Invisibility
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Agent
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written Thursday, October 19 2006 12:07
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Remembering the discussion on invisibilty cloaks from this previous topic, here is an interesting piece on current progress: Scientists create the world's first working invisibility cloak Sounds intriguing, non? -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Thursday, October 19 2006 12:19
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So what we've got going here is some form of EM chamelioning more than invisibility. I do wonder about practical applications if scientists manage to ge it to work at lower wavelengths. Camo bodysuits immediately come to mind... radar-redirecting missiles... Of course, one does realize that as soon as this technology is released or realized, someone somewhere is going to find a way around it... -------------------- The Silent Assassin is pleased with the news of this development. He may finally be able to do experiments with the microwave again. -------------------- -Lenar Labs What's Your Destiny? Ushmushmeifa: Lenar's power is almighty and ineffable. All hail lord Noric, god of... well, something important, I'm sure. Posts: 735 | Registered: Monday, January 16 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, October 19 2006 12:40
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No, it's definitely "invisibility" and not camouflage. It's just imperfect invisibility in non-visible wavelengths. Camo suits will have to wait until the technology becomes mobile and flexible (and, for that matter, useful in lower wavelengths) and radar evasion sounds more likely than radar redirection. I'm sure this has applications even as a bulky and immobile installation, but none come to mind immediately. —Alorael, who can't imagine what countermeasure one could use against bending light besides better resolution to detect slight perturbation and the use of lower wavelengths for detection. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Thursday, October 19 2006 14:14
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But as Pendry, the grand old man of optical metamaterials said, doing this trick for visible light requires nanotechnology, and it isn't here yet. Probably someday it will work to some extent, but not soon. -------------------- We're not doing cool. We're doing pretty. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Thursday, October 19 2006 14:33
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quote:Countermeasures? How about shooting blindly at any sound, and perceived shift in a shadow, or anything that vaguely resembes a deer (or a deer-like thingamajig)? That's how hunters do it in these parts, especially with the deer wearing invisibility cloaks. For the record, deer sized invisibility cloaks are closely related to beer goggles. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, October 19 2006 18:50
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It requires the same thing that is used to see "stealth" planes. It only works over a limit wavelength range so the object will still be visible to other wavelengths. Stealth planes are hard to detect for long range radar giving them time to close with a target before the close radar at a different wavelength sees them. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Friday, October 20 2006 03:27
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Hmm. I wonder how many use the invisibility can have... It may be interesting expecially for private using. -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, October 20 2006 04:20
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Private use? Only if everyone you know is blind and can only see microwaves, and coincidentally you have a whole bunch of money handy. :P -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Friday, October 20 2006 06:54
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Wasn't there an Empire building in one of the games that was invisible? Or am I crazy? This article makes me think of that, whether or not said building actually exists. [ Friday, October 20, 2006 06:55: Message edited by: Archmage Alex ] -------------------- Take the Personality Test! Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Friday, October 20 2006 07:02
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The only example I can think of invisibility from the Avernum trilogy is that group of infiltrators and wizards hiding in the storage building in Almaria in Avernum 2. -------------------- IF I EVER BECOME AN EVIL OVERLORD: All guest-quarters will be bugged and monitored so that I can keep track of what the visitors I have for some reason allowed to roam about my fortress are actually plotting. Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, October 20 2006 08:53
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There's also an invisible slith fort, although I think it's supposed to be well concealed and not literally invisible. —Alorael, who actually thinks there may be lots of invisible buildings in Avernum. You just never notice them, never go in, and never realize what you're missing. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Friday, October 20 2006 09:12
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quote:Perhaps in the trilogy, but then there's BoA. I remember at least one occasion. Was it Brother Oakleaf in DoK? -------------------- Do not provoke the turtles. They do not like being provoked. -Lenar My website: Nemesis' Refuge Posts: 743 | Registered: Friday, September 29 2006 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Friday, October 20 2006 10:58
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Originally by Alorael: quote:The invisible buildings are where all the monsters run to once they realize their visible buildings are being invaded by adventurers. They are also where the wandering monsters live when they aren't wandering around. It guarantees the survival of both the monsters and the adventuring profession. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, October 20 2006 11:00
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Actually, most Avernites must live in those invisible buildings too. As hard as life is underground I don't think the population of the entire country is just a few hundred who live approximately twenty to a house. —Alorael, who wonders if the Triad perhaps took Gary Larson's advice and invented stackable townspeople for ease of storage. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, October 20 2006 14:14
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quote:Yes, it was. I'm surprised nobody else bothered to use it before. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |