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IronFist
10-08-2003, 08:46 PM
Story (http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/928433.asp)
trilobite
10-08-2003, 09:57 PM
In the immortal words of Jon Stewart



Whaaaaaaaa???????
shaolinarab
10-08-2003, 11:14 PM
ha...i was gonna say how that reminded me of zelda, then i noticed ironfist's pic! :p
Serpent
10-08-2003, 11:24 PM
It's this bit that gives me the shivers:



The technology can also “realize your dreams,” he says. “How about projecting the outside landscape on the walls of a windowless room? You can have your own virtual window.” Soon it may be harder than ever to know what’s real and what isn’t.
SevenStar
10-09-2003, 12:35 AM
I read an article about this several months back. Matter of factly, I think I posted it here. Anyhoo, it had a pic of a guy wearing the cloak - you could see right through his body.
Machine_Phantom
10-09-2003, 04:35 AM
how do wonder woman finds her invisible plane?
Kristoffer
10-09-2003, 05:05 AM
The cape only works if you look at it straight forward. If you look in a angle it doesn't work. It's coz they have cameras that reflects whats behind the person and project it on the front, creating this illusion. In a few years this might be more effective but now it can't really be used.
T'ai Ji Monkey
10-09-2003, 05:08 AM
The achievement is not so much in the projection, but in the fabric upon which the image is projected.

Yes, they are still a loong way from one that can be used for practical application, but the first step is done towards the goal.
Kristoffer
10-09-2003, 05:15 AM
yea
trilobite
10-09-2003, 08:05 AM
So...does anyone have any pics?
sean_stonehart
10-09-2003, 08:16 AM
Originally posted by trilobite
So...does anyone have any pics?

The story first showed up on CNN.com. You can probably run a search on it there. It had one picture that Seven Star mentioned.
sean_stonehart
10-09-2003, 08:17 AM
duplicate post...
PHILBERT
10-09-2003, 09:11 AM
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_747591.html

Picture on there.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.08/pwr_invisible.html
I dunno, there IS a picture there, just can't tell if it is a cloak or just an illusion.
@PLUGO
10-09-2003, 09:25 AM
That second image looks like a photoshop job...
T'ai Ji Monkey
10-09-2003, 01:36 PM
No Illusion & no photoshop done, I saw TV-footage of it.

Looked impressive, like I said the technology is still in it's infancy.
Kristoffer
10-09-2003, 02:02 PM
I've seen more pics of it in a newspaper. It's no illusion, cool stuff