Nyrath Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 http://sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/50418/title/Chink_found_in_armor_of_perfect_cloak Tiny charged particles could reveal the location of a perfect invisibility cloak. Such a cloak — which exists only in theory at the moment — would render an object invisible by gently deflecting photons around it. But charged particles wouldn’t be fooled: they would interact with the cloak in a telltale way, giving up the cloak’s location, researchers report in a paper to appear in an upcoming Physical Review Letters. Invisibility by using metamaterials has not been invented yet, but already they are working on counter-measures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clsage Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Re: Chink found in armor of perfect cloak http://sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/50418/title/Chink_found_in_armor_of_perfect_cloak Invisibility by using metamaterials has not been invented yet, but already they are working on counter-measures. From a brief reading of the article, the method in question reminds me of the various "tachyon nets" and such that the federation used in Star Trek episodes such as "Unification", etc..... Must.Spread.Rep..... -Carl- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Re: Chink found in armor of perfect cloak Or go for the cheap solution: big areosol paint bombs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Re: Chink found in armor of perfect cloak Or go for the cheap solution: big areosol paint bombs. Yeah, guards and soldiers should be equiped with bullet-proof vests that spray paint all around when they get killed, in order to indicate the enemy's position to their comrades... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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