Topic awaiting preservation: Personal Cloaking Devices |
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Gig Harbor, WA |
posted 04-09-2003 01:37 |
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist From: Massachusetts, USA |
posted 04-09-2003 02:12
You know, I'm looking at those three guys behind the cloak. Then I look at where their feet are, and I trace with my eyes from there over to the right. Right there is the bottom step of a staircase. The stairs are about 2 inches tall. There are three of them. I'm looking at the top of the top stair, and I trace my eyes back to the left. It lines up with the midsections of the three people. I'm thinking: bad proportions. Photoshop. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: the bigger bedroom |
posted 04-09-2003 02:28
it sounds believable, when you read what it is actually claiming. quote:
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: The Lair |
posted 04-09-2003 02:30
I agree, the whole thing looks very photoshop-ish, but that doesnt make it fake. Disproportions could be the result of refraction or whatever other imprecisions and optical effects such "technology" might inhibit. But I guess if you're really curious about the subject, a smart thing to do would be to contact the tokyo univ. directly, because even though this particular topic made cnn about 4-5 months ago, it does not give it any more credibility than the picture itself. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Oblivion |
posted 04-09-2003 02:33
Just to let you all know, ananova is full of shit. Every single one of those stories, and I mean every one, is made up. Just have a look around, you'll notice hardly anything is believable and none of them are any longer than a page in report. It's all a scam. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: The Lair |
posted 04-09-2003 03:46
dunno what ure talking about... rest look decent (I browsed thru at least 10) |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: the Asylum ghetto |
posted 04-09-2003 08:35
oh! it's real!!! i watched it on the news awhile back when they were testing it. they were saying that it had a long way to go but that it was a definate step in the right direction. when they were testing it...there was like this projector thingy that was projecting the image of what was behind the person onto the front of the coat and visversa... |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Seoul, Korea |
posted 04-09-2003 11:03
As for the implications of this, I would imagine that governments would take steps to outlaw personal cloaking devices once the technology became feasible. Can you imagine the havoc caused by a bunch of invisible people walking around? |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: a pocket dimention... |
posted 04-09-2003 15:14
The earth is flat I tells ya!! |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: New California |
posted 04-09-2003 15:24
When it works as good as the Predator's... I'll take one! Love it!!! |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers From: Cell 53, East Wing |
posted 04-09-2003 15:34 |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Washington DC |
posted 04-09-2003 16:06
I saw this on tv, it only works with a special camera, it's not like the jacket is actually see through, it's just the camera. I am sort of busy so I didn't read any of the other posts, but I hope this is helpful. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Seoul, Korea |
posted 04-09-2003 16:10
MindBender: Well, first of all, I don't think the private sector would have as much freedom to develop this sort of technology (as you mentioned). Secondly, I don't think they would have as much to gain as the military. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Greensboro, NC USA |
posted 04-09-2003 21:53
The military has been known to let the private sector develop technologies like this, because private developers aren't necessarily limited in funding like a federal program is. Then, once it gets good and almost there, the military steps in and takes over the project. (With an appropriate payoff to the private developer of course!) I wouldn't be at all surprised if they allowed this to develop further and then all of a sudden, it goes away... 5 years later, we'll hear about how the military is testing this new technology... |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: AČ, MI, USA |
posted 04-09-2003 22:34
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Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: |
posted 04-10-2003 00:36
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Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: a pocket dimention... |
posted 04-10-2003 16:15
The two names that come to mind right off in the private sector are DOW and Lockheed. AKA Napalm and SR-71 Blackbird. A couple of the oft used military standby's that were invented by private sector technologies. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: The Astral Plane |
posted 04-11-2003 18:52
Right MB but they were developed by private comanies expressly FOR the military. The blackbird was anyway. It isn't uncommon for the military to farm out jobs to private corporations and pick the best design. Just because it's a private company doesn't mean it'll hit the private sector soon, or ever. |
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist From: KC, KS |
posted 04-12-2003 15:41
So where's the cloaked person? |