Cloak of Invisibility Coming Soon?

Chris writes "The idea of an "invisibility cloak" has made the leap from science fiction books to an international patent application. The "three dimensional cloaking process and apparatus" for concealing objects and people (WO 02/067196) employs photodetectors on the rear surface which are used to record the intensity and color of a source of illumination behind the object. Light emitters on the front surface then generate light beams that exactly mimic the same measured intensity, color and trajectory. The result is that an observer looking at the front of the object appears to see straight through it."

Comments

Terrorists already have them

[Pedrito]

According to this Slashdot article the terrorist networks are already "cloaked".

Man, these stories are only two apart and nobody has connected the dots yet? Obviously these guys are working for the other side and need to be dealt with appropriately.

Re:Uhmm, YIKES!

[david duncan scott]

now someone has the potential for wiping that out if they ever got a hold of my CD-Rs?

They've had that all along. A hammer would do a pretty good job, sandpaper's effective, microwave ovens are a colorful approach, blowtorches work, trash compactors would do it, they could take them out to sea and drop them in the Marians Trench...nobody ever said CD's were indestructible.