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The Mercedes-Benz 'Cloaking Device'

Posted by Soulskill on from the at-least-it-can't-fire-while-cloaked dept.

cold fjord writes "As part of its marketing campaign for the new hydrogen fuel cell powered F-Cell, Mercedes-Benz has equipped one with a cloaking device. They covered one side of an F-Cell with LEDs and used cameras on the other side to capture the view, which is then displayed on the LEDs to effectively remove the vehicle from the line of sight."

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  1. thermodynamics by dumuzi · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Until our electricity comes from renewable sources hydrogen power is worse than fossil fuels. Not to mention the energy wasted in the production of their LEDs and making of the commercial to market a wasteful and impractical product.