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by **Lord Freddie** » Oct 20th, '06, 13:52

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6064620.stm

by **seige** » Oct 20th, '06, 13:54

Post subject: Can't wait till they put THIS on the market!

Why? Did you actually read the article?

by **Tomo** » Oct 20th, '06, 14:57

Well, microwaves, like light, are just electromagnetic radiation. They just have a longer wavelength, so in theory, I expect it'll be possible to do it at other frequencies at some point.

by **Renato** » Oct 20th, '06, 15:04

The problem if it did go on the market, of course, would that it wouldn't be able to be used to make things appear or disappear - merely to hide things, as most people would have heard about the invisible cloaks by then!

by **seige** » Oct 20th, '06, 15:05

Oddly, it would seem that you're missing the military implications of this

by **IAIN** » Oct 20th, '06, 15:24

you mean harry potter could drop an H-bomb on Gandalf?

by **Tomo** » Oct 20th, '06, 15:28

seige wrote:Oddly, it would seem that you're missing the military implications of this

Non-lethal weapons that use microwave beams would seem to pass through the wearer and would hit the person standing behind.

by **Mahoney** » Oct 20th, '06, 15:33

Now this is very cool:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/2777111.stm

watch the video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Sl32gPMcQ
and... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WIL9yBkggk&mode=related&search=

Shouldn't this maybe be in the Dove's Head?

by **Tomo** » Oct 20th, '06, 15:39

That is one seriously cool jacket.

by **IAIN** » Oct 20th, '06, 15:40

do they make pants?

by **Mahoney** » Oct 20th, '06, 15:43

In the BBC article they say its a sort of special reflective material. They project an image onto it to give the impression of being see through.

abraxus wrote:do they make pants?

Ha!

by **Tomo** » Oct 20th, '06, 15:59

So, there's a camera behind him facing away from us. It really does look very strange when he moves!

by **Mooch** » Oct 20th, '06, 16:57

Wow, I really am going crazy. I first read it as "Experts create invisible clock", and then spent the next couple of minutes wondering why that would be of any use :lol:

by **Tomo** » Oct 20th, '06, 17:06

They do a binary alarm clock, you know.

by **Lord Freddie** » Oct 20th, '06, 17:11

seige wrote:Post subject: Can't wait till they put THIS on the market!

Why? Did you actually read the article?

Yes I did - tongue firmly in cheek.

Surely the headline is a magician's dream though?

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