Scientists take first step to working cloaking device.
19-10-2006, 19:33
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Scientists take first step to working cloaking device.
Scientists have succeeded in making a cloth that bends microwaves around an object..
Apparently, they hope to eventually create a cloth that can bend other rays on other frequencies as well, including light.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10...oaking_device/
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19-10-2006, 19:52
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Re: Scientists take first step to working cloaking device.
so when will it be out for release to the armed forces ???? think they could use such a thing.
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19-10-2006, 19:55
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Re: Scientists take first step to working cloaking device.
Wow that's interesting. I think there are ethical issues here though, and it's a bit like cloning and genetic engineering in that if it is in the wrong hands it could cause a lot of damage.
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19-10-2006, 20:00
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Re: Scientists take first step to working cloaking device.
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Originally Posted by Macca371
Wow that's interesting. I think there are ethical issues here though, and it's a bit like cloning and genetic engineering in that if it is in the wrong hands it could cause a lot of damage.
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its already in the wrong hands...namely the US 
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19-10-2006, 20:07
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Re: Scientists take first step to working cloaking device.
I agree. I'd much rather North Korea had it......  
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20-10-2006, 11:43
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Re: Scientists take first step to working cloaking device.
Of course the cloaked person/object wouldn't be able to see where they were going or any incoming weapon so I can see severe practical problems with it.
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20-10-2006, 13:42
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Re: Scientists take first step to working cloaking device.
They could always take an idea from Douglas Adams and make the object they want invisible Somebody Else's Problem.
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