Hmmm yes and mirages only work at a very shallow angle too... I mean this is not crap - but it\'s limited to flat surfaces and shallow angles - and IR free detection.
Gordon Torbet
It is a bit crap... not that I could do better.
Ianspeed
Damn, those Klingons are going to be pissed when they find out somebody stole their technology........
Dani73
One step towards a world of mischief.
Joe Santarromana
Cloak of invisibility for real!
James Forsyth
I could use it to hide in plain sight whilst giggling like Peter Griffin.
warren52nz
Come on people. This is a project in progress, don\'t expect miracles all at once. Although I guess we all know what they have in mind for this technology once it\'s perfected!
Ah, where would we be without military funding?
Loving It All
Interesting, but this begs for a more varied demonstration. 1. How does this work at different viewing angles? 2. In the current demo, the sheet mostly hid itself. Can it hide objects sitting behind the sheet? 3. What are the current size limitations for the effect? These are all interesting questions which I believe could be answer right now, at least in the context of the prototype.
Mr Stiffy
It's not crap - as in bad, it's just the mirage effect of a hot boundry layer of air sticking to a surface ONLY works in a very narrow angle.... As a child in outback (stinking hot) Australia - these were NORMAL to see on the road in the middle of the day...... that shiny layer over the road, some distance away and as you get closer or the angle changes slightly - "huffff" (sound of ghost passing) - the mirage invisibilates..... Gone... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAaNhStwhLs