Japanese Scientist Creates Invisible Cloak

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around a Japanese scientist's development of an invisible cloak, exploring its mechanisms, comparisons to other invisibility technologies, and the implications of its design. The conversation includes technical explanations and conceptual clarifications regarding the nature of invisibility and active camouflage.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares links to a Japanese scientist's work on an invisible cloak, highlighting improvements and features such as a camera that creates an active camouflage effect.
  • Another participant points out that the provided links are broken, suggesting a potential issue with accessing the information.
  • A participant compares the technology to holding a closed circuit TV set in front of oneself, implying that the effect is not truly invisibility but rather a visual trick.
  • In response, another participant argues that the technology has applications beyond a simple monitor, asserting that it can render objects translucent in a way that standing behind a TV cannot achieve.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the effectiveness and nature of the invisibility cloak, with some questioning its novelty and others defending its technological advancements. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the true implications of the technology.

Contextual Notes

Some assumptions about the nature of invisibility and the effectiveness of the technology are not fully explored, and the discussion relies on the validity of the provided links, which are reported as broken.

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This was made by a scientist in japan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/s...000/2730639.stm


And they improved it. (Go down to see new version)


http://projects.star.t.u-tokyo.ac.j...EDIA/xv/oc.html

^ include videos and other projects

In the second link, if you want to see the best invisibile cloak the scientist made in japan, go all the way down to the page.

The scientist made like a camera behind the cloak, which when turned on, making the cloak like a tv screen,adapting active camouflage.



Other types of invisible cloak:

Plasmonic Cover: renders objects invisible (made by people in Pensylvania)

There are more types of invisibility cloaks, search it up.
 
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Those links are broken.
 
Dave, it's the same as saying that holding a closed circuit tv set in front of you makes you invisible, which is all that this person is doing, but wearing it.
 
As is explained at the links, this has more applications than does a non-tracking monitor. Standing behind a TV does not make one appear translucent, yet this technology does.