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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. I won't buy it. by rush,overlord,rush! · · Score: 5, Funny

    The insurance must be very high.

  2. Terminology by subreality · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A proper cloaking device isn't just a flat image of the surroundings; it would need to be holographic so it would look right from any angle.

    I would call this "adaptive camouflage", and it's doing a damned good job at that.

  3. Ok, yeah, that's cool, but... by element-o.p. · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, yeah, that's cool, but what you really need is an airship covered with light emitting diodes across one side because then you could have...

    ...wait for it...

    ...a LED Zeppelin!

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  4. lead into my subject lines by schroedingers_hat · · Score: 5, Funny

    yeah, well my posts

  5. Re:MI6 will cover it by jamiesan · · Score: 5, Funny

    No Mr. Bond. I expect you to drive.