February 7, 2003, 17:33
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the invisible man!!! (no, really...)
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Is he 'The Invisible Man' by H.G. Wells? It looks like as if three men walking behind are seen through the body of graduate student Kazutoshi Obana during a demonstration of optical camouflage technology at the Tokyo University in Tokyo Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003. The demonstration conducted by Faculty of Engineering Prof. Susumu Tachi is an early stage of his research that will eventually enable camouflaged objects virtually transparent by wearing an optical device. This photo was taken through a viewfinder that provides with a combined image of moving images taken behind Obana and him wearing a luminous jacket that makes a transparent effect. The technology can be useful for various professions such as surgeons who wish their own fingers and surgical tools won't block the view of affected parts and pilots who wish cockpit floors were transparent for landings. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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February 7, 2003, 17:36
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*beeep*
Not the first one. You also can't cover your head with that thing, unless you
don't care about seeing around.
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February 7, 2003, 17:38
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Should we be impressed by their use of a projector?
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February 7, 2003, 17:39
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IIRC, MIT has a $200 million program from the Defense Department for this kind of stuff.
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February 7, 2003, 17:41
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What use is this militarily? The illusion is provided by looking through a special viewfinder. Unless you can covince all your enemies to wear them?
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February 7, 2003, 17:47
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KH, the military is insane
the military gets all excited about beatles, which can sense heat farther than normal away, and want them studied so as to make better IR
the scientists say the beatlle can sense a fwe yards, the military thinks it is a few miles
so the military spends milliions (this was in biophysics BTW)
there are many other examples
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February 7, 2003, 17:50
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What use is this militarily?
What is referenced above of course isn't useful. However, they are trying to develop wearable computing technology that is useful as camouflage.
Re the military and science, the US military spends about $50 billion per annum on research and development.
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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February 7, 2003, 19:05
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Looks to me like his jacket was used as a green screen.
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February 7, 2003, 19:17
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Originally posted by DanS
IIRC, MIT has a $200 million program from the Defense Department for this kind of stuff.
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yeah its something like this amount. Its all apart of the "Future Warrior" system, which is planned to include all sorts of far out stuff, like an exoskeleton to magnify human strength, speed, and indurence severl times, for example.
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February 7, 2003, 19:32
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Technology like this could take stealth into a new level
Imagine invisible tanks, troops and aircraft?
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February 8, 2003, 01:23
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You can find some movies here
Cool stuff! 
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February 8, 2003, 05:36
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Originally posted by Jon Miller
KH, the military is insane
the military gets all excited about beatles
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You are absolutely right Getting excited about a band that split up more than 30 years ago and with half of the members already dead...
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February 8, 2003, 05:40
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I can do that with PhotoShop, which is a lot cheaper. In fact, if you look at the part of the image that's "in" the green cloak, it doesn't mesh with the rest. Particularly the shadows, they don't look right at all.
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February 8, 2003, 05:46
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Did you view the videos?
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February 8, 2003, 05:55
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Yup.
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February 8, 2003, 11:59
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i actually saw this on CNN today
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February 8, 2003, 12:34
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That X-Ray thing, how ws he doing it? Was there an X-Ray machine behind his back?
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February 8, 2003, 13:55
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Or he might be standing in front of a picture of a skeleton 
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February 8, 2003, 14:17
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I think the real question is can he go in girls locker rooms unoticed?
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February 8, 2003, 16:52
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Funny, I had no difficulty at all telling where he was in the picture. This project needs a lot more work.
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