Invisibility Cloak

Ananova reported today that Japanese scientists have successfully synthesized an invisibility cloak. Wow.

Harry Potter sure has started a new trend. The magic cloak he sported when sneaking around the library is no longer such a far-fetched article of clothing. Japanese scientists announced today that they have created an invisibility cloak that appears to be semi-transparent. It makes use of “optical camoflauge” which has yet to be further explained by the scientists. I think it uses micro-cameras to simulate the images behind the wearer.

Now if I could only get that installed on my car like James Bond in Die Another Day.

Notice how you cna see through her stomatch area and not through her arms. Now that defeats the whole point of the so “invisibility cloak” doesn’t it? ;o)

Not when it’s research on an invisibility cloak. Silly Matt.

Well their research sucks!!! :oP Oh and my site isn’t not letting me post I keep on getting an error when ever I try to rebuild and post!!!!!! HELP!!!!

my bro say it need all this studio stuff, cant u just put it on and BAM? (hes older)

It was revealed later in the news that the cloak does require a special viewer for the effect. So it appears that it is software generated to some extent.

Here are the technical specifications. In order to make use of this cloak, you need two photographs, a copy of Adobe Photoshop (or similar), and familiarity with the transparency tool.

I had the chance to read an article about this new discovery, and first of all, the name appears to be invalid, since the cloak is transparent rather than invisible. When someone hears about this cloak, the first thing he thinks is,”Cool, now i can be stealth just like a spy”, but no, the aplications for this new tipe of technology are stricly cirurgical. It will render the cirurgic gloves of the doctor practicly transparent, making the organ more visible. It wont have an military-practical-ready-to-use-function, since it depends on computer rendering in order to work properly. Remenber, you are not looking “through” the person, you are in fact looking at a person reflecting his background picture. It kind of takes all the magic of the thing, but maybe its the first step to a greater achievement. ;) The reason why the sleeves of the cloak seem to be less transparent is due to the rincles in them, if the suit was made of a spandex tipe of fabric, the results hould be much better.