cloak', which is actually a lump of calcite crystal, can make objects like pins and paper clips disappear from sight.

Breakthrough: The 'cloak', which is actually a lump of calcite crystal, can make objects like pins and paper clips disappear from sight

Scientists have previously only been able to cloak microscopic objects, but a new study has taken a giant step forward by making items thousands of times bigger turn invisible.

Physicists from the University of Birmingham and colleagues from Imperial College, London, and Technical University of Denmark, said using the natural crystal enabled them to hide bigger objects than other researchers.

The team, led by Dr Shuang Zhang, from the university's school of physics and astronomy, glued two triangular pieces of calcite together, placed on a mirror.

An invisible Chevy Chase in the 1992 film Memoirs Of An Invisible Man. Scientists have now built an 'invisibility cloak' that can hide everyday objects by splitting light

The light enters the calcite and splits into two rays of different polarisations travelling at different speeds and in different directions.

Although the cloak itself is visible, it hides objects placed underneath it.

The researchers said the size of the cloaking area was not limited by the technology available but the size of the crystal and their experiments might pave the way to more devices which can hide much larger objects.

Dr Zhang said: 'This is a huge step forward as, for the first time, the cloaking area is rendered at a size that is big enough for the observer to "see" the invisible object with the naked eye.

'By using natural crystals for the first time, rather than artificial meta-materials, we have been able to scale up the size of the cloak and can hide larger objects, thousands of times bigger than the wavelength of the light.

'Previous cloaks have succeeded at the micron level (much smaller than the thickness of a human hair) using a nano - or micro-fabricated artificial composite material.

'It is a very slow process to make these structures and they also restrict the size of the cloaking area.

'We believe that by using calcite, we can start to develop a cloak of significant size that will open avenues for future applications of cloaking devices.'

The research has been published in the journal Nature Communications in a paper titled Macroscopic Invisibility Cloak of Visible Light.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1352769/Scientists-create-invisibility-cloak-hides-objects.html#ixzz1Q6qhTUq1

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And that's not all. The British military has said it could have invisible tanks on the battlefield within five years as part of its Future Protected Vehicle programme.

Armoured vehicles will use a new technology known as "e-camouflage" which deploys a form "electronic ink" to render a vehicle "invisible".

Highly sophisticated electronic sensors attached to the tank's hull will project images of the surrounding environment back onto the outside of the vehicle enabling it to merge into the landscape and evade attack.

The electronic camouflage will enable the vehicle to blend into the surrounding countryside in much the same way that a squid uses ink to help as a disguise.

Unlike conventional forms of camouflage, the images on the hull would change in concert with the changing environment always insuring that the vehicle remains disguised.

In Helmand, for example, all armoured vehicle have desert sand coloured camouflage, which is of little use in the "Green Zone", an area of cultivation where crops are grown and the Taliban often hide.

Up until recently such concepts were thought to be the stuff of science fiction but scientists at the British defence company BAE Systems now believe battlefield "invisibility" will soon become science fact.

Scientists at the BAE hope the new technology will be available to use with the British Army fighting in Southern Afghanistan and in future conflicts.

The concept was developed as part of the Future Protected Vehicle programme, which scientists believe, will transform the way in which future conflicts will be fought.

The programme is based around seven different military vehicles, both manned and unmanned, which will be equipped with a wide variety of lethal and none lethal weapons.

The unmanned vehicles or battlefield robots will be able to conduct dangerous missions in hostile areas, clear minefields and extract wounded troops under fire.

The vehicles include:

* Pointer: an agile robot (above) which can take over dirty, dull or dangerous jobs, such as forward observation and mine clearance.

* Bearer: a modular platform which can carry a range of mission payloads, such as protected mobility, air defence and ambulance;

* Wraith: a low signature scout vehicle;

* Safeguard: an ultra-utility infantry carrier or command & control centre;

* Charger (above): a highly lethal and survivable reconfigurable attack vehicle;

* Raider (below): a remotely or autonomously controlled unmanned recce and skirmishing platform – similar in design to the "Batmobile" (in the more recent Batman movies)

* Atlas: a convoy system which removes the driver from harm's way.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8247967/Invisible-tanks-could-be-on-battlefield-within-five-years.html

Edited June 23, 2011 by Blackwhite