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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. Excellent Halloween Costume . . . by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Interesting

    1) Attach one tablet to your stomach and one to your back.
    2) Open up a camera chat between them.
    3) Put on a T-shirt with one bloody hole on the front, and one on the back, directly over the tablets.
    4) It looks like someone shot a hole through you!
    5) No profit, but plenty of laughs.

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  2. Re:It is no good .... by C0vardeAn0nim0 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    russians are testing a thermal camouflage for tanks. it uses infrared cameras to measure the temperature of objects (ground, buildings, trees, etc) surrounding the tanks, then send a command to thermal plates all around the the vehicle to match the measurements. this effectively makes the tank invisible to infrared devices, including night vision goggles.

    imagine an american soldier, after being blasted by that tank saying as he dies: "the goggles, they do nothing!"

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