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| HyperHacker Posts: 3808/5072 |
This reminds me of the "invisibility cloak" posted a few years ago that was really just a bunch of cameras and projectors, projecting the image of what's behind you onto your front. 
And I would love being able to turn completely invisible. |
| Apophis Posts: 652/734 |
Originally posted by pikaguy900 Yeah! Maybe genetically engineered 'supermen' really will simultaneously seize control of 40 countries in 1992! |
| Deleted User Posts: 620/-7750 |
Originally posted by pikaguy900 Take any Science Fiction book/movie/TV program, I think if any of them happened on real life, it would be really freaky. (99% of them, since some have already happened  ) |
| pikaguy900 Posts: 278/748 |
Originally posted by SkreenameOriginally posted by pikaguy900 I meant like with the people on the Star Trek shows being born. Wouldn't it be freaky if everything that happened on Star Trek happened in reality one day?  |
| ibz10g Posts: 202/588 |
Whenit comes time for commercial distribution, I don't think it would be wise to buy one. You might lose it. |
| Skreename Posts: 1312/1427 |
Originally posted by pikaguy900 I don't remember the episode in which the world was destroyed. Care to remind me which one that was? Or are you taking an even more paranoid mindset and saying that things that haven't even happened on TV will eventually occur in reality, while also claiming to have been inspired by such shows? I personally consider this particular technology to potentially being of great use in studying things, particularly living ones. If something's completely invisible, the subject won't be able to respond to its presence. Of course, this unfortunately opens up the risk of spying by whatever group on whatever other one, but meh. Nothing can be without downsides. |
| rubixcuber Posts: 266/356 |
Rerouting the light around the object instead of letting it reflect off of the object would indeed cause the interior to be devoid of light. Or at least a person inside would not be able to observe their surroundings by normal means. But as long as we're rerouting only specific wavelengths other forms of vision could be used.
You could still wear night vision goggles on the inside even during the day and see using them if you let the infrared spectrum through as normal. So, I don't think that's a major problem. Perhaps an inconvenience, but not standing in the way of a true invisibility cloak. There are lots of other things standing in the way of that. |
| Alastor Posts: 7528/8204 |
Originally posted by SukasaWow. It's just amazing how wrong this is. |
| pikaguy900 Posts: 270/748 |
Originally posted by UlyOriginally posted by asdfOriginally posted by pikaguy900 That's what I meant. ...Basically. Originally posted by xpCynic Who, me? |
| Sukasa Posts: 1857/2068 |
Yeah, takes chunks out of the world's surface, and extinguish all life on it's surface, or silghtly under it (i.e. us and wldlife). |
| Deleted User Posts: 589/-7750 |
Originally posted by asdfOriginally posted by pikaguy900 I think "Destroying the world" is short for "Destroying the world as we know it". |
| xpCynic Posts: 147/208 |
Damn. Reading this makes me want to be invisible. Then I'd be able to walk around and go "oooooooooo you can't see me oooooooo" (Halloween costume anyone?)
But you know, if this thing succeeds, someone up above's gonna be pretty ticked off  
(I just noticed I seem to be posting more than usual in Craziness lately) |
| asdf Posts: 3707/4077 |
Originally posted by pikaguy900 Whoa there, destroying the world is harder than you might think. All the nuclear weapons in the world, detonated while placed strategically or in one spot, would fuck up the ecosystem and such, but it would barely scratch the surface of the Earth. It would still be there, orbiting the sun merilly. |
| pikaguy900 Posts: 268/748 |
I hate this idea. I like it, but... I'm about 20% for it and 80% against it. Think about it- If they perfect the cloak, someone's going to take advantage of it to cloak a bomb and use it on another country. Instead of helping the world, it'd end up DESTROYING IT. We don't want THAT on our minds, do we? That's why I'm against it- To keep people from using it to attack other countries. Take a look at Star Trek- They keep using their cloaking devices to attack other planets and ships. If we complete this device, we could end up with a war on our hands. Add to it the simple fact that we're deploying weapons in space, and we could be looking at a war that takes place right in our very galaxy... in outer space. It'd ruin all humans. Ugh... Now I'm afraid that the events of Star Trek will actually happen the exact way they tell them on the shows... and they're just that- TV Shows!  |
| Danielle Posts: 6175/6737 |
If only we were all magicians and had invisibility cloaks like Harry Potter! 
But really, that's awesome. Who'd have thought manipulating light like that could be possible? (hint: not me!) |
| Sukasa Posts: 1844/2068 |
I read that in Popular Science (latest issue). It's cool but... if it was 3-D and worked on all wavelengths, the interior would be completely devoid of light. Pitch black. Impossible to see out of. At elat, that what the scientists told popular science |
| Glyphodon Posts: 447/536 |
It's quite an assumption to say that we'll never have invisible objects in our lifetimes. Lifetimes are too damn long to say that. |
| Forte.EXE Posts: 1120/1503 |
Heh... the only times we'll ever see a full invisibility project and/or weapon/device, is in our vivid wild imaginations... |
| asdf Posts: 3693/4077 |
Originally posted by GhostMushdoom Technically, yes, but even if a full invisibility cloak is created, there are ways to see those wearing it. It only stops seeing them with the naked eye - like I said, heat-detecting goggles and other utilities can be used to see them. This is especially the case if it becomes popular. |
| SantaMushroom Posts: 152/245 |
Huh... That's... something. Invisibility is fun. And isn't "see the invisible" an oxymoron? |
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