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Invisible Cloaks, Translucent Walls
jd writes "The University of Tokyo has developed the illusion of invisibility, under the name of 'Optical Camouflage.' The system is remarkably simple - you have a mix of light-sensitive and light-emitting devices attached to an adapted reflective surface. The devices are hooked to a computer, which simply projects on each side whatever is on the opposite side. The result is more of a translucent look, than real invisibility, but the potential is there. The inventer's next objective is to make walls that are invisible, using the same technology. Project a real outside image onto an interior wall without windows. This almost sounds more frightening than the cloak, since there's no reason why the sensors would have to be placed outside. Imagine a world where PHBs can turn their office wall into a window onto any cube. Zero privacy. The technology is great, but the potential for abuse is definitely there." Update: 06/15 00:20 GMT by T : You may remember we mentioned this project when it was cloak-only.
in other words, WHO CARES?
It seems like at least one a week or so I see people noting duplicate articles on slashdot, but I think this is the first time I've actually seen one and said "hey, I've seen that here before." I wonder what guidelines Slashdot editors follow in order to make sure they're not posting dupes? Obviously the process isn't a science, since there are dupes every once in a while, but I'm curious as to how you can make sure. Also, I'm not a subscriber but I understand subscribers are able to view posts at least a few minutes before they hit the main page... Would it be possible to allow subscribers to mark stories as duplicates and (pending editor approval) make sure they don't get published?
the story of the emperor's new clothes is not going to make any sense at all to our children.
What do you mean our children?
Oh no, it finally happened, didn't it? Slashdot males found the one Slashdot female and in order to 'furhter the intelligence gene' they all mixed their saved up semen into some sick cocktail and had her impregnated with it. ISN'T THAT IT YOU SICK FREAKS??
First they wallhack to see through them so no one can hide. Next they'll shoot through them, and put in aimbots for a headshot every time.
I don't know why birds will fly into anything that get them into trouble. About 1971, when I was a teen, I did some experimenting in short-wave radio. The antenna was a long piece (>30m, or 100ft for the measurement-unit challenged) of braided copper wire. One day, a hummingbird flew straight into the wire, I don't know why. The beak got stuck between the braids, and the bird just hung there, looking stupid. My mom called me to release it, I had to climb on the roof and press the wire to loosen the braids, to let the stupid critter fly away. What bothers me to this day is, why did it fly into the wire? It was so thin, I guess it wasn't an accident. For some reason, the hummingbird flew straight into a copper cable, sticking his beak into it. Why?
I think it's funny that people claiming "HOAX!!" have no idea how it's even working. It's not a hoax, just a neat eyecandy presentation of the reflective material they're using.
As for the block showing the static background, they took a picture of the background, then project that picture on to the scene. The reflective areas show the background image while the non-reflective areas seem unchanged. It's really not that hard to understand.
Skeleton - same principle. It's just a static image being projected onto the reflective surface.
It's not really bluescreen. It's more of an inverted bluescreen in that a virtual scene is placed into a real environment rather than a real scene being placed into a virtual one.
I can't wait to get one of those suits for my girl friend. Cindy Crawford here I come!
over a year ago(or two ??) I thought I saw some type of 'phase inverted" mechanicle object (seeming) walking on my ceiling. This seems to potentially enhance the idea of of a "phased" obect
in reference to earlier comments
Implemething
forward scanning either through ground positioned background obsrvation or satalite scanning could render computational models for display for running etc...
algorythms for lightreflection (weather forcasts etc.. solar positioning)
1. privacy and anti trust are counter humanity
2. force for resolution is counter humanity
As for the infared all you would have to do is have forward thermal sensors then have a cooling unit attached etc..
/welcomes our new multispecies religious-fanatic overlords...
#define CLUE 0