Remember those cheap holographic stickers-the ones that show a different image depending on how much they are tilted? Using a similar principle, it is theoretically possible to go invisible. This is a challenge, but it isn't impossible.
The real problem is to make adaptive camouflage show the right image from every angle at once, not just from the front. Although casually glancing at the jacket reveals a ghostly image of whatever is behind it, this approach is little more than a parlor trick it requires a separate projector and only works from front-on (see photo above, courtesy of Tachi Laboratory/Tokyo University). The jacket is made of a retroreflective material that clearly shows the projected image.
#Ivisible camouflage movie#
Their approach is simple: A video camera on the back of a white rain jacket collects an image that is projected onto the front of the jacket as if it were a movie screen. Researchers from Tokyo University in Japan have developed an early prototype of adaptive camouflage. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play The basic idea is sound, but don't sneak into the womens' locker room quite yet-the edges of the computer monitor are still visible and each view looks convincing from only one perspective. military imagining a tank inside that box. Then imagine crouching inside a box made of flat-panel monitors with cameras pointing in every direction. Because the computer screen is displaying an image of what's behind you, anyone standing directly in front of you will see a rectangular hole where your totally ripped abs should be. You can get started right now: Aim a webcam backward over your shoulder and stand behind the computer monitor. The key idea is to wrap yourself in real-time images of the surrounding environment-sort of like wearing a flexible television screen. Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have defined adaptive camouflage as a form of camouflage that actively changes to best match the environment.
Traditional camouflage-common to the animal kingdom-uses a static color and shape pattern to blend in visually with the background. To that end, adaptive camouflage for personnel and vehicles has become a military priority. While hiding from your little brother is fun, the ability to hide from bullets can save your life. Now the invisibility technology once reserved for sci-fi mags, movie theaters and comic books is quietly sneaking up on us. Harry Potter goes even further, disappearing completely beneath his wizard's cloak. More recently, in the movie Predator, a big green extraterrestrial hunts humans while concealed in blurry, almost invisible battle armor.
#Ivisible camouflage how to#
Wells imagined a hellish existence for a young scientist who managed to find the key to invisibility, but not how to reverse it.
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