On 10/21/04 11:37 PM, "Doug in Calif" <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET> wrote: > I heard rumor the military was working on a cloaking system that had tiny > light receivers on one side of a military vehicle and light emitters on the > other. > The vehicle could see everything to one side of it and broadcast the same > image on its side. > > Cool huh? > > That technology comes up every few years as changes in technology become available. The testings have also included "chameleon" materials that are electronically controlled to shift color and pattern. The best use of light tricks has to be a british magician that the britt army put to work in world war two. He used mirrors and light tricks to hide an air base in the desert well enough that the germans couldn¹t find it until they were right over it and then it was to late for them instead. Second best has to be hollywood tricks done for airplane plants in the LA area. Buildings patterned and linked together in a way that at night they vanished from sight from the air and then a couple miles over lights used to look like building and road patterns like a mfr plant would look like. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that sanity is optional. http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info) http://www.westydriver.com |
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